Summary
In short
- A high potential risk review is a review used in KnowSafe that a focused review of the risks that could kill or seriously injure, separate from the general register. It is built against ICMM critical risk practice and forms part of the Critical Control and Fatal Risk programme.
- Run twice a year. Carried out by senior management.
- The template holds 31 fields across 3 sections, with fatal risks repeating for each entry.
- Scoring is barrier health, control gaps, where high is good.
- ICMM is international Council on Mining and Metals. Publishes critical control management, widely borrowed outside mining for fatal risk control.
- It connects to the rest of the library: links Bowtie, Critical Controls.
What it is
What it is
What is a high potential risk review?
A high potential risk review is a review used in KnowSafe that a focused review of the risks that could kill or seriously injure, separate from the general register. It is built against ICMM critical risk practice and forms part of the Critical Control and Fatal Risk programme.
When is a high potential risk review completed?
A high potential risk review is completed at the review interval, and after any trigger event. Run twice a year.
When to use it
When to use it, and when not to
This review is one step in a larger programme. Using it for work that belongs to a neighbouring template produces records that are hard to report on later.
Use it for
- The event or activity this review covers has occurred, or is about to
- A new record is needed; each one gets its own ID in the form HPR-2026-000
- You are running the Critical Control and Fatal Risk programme and this is one of its steps
- A linked record needs this one to exist: links bowtie, critical controls
Not for
- Job Safety Analysis, which breaks a job into steps, finds the hazards in each and sets the controls.
- Pre-Task Risk Assessment, which a short check done by the crew right before work starts, covering what has changed today.
- Task Risk Assessment, which a fuller assessment of a task, its hazards and its controls, using the shared risk method.
- Anything outside KnowSafe, which belongs in the workspace that owns that process
Standards
What it is built against
ICMMInternational Council on Mining and Metals
Publishes critical control management, widely borrowed outside mining for fatal risk control.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is the high potential risk review template based on?+
It is built against ICMM critical risk practice. ICMM is international Council on Mining and Metals. Publishes critical control management, widely borrowed outside mining for fatal risk control.
What sections does the high potential risk review contain?+
There are 3 sections: header, fatal risks, result. Together they hold 31 fields, 27 of which are required.
How often is a high potential risk review raised?+
A new record is raised at the review interval, and after any trigger event. Each one is given an ID in the form HPR-2026-000, so it can be traced and referenced from other records.
Which programme does the high potential risk review belong to?+
It is part of Critical Control and Fatal Risk. Named fatal risks with owned critical controls and a verification schedule that is actually run.
How is a high potential risk review scored?+
Scoring is barrier health, control gaps. High is good. Scores exist to make the form tell you something, not to produce a percentage for its own sake.
Can the high potential risk review template be changed?+
Yes. Every field, option, score and conditional rule is editable, and the links to other templates come with it. Most teams install it as it is, run it for a cycle, then adjust.
The agents
What the agents do with it
The form is the easy part. Keeping it current, routing it to the right owner and holding the evidence together is the work that actually slips.
Holds the high potential risk review library against your registers, routes each record to its owner, and keeps the evidence trail together.
Coordinates the crew, rolls completion and exceptions into one view, and holds every write for your approval before it touches a record.
This template lives in KnowSafe — safety and compliance. Incidents, hazards, permits, inspections and the critical controls behind them.
Meet KnowSafe→Sources
Sources
- ICMM — International Council on Mining and Metals