During the development of the R.I.S.C. Assessment, many questions have been asked about how it was designed, why it is necessary, and how it works. There have also been many skeptics of the R.I.S.C. Assessment. For a deeper understanding of the R.I.S.C. Assessment, the following frequently asked questions have been answered for your convenience
The R.I.S.C. Assessment is a survey tool that measures a person’s chances of experiencing an accident or injury based on their knowledge, behavior, environment, and observations.
The R.I.S.C. Assessment stands for the Rebecchi Individual Safety Consciousness (R.I.S.C.) Assessment.
Safety consciousness is a person’s ability to identify hazardous situations and conditions that cause or contribute to accidents or injuries.
By gaining a clear understanding of what a person knows, how they behave, what they are exposed to, and what they observe regularly, the R.I.S.C. Assessment can determine what types of hazards they are vulnerable to, how often they will encounter them, and what types of accidents and injuries they are most likely to experience.
No one is immune to getting hurt, and we encounter situations that can harm us every day. Even normal activities like driving a car, cooking dinner, changing a lightbulb, or taking out the trash can lead to injuries. This is true regardless of a person’s profession, knowledge, environment, or opinion of safety. Therefore, we believe everyone should take the R.I.S.C. Assessment.
Of course! Everyone faces risks in one way or another, and we are most tolerant of those risks in our homes. This is why many accidents and injuries occur at home. A person who doesn’t work has just as much to benefit from the R.I.S.C. Assessment as a person with a job.
There are 24 total categories in the R.I.S.C. Assessment. From pinch points to ergonomics, cybersecurity to emergency preparedness, and emotional health to conflict resolution, the R.I.S.C. Assessment measures all these categories and so much more. Please visit the Categories page for a complete, detailed listing of all the categories measured in the R.I.S.C. Assessment.
The R.I.S.C. Assessment takes approximately 1 hour to complete.
Personal risks are the possibilities of loss or injury that affect us individually. A risk level is normally measured by multiplying the likelihood times the severity or impact. A person’s R.I.S.C. Level is measured by understanding what they know, what they do, what they observe, and what they are exposed to.
Yes, an individual’s risk will change over time. Safety is constantly evolving. Every day, new technologies are invented, different strategies are developed, and people’s lives change. Due to these factors, new hazards are constantly emerging, and old ones can be obscured, compounded, or become more dangerous. Therefore, it is important to reassess our risk occasionally to determine where we are vulnerable.
A person should consider reassessing their risk periodically; how frequently this is done is up to each individual. Concerning the R.I.S.C. Assessment, it would be beneficial to retake it at least every year to see how a person’s R.I.S.C. Levels have changed over time. However, a person can benefit from retaking the R.I.S.C. Assessment every 6 months or even every 3 months if they choose to.
The R.I.S.C. Assessment doesn’t predict whether an accident or injury will occur. Still, it can indicate what types of accidents and injuries a person is vulnerable to and most likely to experience based on their knowledge, behaviors, observations, and exposure.
Yes, the R.I.S.C. Assessment is available online and will only be available through the R.I.S.C. Assessment website (www.riscassessment.com).
The R.I.S.C. Assessment can be taken on mobile devices such as tablets and smartphones.
The R.I.S.C. Assessment is completely free for individual participants. All that is required is to be 18 years old or older and 1 hour of your time.
If a participant taking the R.I.S.C. Assessment doesn’t work, they should answer the observations as if their daily routine was their full-time job. For example, a stay-at-home parent should treat their home as their work environment and family members as coworkers while selecting their answers for the survey.
No. Your answers are completely confidential, not considered independently, and will not appear in the results or feedback portion of the Assessment.
Once you have completed the survey portion of the R.I.S.C. Assessment, you can review your R.I.S.C. Levels for each of the 24 categories. Since you cannot complete the survey portion and fully review all the categories within the Assessment’s ~1-hour timeframe, the top 3 highest and lowest risk categories will be listed at the top of the results page for ease of reference.
Your R.I.S.C. Assessment results will provide detailed yet easy-to-understand explanations of each category and visual examples to help you remember the information. Therefore, there is little to no interpretation required on your part to fully benefit from your results.
Your results will provide a few strategies you can use to improve your R.I.S.C. Levels. Choose the strategies that work best for your circumstances and come back to review your results as often as you need to.
If you disagree with any of your results for any reason, there is a short video we would like you to watch to help address any concerns you may have. The link for the video can be found at the top of the results page.
Sure! The R.I.S.C. Assessment can be taken as often as you’d like. However, you should not retake the R.I.S.C. Assessment to “beat” it. The full benefit of the R.I.S.C. Assessment lies in understanding what types of accidents and injuries a person is most susceptible to based on their knowledge, behavior, environment, and observations. Any effort to artificially achieve the best results will not accurately represent your R.I.S.C. Levels.
Please know that your honest opinions and observations are encouraged regardless of your opinion of safety. Whether you advocate for safety, think that safety is a complete waste of time, or anywhere in between, we encourage you to be 100% honest when taking this survey. Your honesty will help generate feedback specific to you, and by answering based on what you think we want to hear, you may be missing out on some beneficial information. The more honest your answers are, the more you will benefit from your participation.
Yes. Based on the results of each participant within the organization, an average R.I.S.C. Level for each category can be generated for that organization, even for specific locations and departments. The R.I.S.C. Assessment will then provide detailed information for each category, explaining its organizational importance, reasoning for the score, and strategies that can be used to reduce R.I.S.C. Levels for both the organization and its personnel.
An organization can utilize R.I.S.C. Assessment results in many ways including but not limited to providing statistical data on safety performance, creating safety advocates for individual categories, identifying gaps in safety programs, and measuring safety training effectiveness and retention.
The organizational platform is currently being developed. Once completed, an organization can pay $50 per participant to access these metrics.
At $50 per participant, it would only cost an organization of 150 people $7,500 to have their personnel take the R.I.S.C. Assessment and access their organizational metrics. According to the National Safety Council (NSC), the “cost per medically consulted injury in 2022 was $40,000” (National Safety Council, 2024). For a 150-person organization, if the R.I.S.C. Assessment prevents just 1 person from experiencing an injury in any of the 24 categories, the process has already paid for itself.
National Safety Council. (2024). Work injury costs.
The categories an organization would be most interested in depends on which industry they belong to. A construction company may be interested in their employees’ Emotional Health, Stress, & Fatigue levels, or Hazard Identification, Communication, & Control practices. A mining company may be interested in the Illumination & Visual Obstacles their personnel are encountering. Manufacturing companies would likely be interested in how their employees are affected by Noise & Vibration or their challenges using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
Even client-based organizations can benefit from the R.I.S.C. Assessment. A Managed Service Provider (MSP) might be interested in knowing about their clients' Cybersecurity and Loss Prevention practices. An insurance company may be interested in their policyholders' Fire Prevention & Planning practices. Regardless of industry, every organization can find a category of interest in the R.I.S.C. Assessment.
It is important to note that the R.I.S.C. Assessment is a tool created to help improve the safety of individuals and organizations. The developer does not endorse any use of the R.I.S.C. Assessment and/or its results for disciplinary purposes, and these uses are strictly discouraged.
It doesn’t matter where you are from, what your opinions of safety are, or what profession you work in. The R.I.S.C. Assessment was made for you, is about you, and is designed to give you information to improve your quality of life. Whether you are at home or in the workplace, your safety and well-being is important. Don’t risk not knowing where you might be vulnerable. Take the R.I.S.C. Assessment and let’s work together to improve your quality of life.
