Slips/Trips/Falls High
Adult supervision High
Child protection High
Entanglement High
Shooting
Arrows before session High
Impalement of arrow Extreme
Archery Risk Assessment
People
• Appropriate clothing and footwear to be worn at all times.
• Boundaries are made clear in the safety brief.
• Area to be checked and cleared of debris and other trip hazards prior to activity.
• Staff is to monitor participant body movement
• Staff to advise no running Medium
• Staff to ensure ratio and Supervising Adult is always adequate.
• School Staff Members/Groups Assistants to ensure safety brief procedures are adhered to.
• Avoid close contact with students / group members when helping with archery style.
• Adjust safety gear / stances style in presence of another adult, otherwise ask group members to help each other.
• Ask for permission prior to adjusting.
• Ensure wrist, ear and face jewellery is removed
• Long hair is held away from face and ears
• Jackets or loose clothing zipped up or covered.
• Group briefing must take place before participants are given bows and arrows.
Equipment
• Participants not allowed to run on range at any time
• Instructors to position themselves so that they can observe all participants.
• Safety instructions/Range Rules to be given during the briefing and repeated during the session as appropriate.
• By-standers to be restricted to safe viewing area.
• Approaches to the range monitored and shooting to be halted as necessary if people or animals approach.
• Participants warned not to walk/run when carrying arrows.
• Range to be inspected for slip/trip hazards prior to commencement of session.
• Arrows to point down range, towards the ground or somewhere between at all times (except when removing from the targets), even when not on a bow.
Low
Low
Low
Low
Arrow/Target removal injury
High
Medium
• Participants to stand beside arrow when removing from ground or target, not in front to avoid collision with arrow.
• Hold arrows feathers facing upwards (point down) to avoid face or other participant injuries.
• All equipment to be checked by instructors prior to each use.
• Damaged equipment to be withdrawn from service until repaired or scrapped.
Low Damaged or broken equipment
Arm hit by bow string Medium
Muscular strains Medium
Overgrown Trees High
Extreme Weather Medium
Animals (bite, sting)
Medium
• Participants to wear arm guards on the inner forearm of the arm holding the bow
• Participants to be provided with bows of appropriate draw strength
Environment
• Maintain trees so they are avoiding contact with wires and structure.
• Cut back trees through fencing to avoid staff and participants from bees or allergies.
• Climbing of trees is strictly prohibited.
• Staff to advise persons in recognising symptoms for Hypothermia and hyperthermia
• Staff to advise participants to keep re-hydrated and sun protected at all times.
• Staff to Halt or postpone activity due to weather that affects running of activity
• Staff to advise persons not to interfere with any animals and view from a safe distance
• Staff to ensure all participants understand advice at briefing.
• Staff to monitor animal movement at all times until all personnel out of way of danger.
• All participants to wear appropriate shoes
Low
Low
Low
Low
Low
Medium