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ISLE OF WIGHT COUNCIL RISK ASSESSMENT RECORD WORK AREA /WORK ACTIVITY COVERED BY ASSESSMENT Dinosaur Isle - School Visits within the museum PERSONNEL INVOLVED: Dinosaur Isle staff NON-EMPLOYEES AFFECTED: School children, teachers and non-teaching staff; Dinosaur Isle volunteers and work experience students. ASSESSOR’S NAME Peter Pusey / Trevor Price DATE OF ASSESSMENT: version 5 .. 30th January 2013 Item Priority for Remedial Hazards Identified Risks Identified Existing Precautions Remedial Action No Action* 1 Internal steel doors. Heavy and may close Dampening closures in Monitor quickly. place. 2 Emergency exit doors. Easy to open - children Doors are marked could leave unnoticed. emergency exit only. 3 Reconstructed Possibility for children to Landscape is steep- All children enter the landscape. climb on, resulting in falls, fronted to dissuade museum under adult cuts and grazes. climbing. supervision and are asked to keep off. 4 Glass entrance doors, Not seeing and walking All glass panels have and glass dinosaur into, resulting in bumps. transfers, or posters on panel. them. 5 Glass case fronts. Banging heads on glass. All cases are visible, and stand on wooden bases. 6 Stairs. Can become crowded with Edges of steps are colour- Children should be told to a large group. Risk of fall. contrasted. Handrails are ascend/descend in single provided. file on their right. 7 Object handling in the Some objects are heavy, Object handling in the Education Room. with the potential for Education Room is dropping on feet etc. supervised and normally carried out when children are seated – children are warned. Page 1 of 3 ISLE OF WIGHT COUNCIL RISK ASSESSMENT RECORD Item Priority for Remedial Hazards Identified Risks Identified Existing Precautions Remedial Action No Action* 8 Object handling at the Some objects are heavy, Objects are on a flat table, Teachers should control laboratory viewing with the potential for some are in trays. Lab approach to the lab viewing doors. dropping on feet etc. staff will advise of any doors in small groups. object that is heavy. 9 Robot. Risk of trapping fingers in Area cordoned off with a moving parts. barrier. 10 Slips, trips and falls. Sprains or fractures from A daily housekeeping and Teachers should ensure falling over trailing cables, cleaning is carried out that pupils do not run rubbish, or on spillages. prior to the museum around the building. opening, spillages are mopped up and signed, trailing cables are managed, stairs are lit and handrails are provided. The entrance area in the shop is well lit. 11 Fire. If trapped, there is the risk All fire exits and normal of smoke inhalation and exits are signed. Access burns. to exits and extinguishers are to be kept clear at all times. Evacuation procedures are displayed. Fire alarms are tested regularly. Fire extinguishers are provided. Waste bins are emptied daily. Page 2 of 3 ISLE OF WIGHT COUNCIL RISK ASSESSMENT RECORD Item Priority for Remedial Hazards Identified Risks Identified Existing Precautions Remedial Action No Action* 12 Edges and corners on Bruising from impact. All edges are visible. Children should be displays, panels and instructed not to run around stands. the museum. 13 Sand-pits. Pupils could trip over the The sand-pit is visible, See above. edge of the ground sand- edges are covered in pit. rounded wood beading, and the interior is filled with soft-sand. Sand in the eyes. Children are to be instructed not to flick sand. 14 Fire extinguishers. Wall mounted fire Hung on hooks at lower Children must not play with extinguishers are heavy level. safety equipment. and could cause injury if dropped. Page 3 of 3 ISLE OF WIGHT COUNCIL RISK ASSESSMENT RECORD WORK AREA /WORK ACTIVITY COVERED BY ASSESSMENT Dinosaur Isle - Field trip to Yaverland beach PERSONNEL INVOLVED: Dinosaur Isle staff acting as guides NON-EMPLOYEES AFFECTED: School children, teachers, non-teaching staff; Dinosaur Isle volunteers and work experience students. ASSESSOR’S NAME Peter Pusey / Trevor Price DATE OF ASSESSMENT: version 5 .. 30th January 2013 Priority for Item Remedial Hazards Identified Risks Identified Existing Precautions Remedial No Action Action 1 Cliffs. Falling off cliff. Teachers must ensure their group keep well away (at Monitor Being hit by falling rock. least 5 metres) from cliffs. School visits only use the throughout beach by the low clay cliffs, not the steeper Red and Culver Cliffs. 2 Tides. Getting washed away. Only visit at a suitable time. Instruct group to avoid the sea. Teachers should headcount at the start and end of trip. 3 Flotsam and jetsam. Poisoning, explosion, Children must alert an adult if they see any suspicious laceration. objects or containers. 