The production is legally required to ensure a safe working environment. Failure to follow health and safety procedures could invalidate insurance.
The risk assessment form relates to a shoot at Mousehold Heath on November 13, 2016. Potential hazards identified include crowds interacting with crew/actors, tripods posing tripping hazards, and props like leaves potentially containing stones that could cause injury.
Controls to mitigate risks include keeping strangers away from filming, clearly marking equipment locations, inspecting prop materials for hazards, and limiting tree climbing heights.
1. ProductionRisk Assessment
The Production is bound by law to take reasonable care and measures to ensure that a healthy and safe
working environment is created and maintained for all. Failure to follow appropriate Health & Safety
procedures may invalidate any insurance.
Production title: Never Stop - CONTACT
Shoot Dates: 13th November 2016
Location this form relates to: [a separate form should be completed for each location]
Mousehold Heath
Production contact & phone: Emily Lacey - emily.lacey12@gmail.com
Signature of Assessor: Emily Lacey Assessment Date: 01.11.16
Notes/Comments:
2. Checklist
Using the checklist below, indicate any potential hazard relating to the activity.
No. Hazard Indicate if
relevant
No. Hazard Indicate if
relevant
1 Access Difficulties 25 Manual Handling
2 Alcohol / Hospitality 26 Night Operations
3 Animals 27 Noise
4 Artist using specialist equipment 28 Portable Power Tools
5 Audience / Stewarding 29 Prop Hazards yes
6 Compressed Gas / Cryogenics 30 Radiation
7 Confined Spaces etc. 31 Risk of Infection
8 Crowds / Public yes 32 Scaffolds / Platforms / Stairs / Walkways
9 Children / Young People 33 Scenery Hazards – Movement, Shape,
Suspended, Flown
10 Camera Ops. – Cranes / Cables,
Remotes / Steadicam
yes 34 Scene Dock Storage
11 Building Issues / Structures, etc. 35 Smoking
12 Design / Construction / Materials 36 Special Assistance – Elderly / Disabled
13 Electricity / Electrical Appliances 37 Special Visual Effects – Snow, Smoke,
Dry Ice, Rain, etc.
14 Excavation 38 Sporting Activities
15 Explosives / Pyrotechnics 39 Stunts yes
16 Fatigue / Exertion / Stress 40 Temperature Extremes – Heat, Cold
17 Fire / Flame 41 Vehicles / Motorcycles – Used in
Filming, Artists Driving
3. 18 Flammable Substances – Petrol,
Paint, Sprays
42 Water – Work on or near Tanks / Boats /
Diving / Use in Studio
19 Flight – Aircraft, Balloon, Parachutes 43 Weapons – Firearms, Sharps, etc.
20 Food Preparation 44 Work at Height – Ladders, Roof, Steps,
etc.
21 Glass 45 Working Overseas
22 Hazardous Substances – Dusts,
Vapours, Fumes, Corrosives, etc.
46 Weather – Extremes
23 Lasers / Strobes 47 Possible Violence
24 Lifting Equipment – Fork Lift,
Trucks, Cranes
48 Other
Evaluation and Controls
For each hazard identified in the checklist, state who is at risk (crew / public / audience / artist / etc.),
the nature of the risk, and how it will be controlled.
Identify the likelihood of the hazard taking place and the severity of the hazard as High, Medium, Low.
Likelihood: Almost Certain; Probable; Possible; Remote; Improbable
Severity: Multiple fatality; Fatality; Major injury; Minor injury; Negligible impact
Hazard
No.
Who is
at Risk
Risk L
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Mediu
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Control Measure
8 Crew,
actors,
crew/actors being physically
assaulted
likelihood:
possible
severity:
minor injury
Don’t talk to any other
people that aren’t involved in
filming.
10 Actors,
crew
someone could fall over the
tripod and get injured
likelihood:
Possible
severity:
negligible
impact,
minor injury
Make sure everyone clearly
knows where all the
equipment is located
4. 29 Actors,
crew
The leaves being thrown could
be picked up with stones which
could cause hit someone’s head
or other body parts.
likelihood:
possible
severity:
minor/major
injury
make sure the area the leaves
are being picked up from has
no stones beforehand
39 Actors falling out of a tree and getting
injured
likelihood:
possible
severity:
minor/major
injury
Don’t let them climb too high
up the tree.