Bishampton&Throckmorton PC - Moat farm Conservation Area Risk Assessment

Bishampton & Throckmorton Parish Council

Site Risk Assessment Form

Name of site: Moat Farm Conservation Area	Date of this assessment: 18^th July 2003
Name of assessor: Eric Carter	Date of next assessment: July 2004

Hazard	Who is at risk?	Possible accident	Risk Level*	Risk control measures in place	Additional risk control measures proposed	When	Who	New risk

Fire	Anyone	Burns Asphyxiation, potential damage to neighboring properties	Moderate	Warning notices in dry weather	Investigate possible purchase of fire beaters	Aug 03	EDC/RA	No

Pond	Children	Drowning	Moderate	No unaccompanied children admitted. Warning signs at approaches to pond. Area fenced and gated to prevent casual access	Notice requesting gate closure on access to area	Aug 03	RA	No

Disease & Infection	Anyone	Leptospirosis, tetanus, Lyme Disease, Toxicara canis	Tolerable	Dogs prohibited	Notice on hygiene advice	Sep 03	EDC	No

Wasps & bees	Anyone	Stings – possibly extremely harmful if allergic	Tolerable	Warning notices to identify any known nests

Snakes	Anyone	Bite from adder which is poisonous although rarely fatal	Trivial	No adders have ever been seen on the site

Uneven paths	Anyone	Trips & Falls	Moderate	Clearance and removal of tree stubs	Notice advising caution Remove rickety bridge & investigate provision of duckboarding for one section	Sep 03	EDC	No

Low Branches	Anyone	Blow to head Possible eye damage particularly from thorns	Moderate	Clearance of main pathways	Further clearance needed Advice on notice board to keep to main paths	Sep 03	RA/ EDC	No

Falling Trees & Branches	Anyone	Injury due to falling object	Tolerable	Annual removal of dead wood and feeling of dead trees. Particular emphasis on main pathways				No

Poisonous Berries	Children	Eating leading to illness or death	Tolerable	No poisonous berries have been identified in the area				No

*see below for risk level estimator

Risk Level Estimator

Probability of accidents	Severity of outcome
Probability of accidents	Slightly harmful	Harmful	Extremely harmful
Highly unlikely	TRIVIAL RISK	TOLERABLE RISK	MODERATE RISK
Unlikely	TOLERABLE RISK	MODERATE RISK	SUBSTANTIAL RISK
Likely	MODERATE RISK	SUBSTANTIAL RISK	INTOLERABLE RISK

A simple risk-based control plan

RISK LEVEL	ACTION AND TIMESCALE
TRIVIAL	No action is required and no documentary records need to be kept
TOLERABLE	No additional controls are required. Consideration may be given to a more cost-effective solution or improvement that imposes no additional cost burden.
MODERATE	Efforts should be made to reduce the risk, but the costs of prevention should be carefully measured and limited. Risk reduction measures should be implemented within a defined time period. Where the moderate risk is associated with extremely harmful consequences, further assessment may be necessary to establish more precisely the likelihood of harm as a basis for determining the need for improved control measures.
SUBSTANTIAL	Work should not be started until the risk has been reduced. Considerable resources may have to be allocated to reduce the risk. Where the risk involves work in progress urgent action should be taken.
INTOLERABLE	Work should not be started or continued until the risk has been reduced. If it is not possible to reduce the risk even with unlimited resources, work has to remain prohibited.

Note: Tolerable here means that risk has been reduced to the lowest level that is reasonably practicable.