Which of the following steps does not form part of an occupational risk assessment?

• A. Identifying hazards
• B. Evaluating exposure
• C. Planning controls
• D. All of the above

Answer: (D)

In occupational risk assessment, you first work out what could cause harm and how workers might be exposed. Identifying hazards is the step that reveals potential sources of harm. Evaluating exposure then looks at how much, how often, and under what conditions workers come into contact with those hazards, which helps quantify the level of risk. Planning and implementing controls, on the other hand, comes after the risk has been characterized and belongs to risk management—deciding which control measures to put in place and how to apply them to reduce risk. So the step that does not form part of the risk assessment itself is planning controls; those activities occur after the assessment to manage the risk.