What a day
As sponsor at the Ibec Academy Occupational Safety & Health seminar in Killashee Hotel, we were delighted to help shine a light on this year’s theme:
“Innovations in Risk Assessment.”
Our message was simple:
risk assessment isn’t a document – it’s a living, integrated system when powered by the right software.
Why now?
The risk landscape is changing
Across Europe, most organisations do risk assessments regularly, but the nature of risk is shifting.
Digital technologies and distributed work (including home-working) require assessments to evolve continuously – not annually.
The key takeaways?
- Risk is a living process;
- AI & software augment people, they don’t replace them;
- Collaboration across sectors lifts everyone.
Paperwork records risk. Platforms reduce it.
Our presentation: turning assessments into live, integrated risk intelligence
We walked through how organisations can move beyond PDFs and spreadsheets to a single live risk register that links everything that matters.
Risk Assessment ↔ incidents ↔ audits ↔ actions ↔ training ↔ assets/permits
Automatic prompts to review an RA after an incident, audit finding or equipment/config change
Versioning, evidence capture, audit trail, SLAs & escalations baked into the workflow
Dashboards, heatmaps and alerts that surface leading indicators (not just lagging stats)
Automated triage & prioritisation to surface the next best action – always with human oversight
Built around PDCA
We showed how software operationalises
Plan–Do–Check–Act:
Plan: identify hazards, score risks, model controls
Do: assign actions/CAPA, permits, training; capture proof on mobile
Check: inspections, telemetry and leading indicators verify control effectiveness
Act: update RAs/SOPs, recalibrate scores, share lessons—and the loop keeps turning
What “good” looks like (the operating picture)
One source of truth: a live RA that updates when the world changes
Closed-loop execution: actions with owners, due dates and SLA monitoring
Coverage of modern risks: digital technology use and home-working included as standard
People first: workers and managers engage via simple mobile workflows; software handles the housekeeping
Practical benefits our customers care about
Speed: shorter “identify → action → closure” cycles
Visibility: real-time risk profiles by site, team, process or asset
Consistency: standardised templates, approvals and governance at scale
Assurance: auditable evidence, version history and reporting on demand
A quick, pragmatic roadmap: First month
- Stand up the live risk register (migrate the highest-risk assessments first)
- Link actions/CAPA and training with owners, due dates and SLAs
- Turn on versioning, e-sign and evidence capture
- Publish a leadership dashboard and overdue alerts
Month 2 onwards
- Integrate incidents & audits, enabling event-driven RA reviews
- Connect assets/permits (and IoT where relevant) for condition/exposure monitoring
- Add weather/geospatial feeds for heat/flood/storm planning
- automated classification & prioritisation with human-in-the-loop review
The intelligent layer
Risk is a living process – your RA should evolve as quickly as the risk does
AI & software augment people – the “intelligent layer” is human judgement
Collaboration lifts everyone – shared learning across sectors accelerates prevention
Thank you & congratulations
Huge thanks to Ibec Academy and all speakers for an outstanding programme and congratulations to Yvette Moffatt CFIOSH on the well-deserved Outstanding Contribution to Health & Safety Award.
We were proud to stand alongside colleagues from HSA, Ayrton Consulting, ESB International, Habitus Health, LCE and many more who are pushing our profession forward.
If you’d like to see how iProtectU turns assessments into live, integrated risk intelligence, start here:
Software does the housekeeping; people make the decisions.
https://iprotectu.com/health-and-safety-modules/risk-assessment-software/
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