STUDENT RISK ASSESSMENT

Date:
05/010/2016

Location: Outside the campus

HAZARDS
Hazard
Regardless of control measures

Persons
at risk
*1

Task being assessed: Students taking photos in college

General Risk assessment

DEGREE OF RISK
Worst
Probability
Risk
outcome
Rating
*2
*3
A-E

CONTROL MEASURES
Existing control measures taken
against the risk

Student Name:
Samuel Smith
ACTION PLAN
What further control
measures are required when
and by whom

Weather. Windy weather could

blow equipment over and hit
someone or the wind could blow
someone over.
Wet weather. The wet conditions
could make the floor slippy and
someone could slip over.

ST, SF,
CR, CL,
CL, V,
D, X, W
FOR
ALL
RISKS

MAJ,
MIN FOR
ALL
RISKS

PR, PS
FOR ALL
RISKS

Weather reports to tell us what the

weather will be like.
No precautions for the volume of
traffic apart from other possible
paths for students to walk around to
get to the part of the college they
wish to get to.

Checking the weather ther

morning of the photo shoot so
that you can prepare.
Tell the security guards about
the usage of that area so that
they can put up a warning for
other students and staff so that
they can be careful around the
photographer and model.

Other people. There could be

other people that are walking
around the area in which the
photos are being taken< this
could lead to someone knocking
another person over.

*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