1. Risk-Assessment 01
number
Project 5 minute short film Names Robert Wetherall
Location Various Assistants
Date Assessed 14.09.2012
Risk Assessment
Likelihood of occurrence: High, Medium, Unlikely
2. What hazards have What are the What measures have Number What additional measures or Who is
been identified? potential injuries been taken to prevent of actions are required? responsible for
or damage? injury or damage? people action?
at risk
Severity (1, 2 or 3)
Actor falling out of Sprain, Ensuring the actor begins 1 N/A Sophie Wetherall
bed. (The Chase Head injury the scene in the middle
Begins’, scene 5) of the bed and only
(Severity 1) partially rolls over.
Injury to the part Ensure wrist strap is 2 N/A Camera Person
Camera dropping of the body that attached to camera
on actor (all birds- is hit by the
eye-view shots) camera.
(Severity 2)
Water getting into electrocution Use rain cover when 1 N/A Camera Person
camera (All leading to death, filming in heavy rain
external shots) Burns
Camera unable
to operate
(Severity 3)
Prior to recording, N/A
Wood Splinters (All Injury due to ensure that there are no 2 Robert Wetherall
Interrogation loose or flying loose wood splinters on
scenes) splinters to the wooden table
hands/face
(Severity 2)
Loosely tie neck
Hanging (‘The Plot Neck injury Evenly distribute weight 1 N/A Robert Wetherall
Thickens’, scenes 1 Strangulation of actor
Likelihood of occurrence: High, Medium, Unlikely
and 2) Death
(Severity 3)