1. HIGH Risk Sport and Society Health and safety session

2. Outline Risk Management What is Risk Aspects of risk
Assessment of risk
How you should manage risk

3. What is Risk Management/Risk Awareness?
Looking after yourself?
Looking after others?
Keeping safe?

4. Aspects of risk/ EFFECTIVE RISK MANAGEMENT
An effective risk management plan should identify and assess the widest possible range of risks in organisational settings.
In a sport setting, the goals of such a plan would be to resolve the levels of risk, address the safety controls that should be applied to reduce risk, and determine whether the risk is at an acceptable level without interfering with the enjoyment of the activity
(Miller 2006)

5. Examples of RISK MANAGEMENT
What measures have people taken to make their sport/society safe?

6. BREAKDOWN Hazard = Risk =
“A hazard is anything that may cause harm, e.g. chemicals, electricity, working from ladders, noise etc.”
Risk =
“Risk is the chance, high or low, of somebody being harmed by the hazard, and how serious the harm could be.”
(HSE

7. Types of risk Perceived/actual risk
Mechanical - Any moving equipment or machinery
Examples – Mountain Bike, Kayak, Sailing Boat, Ropes
Physical – Slips, Trips and Falls
Tripping over a tree root, Falling from a rock face, Burn from a camp stove
Chemical - Liquids/solids gases that can be harmful when touched or inhaled
Lubricants, cleaning products, methylated spirits/fuel for camping stove
Environmental - The weather and terrain
Extreme heat, Flash Flooding, Avalanches
Biological - Any bacteria or micro organism that might cause infection
Polluted water, Weils Disease, BGA, E.coli, Enterio Cocci, PH, Faecal Coliforms…….
Organisational - Poor leadership skills
Challenging/Pushing group too far, Rushed Activity, Lack of or damaged equipment (PPE)

8. Aspects of risk Risk equation Perceived and Actual risk
Objective and Subjective risk
Physical and Psychological risk
Risks to whom?
Risk of what?

9. Risk = Likelihood x Severity
Risk Equation/Rating
Risk = Likelihood x Severity
Crude example
Rock climbing is low chance but high severity
Risk = 1 x 10 = 10
Scrambling is higher chance but lower in severity
Risk = 6 x 4 = 24

10. Risk Spectrum
Barton (2007)

11. Perceived and Actual risk
Perceived risk is how the risk involved in an activity is felt by the person doing the activity.
Actual risk is the risk that is present in reality.

12. Objective and Subjective risk
Objective risk is the actual losses for a sample in a given period.
Subjective risk is what an individual perceives to be a possible unwanted event (changing behaviour).

13. Physical and Psychological RISK
Physical risk is the ability to ascertain visual signals within a scenario and be able to dynamically assess the situation in terms of reducing the potential exposure to that oncoming hazard.
Psychological risk is the likelihood that a negative scenario will create an lasting behavioural, mental and emotional response.

14. Risks to whom Students (You) Committee Members (lone working etc.)
Club Members
Members of the public
External professionals

15. Risk of what
Injury
Discomfort
Humiliation
Fines
Prison

16. The Human Cost 130,000 All cancers 120,000 All heart attacks
Total deaths per year for all ages
130,000 All cancers
120,000 All heart attacks
100,000 All smoking related illnesses
30,000 Obesity and unfitness
20,000 All alcohol related illnesses
10,000 All accidents
6,000 Suicide
4,000 Accidents in the home
350 Accidents at work
3,500 Road Traffic Accidents
6 Rail crashes or derailments
150 Adventure activity accidents
HEALTH ISSUES AND SAFETY ISSUES

17. ..and for our 13 million young people
In total 1,400 sudden or accidental deaths per year
450 Road Traffic Accidents
400 Undiagnosed heart disease
140 Suffocation
125 Poisoning
Suicide
90 Drowning
80 Fire
65 Falls
50 Murder
3 School visits
1 School adventure activities
SCHOOL VISITS
Drowning

18. Types of Risk Assessment
Generic: A general RA where the hazards and control measures are relevant to all or the majority of persons carrying out or involved in an activity.
Individual: A RA which takes in additional hazards etc which are only relevant to an individual involved in that task. This may be a staff member or service user.
Specific: A RA which deals with a one-off or rare activity or event.
Dynamic: Ongoing, continuous - requires level of change due to effecting factors.

19. 5 step Risk Assessment What are the hazards? Who might be harmed?
What are the current control methods?
What further control methods are required?
Review the assessment regularly.
fundraising/hse-five-steps-to-risk-assessment.pdf

20. What the HSE Say!! How to assess the risks Identify the hazards
Decide who might be harmed and how
Evaluate the risks and decide on precautions
Record your significant findings
Review your assessment and update if necessary

21. Things to consider within these steps…
Activity
Environment
Equipment
Group
Individual
Individual left to end on purpose so all other aspects will have been considered to feed into individuals assessment

22. Who should assess risk Teams rather than individuals
Person being assessed (if appropriate)
People with relevant knowledge or expertise

23. Assessment of risk
Purpose to highlight, minimise and manage potential areas of risk - not a tool to prohibit activities taking place.

24. Question
Who is overall responsible for safety within your club/society? Are they competent?

25. how can YOU manage RISKY Activity?- Considerations
Mark of best practice: HSE/EHO/NGBs/BAPA/AALS /Technical Advisor
Equipment – Storage, Sign Outs, Logs, Inspections, Competency (Kit Sec), Maintenance, Decommissioning Process
Personal/Group Leader Competence - (NGB where applicable) – copies of certs, minimum FA, DBS (U18s)
Governing Body Compliance – Signs offs where appropriate
Risk Management – Risk Assessments, Induction Guidelines, SOPs, EAPs – contact UW, security, make arrangements (reviewed 12month min)
Committee Handover – Information, logs, central system

26. Insurance implications
What will happen? In the event of any accident your risk management plan should kick in to action; all of the information should be written down so that all club/society members can have access to this, and should be aware of rules, expectations and operations outside of remit.

27. SU POLICY AND PROCEDURE
Risk Assessment Guide
Blank Risk Assessment Form

28. References
Miller, J. (2006) Safety and Risk Management, Journal of Physical Education, Recreation and Dance. [Online] 82 (6), 3-6. Available from: [Accessed 18th February 2015]
Health and Safety Executive. (2015) What is a risk? Available from: [Accessed 18th February 2015].
Barton, B. (2007) Safety, risk and adventure in Outdoor Education. London. Ebook. Available from: [Accessed ].
Dickson, T., Chapman, J. & Hurrell, M. (2000) Risk in Outdoor Activities: The Perception, the Appeal, the Reality. Australian Journal of Outdoor Education. [Online] 4 (2). Available from: [Accessed ].
Gill, T. (2010) Nothing ventured nothing gained. Balancing Risks and benefits in the Outdoors. [online]. Available from: [Accessed ].
Little, H. & Wyver, S. (2008) Outdoor Play. Does avoiding the risk reduce the benefit? Australian Journal of Early Childhood. [Online] 33 (2), Available from: [Accessed ].