Hazards Probable injury or Reason Person at risk Current control measures Action required Actioned by/date Probability x severity = impact
Slips, trips and falls Cuts and bruises

Chains, ropes, steps, slipways, stones, seaweed

User

Staff

Public

Briefing & supervision

Enough helpers to handle lifts and shifts

Suitable footwear

2×2=4

 

Trips and falls Equipment on the beach User

Staff

Public

Ensure kit is not left unsupervised. 2×2=4
Carrying boards or sails Cuts/bruises to hands and feet

Back/muscle injury

User

Staff

Public

Two people to carry two boards.

Brief carrying sails.

2×2=4
Underwater rocks or chains Cuts, bruises, sprains Staff

User

Appropriate footwear

 

2×2=4
 

Collisions

Cuts/bruises

More serious injury if high speed

User

Public

Staff

Defined wind surfing area

Briefing & Supervision.

Maintain lookout

1×4=4
Illness Any pre-existing illness or injury that could cause problems User Pre-session forms

Safety boat informed.

Customer to carry meds e.g. asthma inhaler.

1×5=5
Climatic reaction Sunburn

Heat stroke

Hypothermia

Hyperthermia

Dehydration

User

Staff

Briefing participants/staff on the need for skin protection, appropriate hydration and reducing exposure

Safety boat to carry spare warm clothing and appropriate hydration fluids

2×3=6
Drowning Head injury

Lack of confidence

Poor swimming ability

User Instructors to ensure competency for conditions

Safety boat cover

PFD

If secondary drowning suspected access A+E

2×5=10
Trapped between boat & board Injury to fingers, body. User

Staff

Instructor briefing. 2×2=4
Separation from windsurf board or group Hypothermia

Exhaustion

Lost at sea

User Briefing re. capsize/hold on

Clearly defined windsurf area

Adhere to established group size and instructor ratio guidelines

1×5=5
Entrapment Drowning User Briefing

Safety boat

1×5=5