Risk Assessment Matrix
Risk Assessment Tables
Risk Assessment Matrix
Risk rating as a function of consequence and likelihood scores.
Consequence
5
MEDIUM
HIGH
CRITICAL
CRITICAL
CRITICAL
4
LOW
MEDIUM
HIGH
CRITICAL
CRITICAL
3
LOW
LOW
MEDIUM
HIGH
CRITICAL
2
VERY
LOW
LOW
LOW
MEDIUM
HIGH
1
VERY
LOW
VERY
LOW
LOW
LOW
MEDIUM
1 2 3 4 5
Likelihood
Consequence Criteria
The descriptions below are indicative only and provide a guide to relative consequence.
Rating Score Criteria
Catastrophic 5
• Council or external agency instigates an inquiry or legal action.
• Significant damage to the University’s reputation
• Widespread, ongoing, negative media coverage
• Legal action involving major criminal charges and/or civil suits with
possible fines and costs exceeding $1 million
• Multiple deaths and injuries
• Severe environmental damage
• Long term cessation of core activities (months)
• Destruction or long-term unavailability of infrastructure, systems and
resources directly impacting operations
• Financial loss not covered by insurance (more than $5 million)
Major 4
• Widespread negative media coverage
• Legal action involving criminal charges and/or civil suits with possible
fines and costs exceeding $5000,000
• Single death and/or multiple injuries
• Short term cessation of core activities (weeks)
• Financial loss not covered by insurance ($2.5 - $5 million)
Moderate 3
• Unfavorable media coverage
• Injuries requiring off campus medical treatment
• Significant disruption to core activities (days)
• Financial loss not covered by insurance ($500,000 - $2.5 million)
Minor 2
• Limited unfavorable media coverage
• Injuries requiring on campus medical treatment
• Short-term disruption to core activities (days)
• Long-term disruption to non-core activities (weeks)
• Financial loss not covered by insurance ($50,000 - $500,000)
Insignificant 1
• Unlikely to have an impact on the University’s public image
• Minor injuries
• Minimal impact on operations
• Minimal financial loss (less than $50,000)
