Risk assessment prioritizes the safety hazards in a workplace according to their severity and likelihood of occurrence. That assessment then becomes the guide for developing a playbook for risk reduction – a process that is best described as a journey. And as you might suspect, the journey never ends. The truth is that in the workplace, as in life, there is no such thing as a totally risk free environment. The real goal, and a very attainable one, is to keep improving your batting average.