This risk assessment evaluates risks to students taking photos outside on campus. Potential hazards identified include windy weather blowing equipment or people over, wet conditions causing slips, and other people in the area accidentally knocking someone over. The worst possible outcomes are major injuries. Existing controls are weather reports and alternative walking paths. Further actions planned are checking the weather and notifying security to warn others in the area during the photoshoot.

1. STUDENT RISK ASSESSMENT
Date:
05/010/2016
Location: Outside the campus Task being assessed: Students taking photos in college
General Risk assessment
Student Name:
Samuel Smith
HAZARDS DEGREE OF RISK CONTROL MEASURES ACTION PLAN
Hazard
Regardless of control measures
Persons
at risk
*1
Worst
outcome
*2
Probability
*3
Risk
Rating
A-E
Existing control measures taken
against the risk
What further control
measures are required when
and by whom

2. Weather. Windy weather could
blow equipment over and hit
someone or the wind could blow
someone over.
Wet weather. The wet conditions
could make the floor slippy and
someone could slip over.
Other people. There could be
other people that are walking
around the area in which the
photos are being taken< this
could lead to someone knocking
another person over.
ST, SF,
CR, CL,
CL, V,
D, X, W
FOR
ALL
RISKS
MAJ,
MIN FOR
ALL
RISKS
PR, PS
FOR ALL
RISKS
Weather reports to tell us what the
weather will be like.
No precautions for the volume of
traffic apart from other possible
paths for students to walk around to
get to the part of the college they
wish to get to.
Checking the weather ther
morning of the photo shoot so
that you can prepare.
Tell the security guards about
the usage of that area so that
they can put up a warning for
other students and staff so that
they can be careful around the
photographer and model.
*1
Sf = staff
St = students
Cr = contractors
Cl = cleaners
V = visitors
D = people with disabilities
X = young/inexperienced
L = lone workers
W = women of child-bearing
age
*2 This is without control measures
F = fatal
Maj = major injury or permanent disability
Min = minor injury
NR = non-reportable
*3 This is with control measures in place
Fr = frequent/likely/could occur repeatedly/expected
Pr = probable/not surprised/might occur often
Ps = possible/could occur sometime
R = remote/unlikely but conceivable
U = unlikely/improbable such that likelihood is almost zero