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Tony Minuta Australian Competition and Consumer Commission OECD Workshop on Product Risk Assessment Gold Coast, October 11, 2013
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Tony Minuta
Australian Competition and
Consumer Commission
OECD Workshop on Product Risk Assessment
Gold Coast, October 11, 2013
The Nomograph Risk Assessment Tool
• Define scope of assessment
• Assess severity of injury
• Estimate probability of hazard occurring
• Estimate the potential for hazard recognition
• Hazard (initial risk assessment)
• Estimate availability
• Risk (final risk assessment)
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The Nomograph Risk Assessment Tool
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ACCC Nomograph
Benis + EU RAPEX injury severity = ACCC nomograph (January 2012)
Replaced Benis injury severity ratings with EU RAPEX injury severity level
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Assess severity of injury
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ACCC ‘Initial Assessment’ Process
• Classify the product & injury (WHO ICECI nomenclature)
• Complete the ACCC Nomograph
• On average 20 minutes per injury report
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ACCC ‘Initial Assessment’ Process
2012: Drivers for change.
– Faced staffing restrictions
– Backlog of assessments
– Needed to redirect resources to risk management
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Analysis
• Most reports had lower injury severity
• “Severity 1” injuries almost always had
Nomograph ≤ “Very Low”.
• “Severity 2” injuries almost always had
Nomograph ≤ “Low”.
• Products not found in Australia had ≤ “Very Low”
(Nomograph Availability = “Rare”)
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Analysis
Analysis of all reports submitted over a two week period
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New ACCC Process
Modified ‘initial assessment’ process December 2012:
• Simple process for most reports (low injury severity)
• Injury Severity - 1 = “Very Low”
• Injury Severity - 2 = “Low”
• Higher injury severity cases require further work
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New ACCC Process
Injury Severity Assessment Decision
Severity 1 Very Low
Close
Severity 2 Low
Severity 3/4 Use Nomograph ≤ Low, Close
≥ Moderate,
detailed
assessment or risk management
Product not in Australia
Very Low Close
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New ACCC Process
• All reports are coded into the database
• Regular analysis to ensure we do not miss
trends of lower severity injuries
• E.g. Cosmetics Ingredients & Labelling Audits
– Lots of reports of contact dermatitis
– Initiated a project to review compliance with
ingredient labelling requirements for cosmetic products
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New ACCC Process
Benefits
• Immediate reduction in backlog
• Same outcome for less work
(for low severity, that is all we need to know)
• More time on high risk reports
• Reduce subjectivity associated with estimating
likelihood, hazard recognition and availability
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What’s Next?
• New process is working very well
• Can we do better than the nomograph?
• Interaction with compliance
• Transfer knowledge
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October 11, 2013 OECD Workshop on Product Risk Assessment
Make safe - Buy safe - Use safe
Find out how at
www.productsafety.gov.au
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