This risk assessment document identifies 6 potential risks for recording a documentary video: unkempt wires that could cause tripping, loss of recording data, drinks spilling onto electronics and potential fire, equipment breaking and causing harm, filming someone without consent, and how to mitigate each risk. The highest risks identified are loss of recording data and drinks spilling onto electronics, which should be prevented by constantly backing up data to multiple storage devices and keeping food/drink away from equipment.

1. Name of Risk Assessment Recording a Video
Documentary
Name of writer Declan
Brophy
Date Written 12/22/2016 Total Risks Found 6
Potential Hazard Who is at Risk? How to mitigate it Risk
Rating/Factor
How to prevent
it from
happening
Unkempt wires
- Tripping Over
Everyone Tie wires together with
a cable tie
Medium Risk
Move wires
from the open
and put in a safe
and un-
accessible place
for others;
preferably
behind an
object/TV stand.
Loss of
recording data
Person creating
video
Constantly make
backups of your data on
various external/cloud
storages.
High Risk
Make sure the
data is always
constantlybeing
backed up in
some shape or
form.
Drinks spilling
onto electronic
devices –
Possible Fire
Everyone
Keep food/drink a very
fair distance between
devices
High Risk
Tell others not
to bring
consumables
near the
equipment
Equipment
breaking –
Broken Parts
causing harm
(Plastic Shards,
Etc.)
Person Creating
Video
Maintain good care of
equipment (Computer,
Console)
Medium Risk
Handle
equipment with
extreme care so
you can procced
to create your
video
Filming
someone else –
No consent
given
Creator &
Person who
didn’t give
consent
Make sure to always ask
permission before you
use someone else in
your video.
Low Risk
Making sure you
ask permission
of people in
every video you
use them in.
Doingthisall the
time will
become a habit.