Risk assessment
The Management of Health & Safety at Work Regulations has been in force since 1st January 1993. The regulations apply primarily to companies, but they also apply equally to activities organised by volunteers and the use of volunteers as marshals etc. Road Races fall within the ‘Volunteer’ category.
Parts of the regulations require a written Risk Assessment Appraisal.
As a condition of Events obtaining a UKA Race Licence, it became mandatory on the 1st January 2001 that a Risk Assessment be undertaken by ALL Licenced events and that the Risk Assessment must be finalised prior to the staging of the event.
As part of the Event Risk Assessment, organisers must be able to demonstrate that sufficient consideration been given to their Duty of Care, any risks that may be associated with the event, and that Medical Requirements have been fully appraised and planned accordingly within the concept of the Event Main Risk Assessment.
The Medical Assessment being jointly prepared between the Race Director, Safety Officer and the First Aid Providers to review the level of cover required.
To help Event Organisers, a document has been prepared which gives advice on how to prepare a risk assessment. This can be downloaded via the link to the right.
Legislation Acts also need to be taken into account when appraising risks. The article, 'Keeping on the Right side of the Law' gives advice and can be downloaed via the link to the right.
The Health and Safety Executive have produced many publications. 'Five Steps to Risk Assessment' is a useful guide that can be downloaded. http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg163.pdf
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