This document summarizes potential hazards and risks associated with filming at various outdoor locations. It identifies 8 hazards such as slippery surfaces, falling branches, animal waste, and tripping that could impact the actors, camera crew or equipment. For each hazard, it indicates what scene it may occur in, who or what may be harmed, existing risk controls, the likelihood and consequences of the risk, and any further actions needed to reduce the risk. An risk assessment chart classifies risks as extreme, high, moderate or low based on the likelihood and severity of potential consequences.

1. FILM PRODUCTION RISK ASSESSMENT
1 Pathway leading from Eccles to Monton
2 Pathway leading from Eccles to Monton
3 Bridge and pathway leading from Eccles to Monton
4 Tunnel Leading from Worsley towards Walkden
HAZARD IN WHICH SCENE PERSON WHO MAY PROPERTY THAT RISK CONTROLS RISK ASSESSMENT FURTHER ACTION
IS THIS HAZARD BE HARMED COULD BE ALREADY IN PLACE *See chart TO BE TAKEN
PRESENT? DAMAGED
1= small hill 1 Actors and camera Equipment if Wear appropriate MODERATE Zone off area where
slippery surface crew carrying it and fall shoes and try not to Unlikely to happen not to stand and
slide on the small or minor where stand
hill and mud consequences (i.e.
production could be
slightly delayed)

2. 2=pathway with 2 Actors Camera if hit by Try to walk into the Low Rarely happens and
branches sticking out branches middle of pathway very insignificant Hold back branches
consequences
3=bridge is slippery 6 Camera crew and Equipment as it can Carefully holding Low Wear appropriate
and there is a actors fall equipment Rarely happens and shoes and don’t
height off the very insignificant mess around on
ground consequences bridge
4= tunnel slippery 6 Camera crew and Equipment as if fall Carefully holding HIGH Get good source of
surface and only actors or slip can damage equipment Could happen or lighting and wear
one way in and out the camera mild consequences appropriate shoes
(i.e. someone could
and dark so need
suffer a minor injury)
light
5= Animal faeces 3 Camera person and Equipment if it gets Look where you are MODERATE Just watch where
actors any on it it could stepping Unlikely to happen we are going and
break as it gets wet or minor make sure we fill in
consequences (i.e. a place with no
production could be faeces
slightly delayed)
6= If it is windy 3,5,6 Camera person and Equipment could be Make sure we don’t EXTREME Don’t film near
branches could be actors crushed or hit hard film directly under a VERY LIKELY TO trees if it is really
snapped off and fall enough to stop tree, and if it is HAPPEN or SEVERE windy
working. windy be wary of CONSEQUENCES (ie.
our surroundings Someone could get
seriously hurt)
7= Dogs biting throughout Camera person and Equipment if it Try and stay away HIGH Fight the dog if it
someone actors dropped when from dogs and if a Could happen or comes near you and
attacked dog comes near us mild consequences goes to bight you
make sure their (i.e. someone could
owner is nearby suffer a minor injury)

3. 8= Tripping hazards Throughout Camera person and Equipment if it Watch where we MODERATE Walk on pathways
actors dropped if you trip are walking Unlikely to happen as much as possible
or minor
consequences (i.e.
production could be
slightly delayed)
Risk Assessment Chart
Hazard likelihood / Consequences RISK ASSESSMENT
VERY LIKELY TO HAPPEN or SEVERE CONSEQUENCES (ie. Someone could get EXTREME
seriously hurt)
Could happen or mild consequences (i.e. someone could suffer a minor HIGH
injury)
Unlikely to happen or minor consequences (i.e. production could be slightly MODERATE
delayed)
Rarely happens and very insignificant consequences LOW