Hazard Identified? /
Risks from it? | Who is at risk? | Gross Risk Rating
| How are the risks already controlled?
What extra controls are needed? | Net Risk Rating | Actions for further Controls
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Hazard – something that may cause harm or damage.
Risk – the chance of it happening. | Young people,
Leaders,
Visitors? | The gross risk rating is a combination of the likelihood of the risk happening and the impact should no mitigating actions be taken. | Controls – Ways of making the activity safer by removing or reducing the risk from it.
For example - you might use a different piece of equipment or you might change the way the activity is carried out. | The net risk rating is a combination of the likelihood of the risk happening and the impact once the mitigating actions have been taken. | These are further actions which have either been identified or are in the process of being implemented to provide additional control to mitigate risks |
Cuts to skin | | | Demonstrate before allowing access to knives.
Watch all users when they first use the knife
Maintain appropriate supervision levels
Ensure "duck grip" is used to sheath and unsheath knife!
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Stab injury | All Present | | Watch blood bubbles
Maintain appropriate supervision levels
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Trip stab | All Present | | Don’t move with unsheathed knives
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Wood chip in eye | | | Maintain blood bubble
Ensure all cuts are away from body
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Muscle fatigue - lost control of knife/axe/saw | Everyone | | Teach correct technique
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Insufficient first aid training for cuts | Everyone | | First aid kits to hand with the following essential items
- dressing for pressure
- bandage for pressure
- saline for rinsing cuts
- dressing for keeping it clean
- plasters
- tourniquet and haemostatic dressing - bonus
- Covid masks for patient and first aider
- medical gloves
All leaders to understand need to raise limb to stop bleeding and to sit the patient down
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Hand slipping off knife handle | Everyone | | No gloves
Hand sanitiser must be dry
Ensure dry hands and handles in wet weather Dynamic assessment to include judgement of whether activity should go ahead if too wet. | |
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Unsupervised use | Everyone | | Scouts must not help themselves to knives/axe/saw nor pass to other Scouts
Sharps to be locked up when not in use All YP must understand if they are allowed to use sharps unsupervised. | |
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| Sharp slipping rather that cutting | Everyone | | Ensure knives are sharp so they "bite" into the material.
Show correct technique
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