Barton St David Scout Group
Risk Assessment
Activity: roadwalking or hiking
Generic Camp risks apply also such as insect bites etc
Step 1 / Step 2 / Step 3 / Step 4 / Step 5Hazard / Who might be harmed / Potential injury / Is the risk adequately controlled, or is more needed / Review and revision
Hit or run over in car park leaving or returning / Scouts
Leaders /
- Cuts, bruising
- Broken limbs
- Head injuries
- Spinal injuries
- Internal injuries
- Death
- trauma
- Good instructions to Scouts
- Adequate supervision
Lost children / All involved /
- abduction
- traffic
- cars
- boundaries made clear
- register taken
- head count taken
- children to remain with section leader
- supervision
Walking on roads / All involved /
- tripping
- car accident
- briefing about road safety
- single file when appropriate
- watch and wait system in progress for passing cars
Fall
Tripping
Pushed over in carpark
On road / All involved /
- cuts
- grazes
- bruising
- facial injury
- head injury
- sprain
- adequate supervision
- spacing of lines
- first aid kit available
- On activities in these areas boundaries should be reinforced to avoid children straying onto road.
Hit by traffic
car / All /
- cuts
- bruises
- grazes
- broken limbs
- head injury
- internal injury
- trauma
- death
- briefing to all about safety
- adults to stop cars in front and behind parade
- each section to have leaders in front and behind parade
- adequate supervision
Not visible at night / All /
- cuts
- bruises
- grazes
- broken limbs
- head injury
- internal injury
- trauma
- death
- all to carry torches
- briefing to all about safety
- Hi viz clothing?
- adequate supervision
Walking along narrow paths etc /
- Walk in maximum in single file or maximum 2 abreast
- Each group to have a leader at the front and a leader at the rear to ensure group stays together
- Group to keep away from river edge
Hypothermia /
- Ensure all on activity are dressed suitably for the weather on the day
- All on activity to carry or wear waterproof clothing depending on the weather on the day
Danger from animals /
- Leader in change to keep an eye out for animals – warning children not to approach dogs / cows etc
- Leader to change route if on-site assessment of risk raises concern eg about dogs or young cows
Uneven surface / All involved /
- Slips and trips
- Sprained ankles, grazed knees
- Full adequate adult supervision of children.
Tree branches / All involved /
- Eye injury
- Cuts and grazes.
- Full adequate adult supervision of children and instruction to children to take care when moving through trees.