Risk Assessment

MEDIA STUDIES  RISK ASSESSMENT FORM

Generic headings are presented to ensure consistent safety practices. They are not definitive. Other potential hazards must be included and assessed.

ACTIVITY:                Theatre Trip

	HAZARD	A Severity	B Likelihood	Risk rating
1	Running away from Camera	6	2	12
2	Sitting in a tree	6	2	12
3	Standing on a gate	6	2	12
4	Sitting on broken branches of trees	0	2	0
5	Equipment to and from locations	6	2	12
6	Wet/slippery ground	6	2	12
7	Medical Emergency	6	2	12
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RISK RATING

Severity (A) multiplied by Likelihood (B) gives a Risk Rating between 0 and 100.

A)        Severity:                     Fatality (Fa)               10        Major injury (Ma)      8

                                    Minor injury (Mi)       6          Damage property     4

                                    No injury (No)           0

B)        Likelihood:                Probable (Pr)                        10        Occasional (Oc)       7

                                                Improbable (Im)        2

Risk ratings up to 40 need attention, but generally not urgently.

Risk ratings between 40 and 70 will require action, with urgency dependant upon where in the range they lie.

Risk ratings above 70 will require urgent action. Work will almost certainly have to stop until risks are reduced to an acceptable level.

MANAGEMENT ACTION – CONTROL MEASURES AND PRECAUTIONS REQUIRED

In order to remove or minimise risks, all personnel involved in the activity should adopt the control measures and precautions listed below. If already in place, they should be re-assessed to ensure continuing effectiveness.

HAZARD	CONTROL MEASURE PRECAUTIONS	Completed ü
1.	Hold equipment properly/ make sure there is nothing in the way of the person running	Yes
2.	Check for strength of the branches to make sure the person will not fall	Yes
3.	Make sure the gate is stable/shoes of the person are not slippery/ someone around to support if she fell.	Yes
4.	Make sure no sharp part of  the tree are sticking out/check if the branches are stable to sit on	Yes
5.	Make sure equipment is packed up and put away properly going to and from locations.	Yes
6.	Tread carefully through the field as the ground may be wet and slippery/stick to the pathway	Yes
7.	Make sure no one has any allergies that might affect us filming e.g. asthma.	Yes
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The above assessment is valid as at the date below. Should the activity change substantially, a further assessment will be required.

Compliance with the control measures and precautions should be monitored at all times.

ASSESSOR: Charlotte Woodward

DATE:­­­­­­­­­ 4/1/12