Hazard Identified? /
Risks from it? | Category | Who is at risk? | How are the risks already controlled?
What extra controls are needed? | What has changed that needs to be thought about and controlled? |
Hazard – something that may cause harm or damage.
Risk – the chance of it happening. | Category to help organise risks | Young people,
Leaders,
Visitors? | 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. | Keep checking throughout the activity in case you need to change it…or even stop it! This is a great place to add comments which will be used as part of the review. |
Falling from a height - Breaks, fractures and spains.
| | All present | All instructors are trained and assessed by a senior member of staff.
The group are told not to climb over boulder and wall.
No one can climb on the wall until they have permission from the instructor.
All participants are shown by the instructor how to spot one another correctly.
When climbing on the wall participants must have a partner spotting them at all times.
Instructor must monitor all participants when climbing and spotting.
Participants must not jump onto or off the wall.
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Objects falling from height - brusies, contusions.
| | All present | All structural elements are physically checked and recorded during periodic inspections, as well as visually from the ground at the start of a session.
All participants are to remove everything from their pockets at the start of the session.
Footwear must be appropriate and securely fastened
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Equipment failure - Cuts, lacerations, bruising
| | All Present | All structures are checked annually by a competent person. All equipment is checked by the instructor prior to being used.
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| Adverse weather conditions – exposure, hypothermia, heat stroke, falling branches. | | All present | Group leaders to ensure their group members are adequately prepared for the prevailing weather conditions.
Group to camp in an appropriate area as much as reasonably possible.
Site to be closed when a yellow wind warning is forecast.
Site to conduct regular tree surveys. | |
Structruee failure - Cuts, bruises, grazes, broken bones,multi-skeletal injury, death.
| | All Present | Daily visual inspections of structure carried out during set up and logged
on sheets.
Detailed periodic inspection checks carried out and recorded. Areas of
concerns to be inspected by technical expert.
Annual inspection undertaken by an independent competent person.
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| Group behaviour – loss of control of the group, participants being distracted/not listening. | | All present | Group leaders are to ensure that the group is under control at all times.
Leader in charge to stop the session if participant’s behaviour becomes dangerous. | |
| Slips, trips & falls – risk of cuts, bruises and grazes | | All present | Participants warned about potential hazards.
All participants must be wearing sensible footwear. | |
Entrapment - Compression/crushing injuries.
| | All Present | Loose jewellery to be removed, long hair tied back and loose clothing to be secured.
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