Risk Assesment - Small Studio

                             HEALTH & SAFETY RISK ASSESSMENT

 

1. Programme or Department/Area/Subject
Dept:   Media  Production                            Lecturer/Tutor:  Deborah Pullen and Chris Beer
Programme:          Dreams Installation
Producer:               Tom Greer
Date: from              1st May 2017
Date: to                  16th June 2017
Location                 Brook St, Tonbridge, TN9 2PW
Supervisor/Contact person for Location/s: Deborah Pullen and Chris Beer Name/s: Deborah Pullen and Chris Beer   Contact Tel: 0845 207 8220
2. How many persons working on programme:                     1                 (crew)                    1                 (talent)
3. Identify hazards Tick (P) those that apply
Access/egress restricted		Heights
Animals		Stunts
Public, crowds, audiences	Y	Water, or near it
Machinery, cranes, hoists		Night Operations
Derelict buildings		Manual handling (e.g. heavy loads)
Electric, gas or other fires	Y	Trip or Slip
Flammable materials, burrs		Confined Spaces	Y
Hazardous substances eg chemicals, drugs		Others (please specify)
Special effects (e.g. pyrotechnics)
Extreme weather
Scaffolds, rostra
Vehicles
Fake Weapons
Lasers, strobes
Extreme noise
Vulnerable, the elderly, children, disabled
4. Who might be harmed and how (name person or role and describe how)
There is a small possibility that all the people involved could be harmed from a fire caused by an electrical fire.   The crew might trip or slip on wires and cables that are used to power lighting or the cameras themselves.
4. Evaluate risks and Identify Precautions How will the risk of hazards listed in section 3, be controlled? In order of preference: Eliminate, substitute, isolate, supervise competence, specialists, protection/clothing/equipment, first aid, etc.   Fill out one line for each tick in section 3   Risks Low Medium High Precaution Electrical fire in the studio Low Don’t bring in any liquids during filming or while setting up the set. Don’t have flammable objects resting on or covering cables The Crew might slip or trip inside the studio, causing damage to the equipment and themselves Medium The risk of this can be limited by not bringing liquids that might get spilt and slipped on into the studio, and covering or moving and wires that might trip up people walking around on the studio floor Lighting or cameras falling from high position or ceiling Low The ceiling lighting is already checked regularly so that it is safe for the students to work in there. The cameras will be our own issue. They will have to be attached to the tripods properly and the tripods will have to be set up to be stable.
5. Emergencies: what may happen, and what emergency equipment or specialist response/personnel will be required:   In this section consider things like medical emergencies, extreme weather conditions and accidents
Emergency		Control
Serious injury is sustained on the set		Hopefully this won’t happen if we are weary of the risks mentioned above. There are however, medically trained staff at the college how can help, and the nearest hospital is in Pembury, so is fairly close.
Equipment falls and is damaged or damages other equipment		This shouldn’t happen. However, if the equipment is damaged, one of the technicians has to be informed so they can sort it out. Any students shouldn’t touch the broken equipment so as not to harm themselves.
6. What else must be done to control risks as reasonably as possible?   Be sensible around the equipment, if we are careful then there shouldn’t be any issues   Make sure all the props we need are ready to be used so there isn’t a rush to set them up