Production Risk Assessment Template
v3.1
Purpose. Department leads use this template to identify hazards, rate risks and record controls for every bump in, shoot, installation and event before it proceeds.
1.Purpose
A production risk assessment must be completed and signed before any bump in, shoot, exhibition installation or event. It identifies what could harm people, rates the risk using the Studio Aurora matrix and records the controls that will be in place. It is briefed to crew at the toolbox talk and filed against the job.
2.Identifying hazards
Walk the venue or location and consider each stage of the work. Think about height, manual handling, electrical, machinery, hazardous substances, effects, vehicles and public, weather, fatigue, performers' physical demands and psychological hazards. Involve the crew who will do the work.
- Working at height and rigging
- Manual handling
- Electrical and temporary power
- Effects: haze, strobe, pyrotechnics, water
- Public and traffic
- Weather and environment
- Fatigue and hours
- Performer and stunt safety
3.Rating risk
Rate likelihood and consequence before controls and again after controls using the five by five matrix. Any activity that remains high or extreme after controls must be approved in writing by the department lead and the Operations and Finance Manager or removed from the production.
4.Controls
Apply the hierarchy of controls: eliminate the hazard, substitute, isolate, engineer, then administrative controls and personal protective equipment. Name the person responsible for each control and when it must be in place.
5.Briefing and review
The assessment must be briefed at the toolbox talk and reviewed whenever the plan changes, a new hazard is found or an incident occurs. Record each review with the date and what changed.
6.Sign-off
The department lead signs the assessment. Crew sign the toolbox talk attendance to confirm they have been briefed.