{"id":100206,"date":"2026-02-15T20:27:23","date_gmt":"2026-02-15T20:27:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/?post_type=calculator&#038;p=100206"},"modified":"2026-07-13T06:56:27","modified_gmt":"2026-07-13T06:56:27","slug":"risk-assessment-matrix","status":"publish","type":"calculator","link":"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/tr\/calculators\/risk-assessment-matrix\/","title":{"rendered":"Controlled Risk-Criteria Record Worksheet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"WebApplication\",\"name\":\"Controlled Risk-Criteria Record Worksheet\",\"description\":\"Record consequence and likelihood coordinates from an approved risk method without inventing an ISO matrix, risk level, tolerability decision or action.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/calculators\/risk-assessment-matrix\/\",\"applicationCategory\":\"BusinessApplication\",\"operatingSystem\":\"Any\",\"offers\":{\"@type\":\"Offer\",\"price\":\"0\"},\"creator\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Vibromera\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/vibromera.eu\/\"},\"dateModified\":\"2026-07-13\",\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"isAccessibleForFree\":true}<\/script>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"Does ISO 31000 prescribe a 5 by 5 risk matrix?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"No specific 5 by 5 matrix, 1\u201325 score bands, colour scheme, consequence values or treatment actions are implemented here. 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This worksheet does not invent an \u201cISO matrix,\u201d colour band, acceptability verdict, stop-work rule, financial range or review deadline.<\/p><div class=\"vc-badges\"><span class=\"vc-badge\">No universal 5\u00d75 matrix<\/span><span class=\"vc-badge\">No automatic tolerability decision<\/span><span class=\"vc-badge\">Traceable criteria required<\/span><\/div><\/header>\n<div class=\"vc-card\"><form class=\"vc-form\" id=\"vc-form\" novalidate><div class=\"vc-grid\">\n<div class=\"vc-field\"><label class=\"vc-label\" for=\"vc-basis\">Assessment basis<\/label><select class=\"vc-select\" id=\"vc-basis\"><option value=\"pre-control\/inherent\">Pre-control \/ inherent, as defined by method<\/option><option value=\"post-control\/residual\">Post-control \/ residual, as defined by method<\/option><option value=\"other-controlled\">Other controlled basis<\/option><\/select><\/div>\n<div class=\"vc-field\"><label class=\"vc-label\" for=\"vc-index-policy\">Arithmetic index policy<\/label><select class=\"vc-select\" id=\"vc-index-policy\"><option value=\"coordinate\">Coordinate only (recommended)<\/option><option value=\"product\">Approved method explicitly defines C \u00d7 L<\/option><\/select><\/div>\n<div class=\"vc-field\"><label class=\"vc-label\" for=\"vc-consequence\">Controlled consequence rating C <span class=\"vc-hint\">(positive integer 1\u201399)<\/span><\/label><input class=\"vc-input\" id=\"vc-consequence\" inputmode=\"numeric\" autocomplete=\"off\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"vc-field\"><label class=\"vc-label\" for=\"vc-likelihood\">Controlled likelihood rating L <span class=\"vc-hint\">(positive integer 1\u201399)<\/span><\/label><input class=\"vc-input\" id=\"vc-likelihood\" inputmode=\"numeric\" autocomplete=\"off\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"vc-field\"><label class=\"vc-label\" for=\"vc-consequence-definition\">Exact consequence-band definition<\/label><textarea class=\"vc-textarea\" id=\"vc-consequence-definition\" placeholder=\"Copy\/identify the applicable definition, unit, affected objective and boundary\"><\/textarea><\/div>\n<div class=\"vc-field\"><label class=\"vc-label\" for=\"vc-likelihood-definition\">Exact likelihood\/frequency-band definition<\/label><textarea class=\"vc-textarea\" id=\"vc-likelihood-definition\" placeholder=\"Copy\/identify the applicable probability\/frequency definition and exposure period\"><\/textarea><\/div>\n<div class=\"vc-field vc-wide\"><label class=\"vc-label\" for=\"vc-scenario\">Hazard\/event, consequence scenario and exposed objective<\/label><textarea class=\"vc-textarea\" id=\"vc-scenario\" placeholder=\"What can happen, causes, who\/what can be affected, and the specific consequence whose likelihood is rated\"><\/textarea><\/div>\n<div class=\"vc-field vc-wide\"><label class=\"vc-label\" for=\"vc-controls\">Existing\/assumed controls and evidence for this basis<\/label><textarea class=\"vc-textarea\" id=\"vc-controls\" placeholder=\"Controls credited, effectiveness evidence, assumptions and uncertainty\"><\/textarea><\/div>\n<div class=\"vc-field vc-wide\"><label class=\"vc-label\" for=\"vc-method-source\">Approved method\/matrix source, owner, version and effective date<\/label><input class=\"vc-input\" id=\"vc-method-source\" autocomplete=\"off\" placeholder=\"Procedure ID, matrix revision, approving authority and applicable scope\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"vc-field vc-wide\"><label class=\"vc-label\" for=\"vc-approved-outcome\">Controlled matrix cell\/outcome and required treatment or escalation<\/label><textarea class=\"vc-textarea\" id=\"vc-approved-outcome\" placeholder=\"Enter the exact lookup result from the approved source; do not infer it from this page\"><\/textarea><\/div>\n<div class=\"vc-field vc-wide\"><label class=\"vc-label\" for=\"vc-owner\">Assessor, competent reviewer\/risk owner and review date<\/label><input class=\"vc-input\" id=\"vc-owner\" autocomplete=\"off\"><\/div>\n<label class=\"vc-check vc-wide\" for=\"vc-confirm\"><input id=\"vc-confirm\" type=\"checkbox\"><span>I confirm that C and L are identifiers from the same approved scale and assessment basis; likelihood refers to the stated consequence, not merely the initiating event; credited controls and uncertainty are recorded; and the controlled matrix cell\/outcome was looked up in the cited method. I understand that an ordinal product does not itself establish risk magnitude, acceptability, legal compliance, treatment priority, permission to continue or a stop-work decision.