Emma MacLaren Posted October 24, 2015 Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Hi looking for a bit of help, was wondering who writes the risk assessments for the club? I need to write some for the university club, and could use some advice on writing cycling (and discipline) specific ones. Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions P McDonald Posted October 24, 2015 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted October 24, 2015 Emma, I do a risk assessment for the road race I organise. Don't know if that would be of any help. Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emma MacLaren Posted October 28, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2015 Hi yeah, its just something to compare with to see if i've got the right idea. If you could let me see a copy that would be really helpful, thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
2023 Subscriptions P McDonald Posted October 29, 2015 2023 Subscriptions Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Emma, PM me your email address and I will send it to you Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark O Posted October 29, 2015 Report Share Posted October 29, 2015 Emma, If it helps any, a general approach to risk assessment would be to look at the activity, environment, equipment and persons involved across the whole length and duration of the exercise being undertaken. Who, What, Where, When and How all apply in considering the risks and the solutions to the risks. Consider all possible mishaps and potential dangers to individuals and grade the severity of any mishap. Then examine ways in which the possible mishaps can be avoided, minimised or managed and how this avoidance or management can be implemented. Example - a race course traversing a roundabout. At risk could be the riders, officials and/or other road users/spectators; through a rider(s) coming off, other road users and rider coming into contact, officials and other road user coming into contact. The likelihood of such occurance and the severity of injury should it occur might be determined by the nature of the road - busy dual carriageway may increased risk (traffic volume and speed), road layout (roundabout located shortly after a fast descent, or notable narrowing of the road or a big dirty pot hole on the exit), even the weather might be a consideration - wet road surface. You'll get the picture. How you then manage, minimise or avoid the risk(s) will be down to your judgement and common sense, some thing might be abundantly clear. So in the example risk could be minimised by signage, marshalls at that location, marshalls visible to traffic, advising riders of conditions on the day or road surface. You may even decide that the route poses too much of a risk and seek to re route the event. e.g you might have a cyclo x route with a corner close to a large tree - do you tweak the route or do you install signage, safety barriers/bales to reduce the risk of injury. It might also be the case that injuries are likely to occur - eg contact sport. Here you may wish to consider how you would want to deal with these incidents - first aider, on-site doctor, ambulance in attendance or multiple of these. How you record the overall assessment is up to you, so long as it is clear and is actually implemented/followed. Happy to offer guidance if you want it. Cheers M Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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