1. Risk Assessment Form –
Part A
Production Name: Culture in the new age Organisation BBC, BBC Three and Northern voices
Production Address: Bede Campus, Durham Road,
Sunderland
SR3 4AH
Producer / Editor
Tel:
Mobile:
Molly Brown
On file
Start date 02/05/23 End date 02/05/23
Distribution
Who gets a copy of the assessment
Molly Brown, Emma Leslie Bobby, Neil Wilson and Rachel Cowley
Outline of risk assessment
Summary of what is proposed in
terms of sequences and set ups.
Recording and filming voice overs
Team members / experts /
contractors / contributors etc.
List those involved
Molly Brown
Locations
Outline locations involved – indicate
any which are hostile environments
Sunderland Bede College – control room in media
Assessor Name
Signature
Molly Brown
M.Brown
Date completed 02/05/23
Authoriser Name
(if not Assessor) Signature
Molly Brown
M.Brown
Date authorised 02/05/23
Hazard list – select your hazards from the list below and use these to complete Part B
Situational hazards Tick Physical / chemical hazards Tick Health hazards Tick
Assault by person Contact with cold liquid / vapour Disease causative agent
Attack by animal Contact with cold surface Infection
Breathing compressed gas Contact with hot liquid / vapour Allergic reaction
Cold environment Contact with hot surface Lack of food / water
Crush by load Electric shock Lack of oxygen
Drowning Explosive blast Physical fatigue /
Entanglement in moving machinery Explosive release of stored pressure Repetitive action /
High atmospheric pressure Fire Static body posture
Hot environment Hazardous substance Stress / anxiety /
Manual handling / Ionizing radiation Venom poisoning
Object falling, moving or flying Laser light
Obstruction / exposed feature Lightning strike Environmental hazards
Sharp object / material Noise Litter
Shot by firearm Non-ionizing radiation Nuisance noise / vibration
Slippery surface Stroboscopic light Physical damage
Trap in moving machinery Vibration Waste substance released into air
Trip hazard / Waste substance released into soil / water
Vehicle impact / collision Managerial / organisational hazards
Falls from height Management factors (lack of communication,
co-operation, co-ordination and competence)
Risk matrix – use this to determine risk for
each hazard i.e. ‘how bad and how likely’ Likelihood of Harm
Severity of Harm
Remote
e.g. <1 in 1000 chance
Very unlikely
e.g. 1 in 200 chance
Unlikely
e.g. 1 in 50 chance
Possible
e.g. 1 in 10 chance
Likely
e.g. >1 in 3 chance
Negligible e.g. small bruise Trivial Trivial Trivial Low Low
Slight e.g. small cut, deep bruise Trivial Trivial Low Low Medium
Moderate e.g. deep cut, torn muscle Trivial Low Medium Medium High
Severe e.g. fracture, loss of consciousness Low Medium High High Extremely high
Very Severe e.g. death, permanent disability Low Medium High Extremely high Extremely high

2. Risk Assessment Form – Part B
Activity1
– Each individual activity you are proposing: Location – where this activity will take place: Dates / times:
Hazards2
List what could cause harm from this activity
e.g. falls from height, trip hazard, fire, etc.
Who exposed
List who might be harmed
from this activity
e.g. staff, contractors,
contributors, public, etc.
Risk3
For each hazard, decide
level of risk as if you were to
do the activity without your
controls
Control measures
For each hazard, list the measures you will be taking to minimise the risk identified
e.g. appointing competent persons, training received, planning and rehearsals, use of personal protective
equipment, provision of first aid, etc.
Risk3
For each hazard,
decide level of risk
once all your controls
are in place
Manual handling Me being the film crew
and doing the voice
overs
Unlikely The way this could occur is when I am setting up the equipment to make sure the audio, I am
getting from the camera is clear and good quality. I would be positioning the camera in
different way such as closer to me or further away. This would result in me doing some
manual handling.
The way this is unlikely is because I’ll only be using a tripod and a camera. These two pieces
of equipment are very light and once I have put them in position, I want I wouldn’t need to
move it. As I am only filming voice overs it means that wherever the camera is positioned the
background does not matter. This means that I don’t need to move anything to take it out of
frame. I also wouldn’t need to worry about how good or bad the quality of the video clips is
because I just need the audio to be perfect. This means that I wouldn’t need to change the
type of shot I’m getting as in the editing I would be detaching the audio from the video clip.
Unlikely
Trip Hazard Me being the film crew
and doing the voice
overs
Unlikely As I am not using any equipment that has any wires it means that I wouldn’t have much to trip
on. The type of equipment that I could be tripping over is the tripod. Even though it wouldn’t
be positioned high the stand of the tripod would make me less likely to trip over it, but there is
still a chance. The way I could trip over it is when I am setting the camera up onto the tripod.
This is unlikely as I would be taking care when connecting the camera onto the tripod as I
don’t want to break any of the equipment I am using. Also, as most of the time I would be
sitting down and reading off my script it means that I wouldn’t be in the area of the tripod for
most of the time.
Unlikely
Stress/anxiety Me being the film crew
and doing the voice
overs
Likely As I am reading my script and has different topics to talk about it means that I would be
focusing on getting my lines correct and not messing up while reading, it would make me
overthink everything and could lead to me becoming stressed out. The way I would try and
slow down this process is by only doing one section or topic at a time. This means that I
wouldn’t be doing one continuous shot. This also means in-between recording and stopping
recording I could go through the next set of lines so I would have some knowledge of what I
am going to talk about next.
The second way is by if I mess up on some lines I will stop and repeat what I have just said
as in the edit I will be able to cut out all the parts I have messed up on and keep what is clear
and needed. Knowing this as I am recording the voice overs and editing means that I would
be able to stress less as I know that I can only include what is correct.
Likely
Repetitive actions Me being the film crew
and doing the voice
overs
Likely As I would be recording my script until I have finished the full script it would mean that I would
be repeating lines over and over until I have completed them without any slip ups. This
means that I could get annoyed with my self as I would be saying the same lines more than
once. Another reason could be that as I would be repeating some lines it could lead to me
messing up more as I’ll be getting myself confused.
Likely
Physical fatigue Me being the film crew
and doing the voice
overs
Likely The way I could get physical fatigue is from my voice. This is because I would be talking for a
continuous time. My voice could affect the audio sound while recording and when I start to
edit the documentary. This means that I might have to re-record the voices overs for some
Likely

3. Physical fatigue (continued) scenes and topics on a different day. This would mean that I would have to do some filming
again.
The way I can stop this from happening is by having breaks in-between takes of different
shots. Another way I could stop this from occurring is by having water in the room with me
and to have that when I’m on my break as it would make me talk clearly and to make all the
audios perfect.
Continue on separate sheet if necessary
1 – complete separate table for each activity 2 - from hazard list in Part A 3 - from risk matrix in Part A