By incorporating a fuller accounting of risks, the Entropy Model of accident causation demonstrates that safety and productivity are bound together.
Risk is a concept linked to negative outcomes such as regret, loss and damage. In occupational health and safety (OHS) management, it is caused by the presence of hazards that may trigger harmful consequences such as personal injury or property/environmental damage. The probability of this occurring is the risk associated with it.
OHS practitioners further clarify risk according to time horizons and severity (for example, imminent and serious risk) to prioritize control interventions. The concept of risk, however, remains broad and not differentiated into subclassifications. This has had a significant impact on OHS management. In particular, it has constrained the development of strategic approaches to risk control.