Health and Safety Risk Assessment

Health and Safety Risk Assessment

Before the filming of our project we put together a short health and safety risk assessment to determine the level and extent of the precautions we might have to put in place to protect our child actors, as they are only 8 and 10 years old.

Over the duration of our actual project, there weren't many problems in terms of health and safety. The crew managed to film effectively and the actors were able to use the play equipment without falling or hurting themselves. There were a few instances when the kids would try to attach the buttons to their capes and accidentally prick themselves with the safety pins. Luckily the pins are almost blunt and are pretty much harmless, so kids didn't were not injured in any way, however after Sadie and Vinnie pricked themselves multiple time, the crew attached the the pins to the capes rather than them trying to do it themselves to avoid further accidents.