Severity | Very likely | Likely | Possible | Unlikely | Highly unlikely |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fatality | Extreme | High | High | High | Medium |
Major injury | High | High | High | Medium | Medium |
Minor injury | High | Medium | Medium | Medium | Medium |
First aid | Medium | Medium | Medium | Low | Low |
Negligible | Medium | Medium | Low | Low | Low |
Extinct dinosaurs are recreated from DNA trapped in fossilised mosquito blood. They break free from enclosures and rampage throughout the zoo killing staff, animals, and visitors.
Very likely x Fatality = Extreme risk
A visitor or staff member is killed due to anaphylaxis from a wasp or bee sting while walking in zoo gardens.
Likely x Fatality = High risk
A visitor falls into a dangerous animal enclosure and is mauled by lions.
Possible x Fatality = High risk
Glass breaks in an aquatic display area causing a flood of glass and water, killing visitors, staff, and animals.
Unlikely x Fatality = High risk
Extinct dinosaurs are recreated from DNA trapped in fossilised mosquito blood. They break free from enclosures and rampage throughout the zoo killing staff, animals, and visitors.
Highly unlikely x Fatality = Medium risk
An animal handler fails to lock the gate properly during feeding time and is attacked by hungry tigers resulting in serious cuts and internal injuries.
Very likely x Major injury = High risk
A gorilla escapes a damaged enclosure, attacking multiple visitors, resulting in severe injury.
Possible x Major injury = High risk
A poacher sneaks into a safari zoo enclosure to steal rhinoceros horns. He shoots and seriously injures one rhinoceros but gets attacked by the others, causing multiple broken bones and internal injuries.
Unlikely x Major injury = Medium risk
A zookeeper crashes an electric cart into a tree at low speed, sustaining a leg injury and damaging the tree.
Very likely x Minor injury = Medium risk
A photographer roams into a restricted area of the open lemur enclosure to take a better photograph of a young lemur and is attacked by several female lemurs defending their young, resulting in scratches and bites to the face and arms.
Possible x Minor injury = Medium risk
A visitor is knocked down while crossing a walkway in the zoo car park by a vehicle travelling at low speed.
Unlikely x Minor injury = Medium risk
Drinking fountains are contaminated with bacteria causing illness in some visitors.
Highly unlikely x Minor injury = Medium risk
A free-roaming swan attacks a child and steals a sandwich, biting a finger which causes bleeding.
Very likely x First aid = Medium risk
A visitor trips on uneven ground caused by exposed tree roots, sustaining a grazed knee.
Likely x First aid = Medium risk
A severe hailstorm injures several visitors and some animals, all requiring treatment for bruising and concussion.
Unlikely x First aid = Low risk
A zookeeper forgets to wear protective gloves and is bitten while handling a lizard.
Highly unlikely x First aid = Low risk
While on a school excursion, a child is separated from the group and gets lost, found in a distressed state.
Very likely x Negligible = Medium risk
A visitor forgets to apply adequate sunscreen for a day at the zoo and sustains a moderate sunburn.
Likely x Negligible = Medium risk
Zoo kiosk coffee is too hot, burning several visitors' tongues.
Possible x Negligible = Low risk
An orangutan learns to use sign language, insulting and frightening visitors as they pass by, gesticulating rudely and banging on the glass enclosure.
Highly unlikely x Negligible = Low risk