PLANNING 5 - RISK ASSESSMENT

RISK ASSESSMENT FOR THE SCHOOL AND SLANG STORY

This is a risk assessment for the voxpop on what the public's thoughts are on a school banning slang words for secondary students.

Hazard	Who might be harmed and how?	How will I prevent it from happening
Crossing over roads to get to other people.	The person doing the voxpop may be harmed as they are responsible for getting the information and the driver and other by passers in the area if they are near the accident.	I will make sure I am paying attention to traffic lights and when crossing roads, I will look carefully before crossing. Also, I could try to just stay on one side of the pavement rather than crossing over to other sides.
When asking people whether they would like to take part, they may get frustrated and start shouting and assaulting me.	In this situation, I may be harmed as people may feel very negative towards taking part in my vox pop and may start assaulting me.	In this case, I will make sure I will ask in a nice, polite soothing tone whether they’d like to take part and will try not to come across as rude.
Getting harassed by criminals, bad gangs and drunk people.	I will be harmed as they may find it aggravating and start harassing me. Also in this situation I will be vulnerable and they may attack me or take my belongings.	I will go to locations where it is well known and is not a place where there is a high rate of crime in the area, I will also avoid going to dark, unsafe areas where I am more liable to get attacked.