Risk Assessment: The health and safety of anyone at your event is your responsibility so please assess the potential hazards and the risk/likelihood of harm. This process helps us to prepare for anything from minor to major situations, so some terminology seems a bit dramatic, but we have to explore the worst case scenarios to fulfil our legal obligations. Please read through this example, then use the blank table below it to create your risk assessment feel free to copy and paste any useful examples. – Please also assess any potential risk to the reputation of the RVC. Could you event have an impact on the RVC brand and reputation? If so how will you manage this? Risk Assessment example: Hazard Who might What control What else Who is Is the be harmed, measures are needs to level of how might already in place? be done? for risk now they be this? harmed and how serious could it be? Existing Guests First Aid trained This event John Smith Yes medical Students member of staff or is for 20 Staff student, will be people. If present throughout numbers the whole event. He increase, Sickness / She is first aid RVC Heart attack trained and knows health and Stroke where all first aid safety Fainting equipment is, need to be including the contacted Individual defibrillator, which to see if serious they are trained to another illness or use. First Aider death is needed. Alcohol Guests If any John Smith Yes The RVC holds a Students clarification premises licence for re the the sale of alcohol by supply of Sickness retail for both the alcohol is Alcohol Camden and required poisoning Hawkshead sites. then the Injury
Risk Assessment: The health and safety of anyone at your event is your responsibility so please assess the potential hazards and the risk/likelihood of harm. This process helps us to prepare for anything from minor to major situations, so some terminology seems a bit dramatic, but we have to explore the worst case scenarios to fulfil our legal obligations. Please read through this example, then use the blank table below it to create your risk assessment – feel free to copy and paste any useful examples. Please also assess any potential risk to the reputation of the RVC. Could you event have an impact on the RVC brand and reputation? If so how will you manage this? Risk Assessment example: Hazard Who might be harmed, how might they be harmed and how serious could it be? What control measures are already in place? What else needs to be done? Who is for this? Is the level of risk now Existing medical Guests Students Staff Sickness Heart attack Stroke Fainting Individual serious illness or death First Aid trained member of staff or student, will be present throughout the whole event. He / She is first aid trained and knows where all first aid equipment is, including the defibrillator, which they are trained to use. This event is for 20 people. If numbers increase, RVC health and safety need to be contacted to see if another First Aider is needed. John Smith Yes Alcohol Guests Students Sickness Alcohol poisoning Injury The RVC holds a premises licence for the sale of alcohol by retail for both the Camden and Hawkshead sites. If any clarification re the supply of alcohol is required then the John Smith Yes
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