School/Professional Support Area: Location: (Site/ Building/ Room) Assessment Date: Review Date: Assessors Name: Job Title: Task: Risk assessment for the activities associated with work in Lecture Rooms & Similar Teaching-Based Environments What are the hazards? (See list of sample hazards) Who might be harmed? (e.g. Staff, students, visitors) What are the risks Are the following control measures in place to eliminate or reduce the risks? Yes/ No Corrective actions required Risk Evaluation Risk Rating Severity (1 – 5) Likelihood (1 – 5) Overall risk (S x L) Low, Medium or High TRIP HAZARDS AND OTHER OBSTRUCTIONS Staff, students and others using the room(s). Chairs, other furniture and items within, and trailing cables across, walkways. Unnecessary delay in evacuation from the room as a result of obstructions on means of escape. Awareness amongst individuals, particularly those supervising activities within the room(s) of good housekeeping practices. Sufficient storage space, particularly for items when not in use. Routine housekeeping checks, including condition of floor coverings. Where possible trailing cables arranged to not run across walkways. If unavoidable, cable matting to be used. Any damaged floor coverings reported and made safe/repaired. ELECTRICITY AND PORTABLE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES Anyone using or coming into contact with Using damaged portable electrical appliances, cables, plugs etc. Damage to portable electrical appliances, their cables, plugs etc. Appliances subject to appropriate levels of maintenance (i.e. inspection and, where necessary, testing) that is recorded. Use of personally-owned portable
DISPLAY * SCREEN EQUIPMENT Anyone using the DSE within the room(s). Health risks associated with poor workstation set up, poor posture and periods of prolonged use of display screen equipment (DSE). Workstations provided within the room(s) subject to the generic workstation assessment as part of the assessment process given by GSA’s specific DSE procedure. Information provided to individuals and made available within the room(s) on good workstation set up and posture, and breaking up periods of continuous use. MANUAL* HANDLING Those manual handling and in the vicinity Musculoskeletal injuries through poor manual handling techniques, exceeding physical capabilities etc and other injuries through the dropping of loads etc Individual awareness of safe manual handling techniques. Generic manual handling assessments in place for typical activities undertaken within the room(s). Extensive manual handling activities, e.g. furniture moves, undertaken by appropriate staff/contractor VIOLENCE AND AGGRESSION Staff exposed to such situations Staff exposed to potentially confrontational situations and experiencing aggressive or violent behaviour towards them. Staff awareness of recognising situations, diffusing techniques, actions to take, and the reporting of incidents to investigation and follow up actions where necessary.
HAZARDOUS* SUBSTANCES Anyone within the room(s). Exposure to hazardous substances that are used as part of projects, for demonstration purposes etc within the room(s). The intended activities that will involve the use of hazardous substances are subject to specific risk assessment. Risk controls identified by the risk assessments in place and brought to the attention working within the room(s). LONE WORKING* AND WORKING OUTSIDE NORMAL WORKING HOURS Those lone working or working outside normal hours Those lone working or working outside normal hours unable to promptly summon emergency assistance in the event of serious injury, sudden illness. Unauthorised personnel able to access room(s) or other areas of the building and potential impact on the personal safety of those lone working or working outside normal hours. Periods of lone working generally confined to normal working hours and when others in the vicinity. Lone working by students outside normal working hours prohibited. Lone working activities and activities being carried undertaken outside normal working hours subject to risk assessment, particularly those involving students. Means of summoning emergency assistance easily available (e.g. red emergency telephone). GSA’s Out of Hours and Lone Working Procedure adhered to, especially individual awareness of actions to take, procedures to follow etc. Appropriate security arrangements in place to reduce likelihood of unauthorised access into buildings