What is the purpose of a 'change management' risk assessment?

• A. To evaluate new hazards or risk changes introduced by modifications to equipment, processes, or procedures.
• B. To calculate depreciation of equipment.
• C. To redesign the organizational chart.
• D. To select new suppliers.

Answer: (A)

Change management risk assessment is a systematic check done before implementing any modification to equipment, processes, or procedures to identify any new hazards or changes in risk that the modification might introduce. It ensures that the proposed change won’t create unacceptable risk and that existing safety controls will still be effective or are upgraded as needed. This is a key part of the management of change process, integrating safety thinking into design and operation so that alterations don’t lead to unintended harm. The other options don’t fit because depreciation is a financial measure, reorganizing the organizational chart is about structure, and selecting new suppliers concerns procurement rather than evaluating safety risks introduced by changes.