Product Safety Risk Assessment Methodology (PRISM): resources
Guidance on products and hazards presumed serious risk and fictitious examples of product safety risk assessments.
Applies to England, Scotland and Wales
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These resources support the use of the PRISM toolkit by GB authorities with responsibility for consumer product safety, and should be considered in tandem with the PRISM V2 guide.
The guidance on the products and hazards assessed by OPSS as presenting a serious risk is accompanied by six fictitious product safety risk assessments undertaken using the PRISM methodology. The examples include additional explanation to highlight the thinking behind the approach taken and some of the conclusions drawn. Please note that the detail of the risk assessments including the probabilities highlighted should not be transferred to other assessments. It is provided primarily to illustrate the application of PRISM and not as an OPSS position on the issues featured.