Stephanie Westerman is creating recipe cards for a creative media project located at York College. She identifies several risks in her project including confined spaces, fatigue from long hours, and work stress that could impact the quality of her work. She plans to mitigate these risks by working in a spacious room, taking regular breaks, and setting work targets. Additional risks like electricity issues, heat, noise, and repetitive strain injury are considered alongside relevant health and safety legislation.

1. Creative Media Production
Risk Assessment
Name Stephanie Westerman
Project Recipe Cards
Location York College
Hazard Person(s) / Equipment at
Risk
Risk Control Taken
Confined Space
Myself
The room, equipment
being all crowded
together.
To take care of this I will
make sure that I work in a
room big enough for me
and all my things that I will
be using to create the
work so that everything
isn’t cramped together.
Fatigue/Long Hours
Myself
The work will be at risk
because if I where to be
working long hours then I
may get bored of working
and rush to try and finish
quickly which will mean its
not to a good standard.
When creating my cards I
will make sure that I will
take regular breaks so that
I am refreshed to start
more work.
Work Stress
Myself
If I get stressed from doing
so much work the work
may not be done if it all
gets on top of me or it
might not be done to a
good standard.
Make sure that I set
targets for when certain
pieces of work need to be
done by so that everything
is done to a good standard
rather than being rushed
towards the end.
Audience/
Audience
The audience will become
at risk when making the
cards if everything isn’t
wrote down correctly, this
will mean that they could
get the recipe wrong and
come ill.
When writing the
instructions for my cards I
will need to make sure that
everything is clear for
them to see and make
sure that the recipe is
understandable, this will
make the readers life
easier and bring more
customers.

2. Creative Media Production
Working with food/food
poisoning
Audience
When writing out the
recipe on the card it might
not be written out
correctly, for example, the
cooking time.
To make sure I get this
right I will make sure I
concentrate when I write
the recipe out and check it
a couple of times after so
that everything is done
correctly.
Crowds/public Myself and others
around me
When working in the
classroom and around
college classrooms and
corridorstend to be quite
busy.
To make sure that where
I’m going to be working
isn’t crowded I will make
sure that I sit myself at
least one seat away from
others so that nobody is
crowding me when I work.
Electricity/Gas Myself
The computer monitors
could get overheated if
they are on for too long.
The plug might blow.
To make sure the
computers don’t over heat
I will make sure that I have
regular intervals during
work.
To make sure that the plug
doesn’t blow I will have to
again make sure that the
computer doesn’t get over
heated.
Heat/Cold/Extreme
weather conditions
Myself
When doing my work in
the classroom it tends to
get quite hot, so if It does
this means that it’s more
likely for the computers to
overheat.
When working with the
windows open it could also
cause my work to be
blown if I where to be
working on paper.
To make sure the
computers don’t overheat I
would make sure that I
keep the windows open a
little and have regular
breaks.
To make sure my work
doesn’t blow about I would
also make sure that the
window is only open a jar.

3. Creative Media Production
Noise/high sound Levels Myself
When working in the
classroom I may get put
off from all the people
talking and this could
distract me from doing my
work.
To make sure that I don’t
get distracted I could work
in a different room to
others or listen to some
music.

4. Creative Media Production
What Health and Safety legislation might you need to consider in this project?
Repetitive strain Injury (RSI): This means any injuries to the fingers and wrists while
typing or any other body parts that may get injured during working on computers for
long periods of time.
Prevention: To prevent this I should make sure that the computer chair is adjusted to
fit me, and make sure that the computer screen is tilted towards my eyes. To make
this happen even less I could have a five minute break from typing every hour.
If I weren’t to prevent this then I the work that was being done wouldn’t be done to a
high enough standard as it could have been if everything was set up properly.
Eyes and Eye sight: This means that the person who is using the computer shouldn’t
be exposed to the screen for long periods of time leading to eye damage.
Prevention: To prevent this from happening I could take breaks for 10 minutes every
hour so that my eyes don’t start to get sore, when working on the computer I need to
make sure that the writing is quite big as well so that it is easy for me to see so that I
don’t have to strain my eyes.
If I weren’t to prevent this then this could lead to the workers getting headache which
could then lead to migraines causing lack of concentration.
The two above come in to force under the same legislation, the Display Screen
Equipment Act.
Ozone Irritation: This means that the Ozone coming from the laser printers could
lead to some breathing difficulties.
Prevention: To solve this problem I could work in a room without printers in and also
make sure that the windows are open when I’m carrying out my work.
If I weren’t to prevent this then this could potentially lead to the worker becoming ill
and
Provision of work and Operations: This provides the standards for machines and
equipment in context to suitability, maintenance and inspection.
Prevention: To prevent the machines being used from not being suitable I could
check to see if the software that is needed to be used is on the computer.
If I weren’t to prevent this from happening this would slow the work load down.
Working time and Time directive: This means the maximum amount of hours that a
person can work for; it also includes rest periods and breaks.
Prevention: To prevent the workers from working over time I could set a plan so that
they know what they are going to be doing and when including there list of breaks.
If I didn’t prevent this then the workers could go overtime and become tired and
stressed.