Practical risk management

How do you practice risk management in your daily life?

As a typical Swede, I'm renovating the house during the summer vacation. This year, high up on the roof.

The question we asked ourselves in the spring was about the risks when doing cleaning and painting, and the cost for different alternatives.

When I was much younger, I used ladders to climb up, but they were sold with a previous house twenty years ago.

After breaking my ribs several times, plus a broken back, I concluded that a new ladder wasn't a good option.

Renting a skylift is not that cheap and with the Swedish summer, you can't plan sunny days ahead.

Therefore we settled for a movable scaffolding unit, reaching up 7 m from the ground. Added extra stabilizers, as it's high up when you are standing there.

Feels resonably safe from a risk perspective, don't you agree?

We also have the location of the house and weather conditions to think about.

We are very close to the sea, and some days during the summer, the wind more than 16 m/s.

How will you adjust your risk management approach when it's you who will be working on the highest platform in high winds?