<\/span><\/label>\n<div class=\"vc-actions vc-wide\"><button class=\"vc-calc-btn\" type=\"submit\">Create controlled criteria record<\/button><\/div>\n<\/div><\/form><div class=\"vc-error\" id=\"vc-error\" role=\"alert\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"vc-results\" id=\"vc-results\" aria-live=\"polite\"><div class=\"vc-results-head\"><div><h2 class=\"vc-results-title\">Risk-criteria lookup record<\/h2><div class=\"vc-results-basis\" id=\"vc-results-basis\">\u2014<\/div><\/div><button type=\"button\" class=\"vc-copy\" id=\"vc-copy\">Copy record<\/button><\/div><div class=\"vc-result-grid\">\n<div class=\"vc-result vc-primary\"><div class=\"vc-result-label\">Consequence \u00d7 likelihood coordinate<\/div><div class=\"vc-result-value\" id=\"vc-coordinate\">\u2014<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"vc-result\"><div class=\"vc-result-label\">Unclassified arithmetic index<\/div><div class=\"vc-result-value\" id=\"vc-product\">\u2014<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"vc-result\"><div class=\"vc-result-label\">Assessment basis<\/div><div class=\"vc-result-value\" id=\"vc-result-basis\">\u2014<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"vc-result\"><div class=\"vc-result-label\">Approved controlled outcome<\/div><div class=\"vc-result-value\" id=\"vc-result-outcome\">\u2014<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"vc-result\"><div class=\"vc-result-label\">Consequence definition<\/div><div class=\"vc-result-value\" id=\"vc-result-consequence\">\u2014<\/div><\/div>\n<div class=\"vc-result\"><div class=\"vc-result-label\">Likelihood definition<\/div><div class=\"vc-result-value\" id=\"vc-result-likelihood\">\u2014<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><div class=\"vc-danger\"><strong>No automatic authorization:<\/strong> urgent hazards and legal duties must be handled under applicable law, emergency\/stop-work rules and competent organizational procedures. This record cannot make work safe or authorize continuation.<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<section class=\"vc-section vc-open\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"vc-section-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"true\"><span class=\"vc-section-title\">What is\u2014and is not\u2014calculated<\/span><span class=\"vc-chevron\">\u2304<\/span><\/button><div class=\"vc-section-body\"><div class=\"vc-section-inner\"><h3>Coordinate-preserving record<\/h3><div class=\"vc-formula\">coordinate = (C, L)<br>optional index = C \u00d7 L, only when the cited method explicitly defines it<\/div><p>C and L are controlled identifiers, not automatically physical ratio-scale quantities. The ordered pair is always retained because different coordinates can have the same product: (1,4), (2,2) and (4,1) all give 4 but describe different consequence-likelihood combinations.<\/p><p>The worksheet never maps the coordinate or product to \u201cLow,\u201d \u201cMedium,\u201d \u201cHigh,\u201d \u201cCritical,\u201d \u201cacceptable,\u201d \u201ctolerable,\u201d \u201cintolerable\u201d or an action. The assessor supplies the approved cell\/outcome verbatim from the controlled method, including its basis, scope and authority.<\/p><h3>Minimum context<\/h3><p>A usable assessment states the objective and scenario, the consequence being rated, the likelihood of that consequence, exposure period, people\/assets\/environment affected, controls credited, uncertainty, assessment basis, competence, risk owner and review trigger. A coloured number without that record is not a defensible engineering or OH&amp;S decision.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"vc-section\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"vc-section-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span class=\"vc-section-title\">Standards lifecycle and boundaries<\/span><span class=\"vc-chevron\">\u2304<\/span><\/button><div class=\"vc-section-body\"><div class=\"vc-section-inner\"><h3>ISO 31000<\/h3><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iso.org\/standard\/65694.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ISO 31000:2018, Edition 2<\/a>, <em>Risk management\u2014Guidelines<\/em>, remains Published but is at stage 90.92 \u201cto be revised.\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iso.org\/standard\/88574.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ISO\/CD 31000, Edition 3<\/a> is under development at committee stage. ISO\u2019s public description presents a general approach that organizations customize to their context; it does not make this page\u2019s former 5\u00d75 bands an ISO matrix.<\/p><h3>ISO 45001<\/h3><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iso.org\/standard\/63787.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ISO 45001:2018, Edition 1<\/a>, <em>Occupational health and safety management systems\u2014Requirements with guidance for use<\/em>, remains Published, has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.iso.org\/standard\/88428.