The Royal Scottish Country Dance Society
RISK ASSESSMENT
Process/Activity: RSCDS Summer School - workshops and classes
including dance and music classes and Junior Summer School
Location: St Andrews University: Holy
Trinity
Date: 17/07/2016 - 14/08/2016
Hazard
Person/s
Affected
Risk
Risk level before
controls are in place
Control Measures
Risk level after
controls are in place
LOW
MED
HIGH
LOW
MED
HIGH
Instructor /
supervisor
competence
Instructor
Participants
Minor Injury
Major Injury
✓
• Qualifications / experience identified
• Supervisory ratios suitable for group
✓
Poor surface Wet
slippy
Uneven/broken
Stairs
Instructor
Participants
Physical
injury
✓
• Pre-activity check of area
• Liaise with facility staff
• Regular maintenance and use of slip-stop
• Professional judgement
• Ensure participants wear appropriate footwear
✓
Instruments and
other musical
equipment, craft
activity equipment
Instructor
Participants
Physical
injury
Trip hazard
✓
• Pre-activity check of area
• Liaise with facility staff
• Instruction / training provided on correct spatial awareness and
safety technique
• Professional judgement
• Ensure participants are careful In handling of instruments &
tools
✓
Lighting Ventilation
Heating
All
participants
Exhaustion
Collapse
✓
• Pre-activity check
• Regular maintenance of all fixtures and fittings
• Minimum room temperature achieved and adhered to
• Regular rest periods
✓
Electrical
equipment
All
participants
Electric
shock Bums
✓
• Professional judgement
• Portable and fixed electrical equipment checked at appropriate
intervals to GS23 standards
• Visual check before use
✓
Obstructions /
protrusions
All
participants
Sprain
Strain
Fracture
✓
• Pre-activity check of teaching area
• Remove equipment and fixtures impending on coaching area
✓
Manual handling of
equipment
All
participants
Back injury
✓
• Instruction / training provided on correct lifting technique
• Close supervision
• Use of manual handling aids where appropriate
✓
Physical contact
during practice,
collisions, over
enthusiasm
All
participants
Physical
injury
✓
• Correct technique teaching
• Demonstration and reinforcement
• Appropriate hall size in relation to age and ability of group
• Appropriate numbers in group in relation to facility size
• Close supervision
✓
Inappropriate
behaviour during
activity
All
participants
Physical
Injury
✓
• Close supervision and professional judgement
• Behaviour policy
• Emphasis placed on rules concerning potentially dangerous
play, body interference and obstruction
✓
Loose /
inappropriate
clothing,
footwear,
jewellery
Students
Minor Injury
Major Injury
✓
• Advise on correct footwear and clothing
• Participants instructed to remove all potentially hazardous
jewellery
✓
Pre-existing
medical
conditions
Students
Minor Injury
Major Injury
✓
• Knowledge of participants medical history
• Appropriate practices / activities
• Close supervision
• Staff training / knowledge of appropriate first aid procedures
✓
Duration of
activity
Students
Minor Injury
Major Injury
✓
• Appropriate and adequate warm up
• Regular rest periods
• Duration appropriate to age and experience of class
• Close supervision
✓