Newcastle Community Green Festival
Risk Assessment Template
Hazard
Who might be
harmed?
Control measures in
place
Control measures to
be taken during event
Slip/trip/fall
Staff/general public
Site is planned to reduce
hazards
Ensure site is tidy with
cables/wiring and other
hazards buried or enclosed
and away from contact by
the general public
Electrical hazards
Staff/general public
Fall objects/structures
Staff/general public
All equipment is PAT
tested, any cables to
be hidden/buried away
from contact.
All structures to be
erected and secured
correctly before event.
High winds
destabilising marquees
Staff/public
Equipment to be
supervised at all times.
Area manager only to
use equipment.
Structures etc to be
checked before event
opens each day to
ensure they are
secure.
Remove walls if winds
are strong. Site or
safety managers to
check structures preopening of event.
Overcrowding at
entrances/exits
Staff/public
Injury from craft
utensils
Staff/public
Allergies to materials
e.g. glue/synthetics
Staff/public
Lost/kidnapped
children
Public
Site is located amongst
trees to reduce winds.
Marquees used have
ability to remove walls
to allow heavy winds
to pass through.
Provide more than one
entrance/exit to a
marquee.
Stewards to monitor
entrance/exit at all
times and clear if
required.
Ensure utensils are
Brief
safe and fit for purpose stewards/volunteers
prior to use. Provide
on area content.
utensils that are not
Supervise use of
likely to cause injury
utensils at all times.
i.e. blunt. Produce
posters for the area
alerting parents to be
responsible for their
children.
Make posters to alert
Area
parents to be
coordinator/volunteers
responsible for their
to inform parents
own children.
verbally on the day and
encourage children to
wash their hands after
use.
Ensure a safeguarding
Area volunteers to be
policy is in place and
aware of any
that all staff members
suspicious behaviour
are familiar with it.
or people in the area.
Make posters to alert
Correct reporting
parents to be
procedures to event
responsible for their
control if an incident
own children.
occurs.