STUDENT RISK ASSESSMENT

Date
30/9/15

Location: Outside garden area

HAZARDS
Hazard
Regardless of control measures
1) Student may fall over
2) A splinter from the
wooden bench
3) It might rain and the
person may get wet and
slip on surface

Persons
at risk
*1
1)St
2)St
3)St

Task being assessed: Students filming/taking photos in college

General Risk assessment

DEGREE OF RISK
Worst
Probability
Risk
outcome
Rating
*2
*3
A-E
1)Min
1)R
D
2)Min
2)R
D
3)Min
3)U
C

CONTROL MEASURES
Existing control measures taken
against the risk
1) A lot of staff around to
witness a student falling
over
2) There is a nurse on site

Student Name: Emma Grimes

ACTION PLAN
What further control
measures are required when
and by whom
1) Make sure student is
watching where they
are walking
2) Try not to touch the
bench with hands
3) Wear suitable shoes

*1
Sf = staff
St = students
Cr = contractors
Cl = cleaners
V = visitors

D = people with disabilities

X = young/inexperienced
L = lone workers
W = women of child-bearing
age

*2 This is without control measures

F = fatal
Maj = major injury or permanent disability
Min = minor injury
NR = non-reportable

*3 This is with control measures in place

Fr = frequent/likely/could occur repeatedly/expected
Pr = probable/not surprised/might occur often
Ps = possible/could occur sometime
R = remote/unlikely but conceivable
U = unlikely/improbable such that likelihood is almost zero