FORM A: RISK ASSESSMENT
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This form is for staff or volunteers responsible for a Trust site or a Trust activity. You have a responsibility to assess the risks and undertake precautions
which reduce significant risks. This form is to help with your assessment and is designed to show how your precautions reduce any risks.
Name of site …Schools Outreach………………... Date of assessment 23/1/12Assessed by …Laura Harvey
Are you undertaking this assessment for a whole site or a particular activity? Please specify …Indoor activities…….……
Risk of injury
Description of hazard
Who is at risk?
Severity
Likelihood:
of injury: high/med/
high/med/ low
low
Precautions needed to reduce risks
Leaf litter – bacteria & viruses,
Anyone who puts
sharp stick & thorns
their hands in the leaf
bushes & not in places where dogs may
litter.
have access. Provide gardening gloves
Low
Low
Risk of injury with
precautions
Severity
Likelihood:
of injury:
high/med
high/med/ / low
low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Collect leaf litter away from thorny
and paint brushes for searching through
leaf litter. Give warning and tell pupils
to keep hands away from mouths &
wash hands at end of session
Snails – E. coli
Anyone who touches
Low
Low
a snail
Provide plastic gloves and paint brushes
for searching through leaf litter. Give
warning and tell pupils to keep hands
away from mouths & wash hands at end
of session
Beetles jaws – sharp centipedes jaws
Anyone who picks up
Low
Use brushes to put creatures into bug
Low
a beetle or centipede.
boxes for viewing. Give warning about
sharp jaws and clear instructions on
handling and viewing.
Leaf litter flicked in eyes
Anyone present
Low
Low
Give warning to keep litter in trays and
Low
Low
to use paint brushes carefully, not to
flick – give only 3 brushes per tray
Please copy blank forms as needed. Please return completed forms to your Line Manager. A copy will be sent back to you with any comments.