4 Large rocks. Dropping rocks on toes. Prevent children and adults lifting heavy rocks. Tell Tripping over rocks. children not to run and to watch where they walk. 5 Rock splinters. Being injured by splinters of Dinosaur Isle staff will use hammers only when rock. necessary. The children must stand back while this takes place. 6 Dog faeces. Transfer of pathogens to Warn group to watch out for it. Wash hands after beach children. visit if necessary. 7 Strong sun. Getting dehydrated and sun Teachers must ensure their group has water and are burnt. wearing suitable clothing, caps and sun block if necessary. Page 1 of 3 ISLE OF WIGHT COUNCIL RISK ASSESSMENT RECORD Priority for Item Remedial Hazards identified Risks Identified Existing Precautions Remedial No Action Action 8 Heavy rain. Getting wet and cold. Teachers must ensure the group has warm waterproof clothing. School trips will not run in very heavy rain. 9 Naturists (in summer). Embarrassment or Avoiding the most popular naturist location (Red Cliff confrontations. and Culver Cliff). Meetings are very, very rare. 10 Traffic. Member of group being hit Teachers must ensure the group crosses Culver Parade by traffic. and Yaverland Car Park safely. As of 2008 a walled route has been constructed through Yaverland Car-Park, and wooden posts have been added along the roadside areas. 11 Slips, trips and falls on Slipping on wet clay, or on The beach is a public area and falls can only be avoided the beach. sand covered blocks. by supervision and care. Children should be told not to run. 12 Stones. Children being injured from Children are briefed about not throwing stones prior to thrown stones. the walk, and are to be supervised by teachers on the beach. 13 Broken glass/ fishing Children could be cut These items appear only at certain times of the year, hooks and line. picking up objects. and are rare. Children will be briefed prior to the walk, and will be supervised. Any large piece of glass or fishing hook/line should be left where it is and reported to a member of staff who will remove it and dispose of it back at the museum. Page 2 of 3 ISLE OF WIGHT COUNCIL RISK ASSESSMENT RECORD Site Name: Yaverland Beach Location: Northern end of Sandown Bay, Isle of Wight. Grid Ref: SZ 612849 – 630855. Amenities: Toilets in Yaverland car-park, but the disabled toilet requires a key. Mobile phone signal is generally good. Access: It is possible to walk from Dinosaur Isle in 10 minutes. Alternatively, parties may be dropped off at the bus stop on Culver Parade outside Yaverland car-park. Heavy vehicles are officially not allowed to enter the car-park. The beach is reached via concrete steps alongside the slipway at the northern end of the car-park. Description: Yaverland is a sand and shingle beach fringed to the west by low cliffs of clay, and high cliffs of sandstone (Red Cliff) and chalk (Culver Cliff). The beach is best visited on a low or falling tide, preferably not less than three hours before high tide and not less than two hours after high tide. Geological Interest: Lower to Upper Cretaceous marine transgression. The sequence is rich in fossils, including pieces of dinosaur bone, fossil wood, bivalves and gastropods. These can be collected loose on the beach shingle. Page 3 of 3 ISLE OF WIGHT COUNCIL RISK ASSESSMENT RECORD WORK AREA/ WORK ACTIVITY COVERED BY ASSESSMENT Use of Landeez beach wheelchairs by school groups. (currently for use at Yaverland and Brook Bay beaches) PERSONNEL INVOLVED: Dinosaur Isle staff acting as guides. NON-EMPLOYEES AFFECTED: School children, teachers and non-teaching staff, parents and carers; Dinosaur Isle volunteers and work experience students. ASSESSOR’S NAME: Trevor Price (from original AIMING HIGH TEAM ASSESSMENT) DATE OF ASSESSMENT: version 2 .. 30th January 2013 ITEM HAZARDS IDENTIFIED RISKS IDENTIFIED EXISTING PRECAUTIONS FURTHER ACTION PRIORITY FOR NO FURTHER ACTION Chair without brakes. Risk of injury when moving Wheel-lock which can be Adult to be always behind the 1 downhill or chair tipping over at applied when chair chair when child using chair. speed. stationary. Inadequate tyre pressures. Difficulty in movement; awkward Ensure tyres are inflated to Air pumps provided with each 2 turning. correct pressures at regular chair. intervals. Damage to tyres. Lack of support for child in Danger of tilting, falling out of Seat belt around waist can Chair to be used with arms chair. chair, injury or bruising owing to be fitted to chair. down at sides. 3 lack of support. Ensure children are self- Child to sit with weight at rear supporting who use chair. of chair. Use lumbar supports to Wedge cushion to be used to encase ankles for support. tilt child backward into seat. Discomfort / bruising Lumbar / neck supports need Add padding or small Use existing padding from Child not to be left in 4 caused by lack of padding. extra padding at centre to avoid cushion to lessen discomfort child’s own chair; extend chair for long periods.

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