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Risk Assessment
Mike Kerrigan
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Risk assessment is
more un-necessary
paperwork
Risk assessment
stops my Scouts
doing activities
Risk assessment
takes time I
haven’t got
Risk assessment is
only there to keep
the DC happy
Risk Assessment
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A Question of Balance
Nothing worth having in life is ever attained without taking risks.
Fridtjof Nansen
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Risk Assessment
Risk assessment is not about wrapping our young people in cotton wool
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Why assess risks?
It is the policy of The Scout Association to safeguard the welfare of all members by protecting them from physical, sexual and emotional harm
‘Young people first’
The “Yellow Card”
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Why assess risks?
• We have a duty to take reasonable care
• Parents expect it
• It helps us think about the precautions needed
• If it goes wrong, we can demonstrate that we took reasonable care
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Facts
• 30% of accidents occur in or near the Group Headquarters
• 37% of accidents occur at camp
• Only 3% occur on expeditions
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Risk Assessment is ...
• Anticipating
• Planning
• Communicating
• “Being Prepared”!
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• A hazard is anything that could cause harm,
• A risk is the chance - high or low - that someone will be harmed by the hazard.
Definitions
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Risk Assessment
Review
Communicate
Decide Controls
Identify hazards
Who is at
risk?
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Hazards
• What could go wrong?• What potential dangers are there?• What is the likelihood of it happening?
Think wide
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Controls
• What steps will we take to prevent or minimise
the risk?
• Who needs to know?
• Is the risk now acceptable?
• Are we taking reasonable care?
• Do the benefits outweigh the remaining risk?
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Risk Assessment
RISK ASSESSMENT
HAZARD WHO AND HOW AT RISK? NECESSARY CONTROLS REVIEW AND REVISION
Road / Car-park Cubs - cars 1. Warn to stay on pitch
2. Watch for Cubs straying
Gorse bushes Cubs - scratches,
ticks - Lymes Disease
1. Tell Cubs to stay on pitch andout of bushes
2. Sufficient adult help watching
Rabbit holes All - twisted ankles 1. Warn Cubs to stay on pitch
2. Adults to take care when offpitch
Adders All - snake bites 1. Warn to stay on pitch
2. Watch for and call back anyCubs straying
3. Adults to watch where theystep
Strangers Cubs - Unwanted attention 1. Sufficient adult help watchingto challenge inappropriatestranger contact
Kites All - being hit by low flyingkites
Getting caught in lines
1. Keep Cubs well spaced andaway from flying area
2. Watch for lines
ACTIVITY Kite flyingGROUP: Fordingbridge Cubs DATE: 14/5/02
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Communication
• Having written the Risk Assessment communicate it– To other Leaders– To Helpers– To the young people where appropriate
They can’t apply the
controls if they
don’t know!
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Risk Assessment
Risk assessment is
simple
Risk assessment
allows my Scouts to
do activities safely
Risk assessment
helps inform the team
on precautions
Risk assessment gives
confidence
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Risk Assessment
“Being prepared” for activities