Issued: 10/10/16
By: DE / FSC Site Working Information Card: Canoeing; Coniston Brown Howe
To be read in conjunction with OCOP P01, and OCOP P01:
-App.2 – Generic Out of Classroom Risk Assessment
-App. 3 – Generic Environment Risk Assessment
-App. 4 & 5 – Generic Activity Risk Assessments Open Canoeing
-Site Specific Risk Assessment
Site Information / In the event of an accident / incident:
Site description:Lake Coniston / Mobile Phone Coverage: Vodafone signal is good /
- Stay calm and decide how best to manage the situation
- Ensure Safety and Welfare of whole group
- Deal with immediate Injuries
- Evacuate or phone 112 / 999
- GR: SD 291 911
- Phone Castle Head 015395 38120
- Complete Incident Card
Access rights: Brown Howe is LDNP land. Peel Island is NT / Nearest Phone:Try nearest dwelling, if not Water Yeat or Torver
Grid reference / Postcode: SD 291 911(location Brown Howe Car Park) / Nearest Dwelling:
Access / Egress: Brown Howe NT Car Park / Nearest Hospital / Doctor:Furness General Hospital
Parking: Brown Howe NT Car Park -make sure you either have the transit bus (has permit in window) or parking money for minibus AND trailer / Special equipment required:Canoes, Paddles, Helmets (if playing games), Canoe Barrel, Throw lines, Buoyancy aids, Bailers
Site Specific Risk Assessment / Risk without controls / Control Measures / Risk with controls
Hazards
(state none if all hazards and controls are identified in OCoP P01 and appendices) / Persons at Risk
FSC Employee; Students; Non-FSC Staff; Public; All / Outcome / Likelihood / Total Risk rating / Outcome (1) Inconvenience(2) Minor Injury(3) Injury / Illness(4) Major Injury(5) Fatality / Multiple
Likelihood (1) Rarely(2) Unlikely (3) Infrequent(4) Sometimes(5) Often / Outcome / Likelihood / Total Risk Rating with controls
Group Dispersal -Drowning and Injury / Students; Non-FSC Staff; / 5 / 2 / 10 / Close monitoring of weather before and during activity. Close group management with clear instructions and established signals. If instructor is Level 2 canoe coach / UKCC level 2 and internal ratification only, student canoes are to be rafted for lake crossings. / 5 / 1 / 5
Fall from height - on Wild Cat (Peel) Island / Students; Non-FSC Staff; / 5 / 2 / 10 / Instructor to be aware of steep drops on Wild Cat island and manage groups accordingly / 5 / 1 / 5
Boat Traffic - collision / All / 5 / 2 / 10 / Brief participants to be on the lookout for other boat traffic, steer clear to avoid collision and follow protocol of rights of way. / 5 / 1 / 5
Swamping from whitecaps/ wake - Drowning/hypothermia / FSC Employee; Students; Non-FSC Staff / 5 / 2 / 10 / Session must not cross the lake if whitecaps present, bailers must be carried and group managed accordingly, head south and keep close inshore if there is a strong southerly breeze, or pick another venue." / 5 / 1 / 5
Blue Green Algae-vomiting, rash, headache / FSC Employee; Students; Non-FSC Staff / 3 / 3 / 9 / Instructor to be aware that algal blooms occasionally occur, wash hands and skin if in contact with algae. Avoid capsizing in area of a bloom. / 3 / 1 / 3
The tutor to participant ratio must be a maximum of 1:12 plus accompanying adults. The instructor must have the minimum of BCU or UKCC Level 3 Coach or BCU/UKCC level 2 with Moderate Water Endorsement and have an appropriate outdoor First Aid Certificate. UKCC Level 2 can operate on lake with own group if higher level coach is overseeing.
For Level 3 coaches and ratified Level 2 / UKCC level 2 coaches - only cross the lake if there are no white caps showing on the water's surface.
The Instructor shall have full responsibility for, and command of, the group and shall designate roles to accompanying helpers."
Key
Site Boundary / Out of Bounds / Out of SWIC / Vehicle access / Nearest Phone / Nearest Dwelling / Site Access / Public Toilets / Parking / Road Crossing / Pharmacy / Petrol StationNext Review: 2018