- Can potentially fill with water and sink - Briefing, supervision, awareness - Wrist injury from using handles in surf - Group management, supervision, briefings. - Impact from boat Create system of managing ingoing and outgoing in surf boats SUP Look into leash - Leashes can get - Awareness, instructor to have knife, group Low type when the tangled management and avoidance of things likely to SUP arrive tangle - Leashes wrap - Avoidance of objects in flow, consider not using around static leashes, or use other types of leash. Awareness, objects in flow briefing and group management - Fall from - Choice of venue and activity in certain shallow standing height spots, PPE, briefing, group management into shallow water - Slow moving and - Choice of venue considering weather and groups difficult to make ability, knowledge of towing techniques progress in adverse conditions - Sinking - Ensure valve sealed - Board shoots - Leashes used, awareness, extra care taken with away in event of hardboards (they hit others a lot harder), briefing, fall group management Improvised Raft Raft building - Lots of rope - Tie up loose ends, briefing, supervision, carry Low takes place on involved that knife to react if needed the pond on site could tangle which is not - Raft falling apart - Can be a fun learning process, and poses little AALA specified risk. If you don’t want it to fall apart check it water before putting it on the water and tighten it up if required. Paddlesports Site Specific Risk Assessments: Site and Hazard Control Measures Residual Comments/Further Risk Action Menai Straights: -Strong tidal - Knowledge of tides and tidal streams for Low current the day. Venue choice for weather, tide and group ability. - Obstacles to tidal - Avoidance, awareness, group currents leading management to pinning
- Can potentially fill with water and sink - Wrist injury from using handles in surf - Impact from boat in surf - Briefing, supervision, awareness - Group management, supervision, briefings. Create system of managing ingoing and outgoing boats SUP - Leashes can get tangled - Leashes wrap around static objects in flow - Fall from standing height into shallow water - Slow moving and difficult to make progress in adverse conditions - Sinking - Board shoots away in event of fall - Awareness, instructor to have knife, group management and avoidance of things likely to tangle - Avoidance of objects in flow, consider not using leashes, or use other types of leash. Awareness, briefing and group management - Choice of venue and activity in certain shallow spots, PPE, briefing, group management - Choice of venue considering weather and groups ability, knowledge of towing techniques - Ensure valve sealed - Leashes used, awareness, extra care taken with hardboards (they hit others a lot harder), briefing, group management Low Look into leash type when the SUP arrive Improvised Raft - Lots of rope involved that could tangle - Raft falling apart - Tie up loose ends, briefing, supervision, carry knife to react if needed - Can be a fun learning process, and poses little risk. If you don’t want it to fall apart check it before putting it on the water and tighten it up if required. Low Raft building takes place on the pond on site which is not AALA specified water Paddlesports Site Specific Risk Assessments: Site and Hazard Control Measures Residual Risk Comments/Further Action Menai Straights: -Strong tidal current - Obstacles to tidal currents leading to pinning - Knowledge of tides and tidal streams for the day. Venue choice for weather, tide and group ability. - Avoidance, awareness, group management Low
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