Safety & Workforce worked example

Compliance Audit Score with non-conformance severity rating of 20 score: a worked example

This scenario runs the compliance audit score calculation on the strong side: non-conformance severity rating of 20 score, with every other input held at its documented default. Use it when compliance audit in safety and workforce needs a defensible ranking against other safety and workforce risks for the next review.

The inputs for this scenario

  • Non-conformance severity rating: 20 score (raised for this scenario; the documented default is 8)
  • Recurrence likelihood rating: 6 score (unchanged)
  • Audit detectability rating: 7 score (unchanged)

Working through the calculation

  • Applying the documented formula (Weighted score = severity × 0.40 + occurrence × 0.35 + detection × 0.25) to the inputs above produces each figure below.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 11.85 score for compliance audit risk score, the number this scenario is built around.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 20 score for compliance audit severity score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 6 score for compliance audit occurrence score.
  • At this operating point the engine returns 7 score for compliance audit detection score.

How this compares with the baseline

  • Against the tool's baseline example, where non-conformance severity rating sits at 8 score and the headline result is 7.05 score, this scenario comes in 68.09% above the baseline at 11.85 score.
  • Use it during internal audits, supplier audits or management reviews to prioritize which non-conformances get corrective action first. Treat this as a target state: the delta against the baseline quantifies what the improvement is worth before you commit to chasing it.

Results at a glance

  • Compliance audit risk score: 11.85 score (headline result)
  • Compliance audit severity score: 20 score
  • Compliance audit occurrence score: 6 score
  • Compliance audit detection score: 7 score

Run it with your numbers

  • Every input above is editable in the live Compliance Audit Score calculator, which recalculates instantly and can be shared with the inputs intact.

Last reviewed 2026-05-12.