Qualitative assessments involve some kind of comparative criteria to determine whether a system in a workplace or other given situation should be approved or not. When compared to quantitative assessment, qualitative assessments are complicated because it is hard to define and interpret criteria in actual practice. Examples of qualitative criteria for risk acceptance and the European standard for risk assessment of machinery are briefly discussed in Reading 2.
Reading 2
Harms-Ringdahl, L (2001) section 4.3, of 'Risk assessment,' in Safety Analysis: Principles and Practice in Occupational Safety, CRC Press, pp. 49–50.
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