Using the event tree in Figure Q4, calculate the probability frequency outcome for all events shown

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  1. Using the event tree in Figure Q4, calculate the probability frequency outcome for all events shown 
  2. The Health & Safety at Work Act 1974 apply the terms As Low As Reasonably Possible and So Far As Is Reasonably Practicable when considering any legal contraventions. Using the outcomes calculated in part a), discuss how organisations can use these probabilities to inform health & safety decisions on a cost benefit basis    
Materials free
Persons
Frequency
(per year)
Initiating
Materials
to fall into
working in
Outcom e
event
collapse
trench
trench
Fatality, serious
injury
Yes
0.65
Yes
Pipe
m aterials
0.6
Possible equipm ent
No
dam age and damage
to pipe materials
stored
close to
0.35
trench
Yes
Dam age to pipe
m aterials only
0.05
0.75
Yes
0.6
No
0.4
Dam a ge to pipe
materials only
No
0.4
No
No dam ag
0.25
Figure Q4: Analysis of the danger associated with stored materials
Transcribed Image Text:Materials free Persons Frequency (per year) Initiating Materials to fall into working in Outcom e event collapse trench trench Fatality, serious injury Yes 0.65 Yes Pipe m aterials 0.6 Possible equipm ent No dam age and damage to pipe materials stored close to 0.35 trench Yes Dam age to pipe m aterials only 0.05 0.75 Yes 0.6 No 0.4 Dam a ge to pipe materials only No 0.4 No No dam ag 0.25 Figure Q4: Analysis of the danger associated with stored materials
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