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amendment 1:2024<\/a>, is at stage 90.92 \u201cto be revised,\u201d and has a next version under development. Its public overview includes leadership, worker participation, hazard identification, risk assessment, legal compliance and continual improvement. That scope does not validate the former universal euro-loss bands or automatic stop\/approval rules.<\/p><h3>IEC 31010<\/h3><p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.iso.org\/standard\/72140.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">IEC 31010:2019, Edition 2<\/a>, <em>Risk management\u2014Risk assessment techniques<\/em>, is Published at close-of-review stage 90.60 and supersedes IEC 31010:2009. The official description emphasizes selecting, applying, verifying and validating techniques for the situation. Detailed technique content is licensed: <strong>NEEDS_LICENSED_SOURCE<\/strong> before claiming clause-level conformance.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"vc-section\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"vc-section-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span class=\"vc-section-title\">Independent evidence about matrix limitations<\/span><span class=\"vc-chevron\">\u2304<\/span><\/button><div class=\"vc-section-body\"><div class=\"vc-section-inner\"><p>The UK Health and Safety Executive\u2019s official <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/surfaceengineering\/assets\/docs\/comahguidance.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">COMAH surface-engineering guidance<\/a> says the likelihood of the particular severity outcome should be used and that any matrix should be reviewed for suitability to the assessment. Its displayed bands are explicitly an example for that context\u2014not universal values for this website.<\/p><p>HSE\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hse.gov.uk\/offshore\/assets\/docs\/sheet32006.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">offshore risk-assessment information sheet<\/a> describes matrices as a convenient ranking\/presentation method for qualitative or semi-quantitative approaches and stresses discrimination between the installation\u2019s hazardous events. It does not establish this page\u2019s former 1\u201325 bands.<\/p><p>Cox, <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/j.1539-6924.2008.01030.x\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>What\u2019s Wrong with Risk Matrices?<\/em>, Risk Analysis 28(2), 2008<\/a>, documents mathematical limitations including poor resolution and potentially misleading rankings. This supports preserving the coordinate, source and uncertainty rather than treating an ordinal product as universal risk magnitude.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"vc-section\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"vc-section-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span class=\"vc-section-title\">Confirmed defects removed from the former matrix<\/span><span class=\"vc-chevron\">\u2304<\/span><\/button><div class=\"vc-section-body\"><div class=\"vc-section-inner\"><div class=\"vc-table-wrap\"><table class=\"vc-table\"><thead><tr><th>Former output\/claim<\/th><th>Confirmed problem and correction<\/th><\/tr><\/thead><tbody>\n<tr><td>\u201cISO 45001 \/ ISO 31000 aligned\u201d 5\u00d75 matrix<\/td><td>A disclaimer admitted the standards prescribe no such matrix, yet the runtime and copy still branded its invented bands as aligned. The replacement cites actual lifecycle\/scope and implements no ISO matrix.<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Universal euro-loss, injury and frequency bands<\/td><td>The bands mixed OH&amp;S and finance, ignored exposure and context, and had no controlled source. They were removed; exact approved definitions must be entered.<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>C\u00d7L automatically mapped to Low\/Medium\/High\/Critical<\/td><td>Ordinal multiplication and product collisions do not create a universal risk magnitude. The coordinate is retained; a product appears only when the approved method explicitly defines it and remains unclassified.<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Acceptable\/tolerable\/intolerable and stop\/approval\/reassess-within-24-hours actions<\/td><td>These were unauthorised safety and management decisions. All automatic verdicts\/actions\/colours were removed; the approved outcome is copied from the cited procedure.<\/td><\/tr>\n<tr><td>Defaults, presets, interactive coloured matrix and dynamic HTML\/SVG<\/td><td>Example\/stale selections immediately issued authoritative decisions. The replacement starts blank, requires provenance\/context\/controls\/owner and confirmation, validates strict integers and uses textContent.<\/td><\/tr>\n<\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/section>\n<section class=\"vc-section\"><button type=\"button\" class=\"vc-section-toggle\" aria-expanded=\"false\"><span class=\"vc-section-title\">FAQ<\/span><span class=\"vc-chevron\">\u2304<\/span><\/button><div class=\"vc-section-body\"><div class=\"vc-section-inner\"><div class=\"vc-faq\"><button type=\"button\">Is this an ISO risk matrix?<\/button><div>No. It records coordinates and a controlled lookup from the organization\u2019s cited method. No ISO-branded matrix, band or action is generated.<\/div><\/div><div class=\"vc-faq\"><button type=\"button\">Why is the product optional?<\/button><div>Because ordered ratings may be ordinal and different coordinates share the same product. 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