| Hazards |
Probable injury or Reason |
Person at risk |
Current control measures |
Action required |
Actioned by/date |
Probability x severity = impact |
|
Covid 19 |
Infection spread, risk of illness / death |
User
Staff
Public |
CBW Covid 19 policy |
Review if changes Welsh Govt / NHS advice. |
|
1×5=5 |
|
Slips, trips and falls |
Cuts and bruises
Chains, ropes, steps, slipways, stones, seaweed |
User
Staff
Public |
Good briefing
Enough helpers to handle lifts and shifts
Suitable footwear
Students under staff supervision |
|
|
2×2=4
|
|
Dragging/carrying |
Cuts/bruises to hands and feet
Back/muscle injury |
User
Staff
Public |
Good briefing
Enough helpers to handle lifts and shifts
Quad bike |
|
|
2×2=4 |
| Injury on underwater obstacles/ foot entrapment
|
Cuts, bruises or sprains |
Staff
User |
Staff and users all wearing appropriate PPE and footwear
Communication between all staff and users |
|
|
2×2=4 |
|
Collisions |
Cuts/bruises
More serious injury if high speed |
User
Staff
Public |
Defined sailing area
Hire to competent sailors only
Supervision by staff |
|
|
1×4=4 |
|
Illness |
Any pre-existing illness or injury that could cause problems |
User
|
Pre-session forms
Safety boat teams to be informed of any issues
Users to be advised to take on activity any medication that may be needed during the session e.g. asthma inhaler |
|
|
1×5=5 |
|
Climatic reaction |
Sunburn
Heat stroke
Hypothermia
Hyperthermia
Dehydration |
User
|
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 and craft
Safety boat cover
PFD
If secondary drowning suspected access A+E |
|
|
2×5=10 |
|
Trapped fingers |
Injury to fingers during sailing/coming alongside/launch and recovery |
User
Staff |
Briefings
Enough people to manage craft |
|
|
2×2=4 |
|
Separation from catamaran or group |
Hypothermia
Exhaustion
Lost at sea |
User |
Briefings re. capsize/hold on
Clearly defined sailing area
Adhere to established group size and instructor ratio guidelines |
|
|
1×5=5 |
|
Entrapment/
entanglement |
Drowning
Cuts and bruises |
User |
Briefing re. capsize
Instructors to carry knife and use re-right catamaran as priority technique
Staff to ensure use of sailing area away from buoys, ropes etc. where possible |
|
|
1×5=5 |
| Crushing |
Injury to feet |
User
Staff
|
Advise that hulls may drop onto feet between waves |
User briefing
Staff training |
|
3×1=3 |
