Risk assessment
P3 Assignment: carry out a risk assessment in a health and social care setting.
M2: Assess the hazards identified in the health and social care settings.
D1: Make a re-commendation in relation to the identified hazards to minimize the risk to the service user group.
For this assignment I am going to carry out risk assessment that can occur in child nursery playground these includes: * Slide- cars, trike * water table * open gate * slippery floor, trips and fall * smaller toys laying around * banned swing

IDENTIFIED HAZARD | RISK M2 | CONTROL D1 | Slide- cars, trike (broken slide, broken toys cars and broken wheels on the trike) the children can come in to contact with this toys and they get injured. | Likelihood 1 | Severity 2 | Risk 1X2 =2 | This hazard would affect the both staffs and children but mainly the children. So for this hazard to be controlled or prevented, all staffs are to looking after and supervising the children and also they should always ensure that all toys used for playing is be inspected and maintained regularly by the person in charged. Another way this hazard can be prevented or controlled is if playing toys were to be made with rubber to prevent serious injuries if the kids were to by any chance come in contact with any broken toys. Children playing outside nursery should be supervised at all times by a member of staff to ensure that the kids don’t hurt them while playing with other toys available in the nursery’ | | I scored this a likelihood of 1 because it is less likely to happen, the reason is that most of the toy cars, and trike are checked and while the children are playing with the toys, they are being supervised by the nursery nurse or staff.I scored this a severity of 2 because if a child was to come across the broken toy cars slide which might result in him/her having an injury like cuts, bruises and falls which might just need first aid attention or minor stitches; so it won’t be anything serious as they will recover from it. | | Water table (this can be hazard because children can drink the water from it.) | Likelihood2 | Severity2 | Risk2X2 =4 | This hazard mainly applies to the children in the nursery. One ways in which this hazard can be prevented or controlled is for nursery nurse or staff to always monitor the kids in order to prevent them from drinking the water from the table which might have been poisonous because the water would be filled with germs due to the kids putting their hands and all sort of this which are dirty inside the water. A second way in which this hazard night be controlled is if the water in the water table is constantly changes and also emptying the water table when the kids are done playing with it on order to prevent any other kid to go there when there is no adult to supervise them. | | I scored this a likelihood of 2 because it is equally likely to happen. The reason is because the kids frequently play in the water which can lead to the water being contaminated because of things like dirty hands and toys.I scored this a severity of 2 because children can sometime drink the water and if they drink it, they might have a reaction like running stomach, diarrhoea and vomiting. This can lead to the children ending up in the hospital for some treatment, and in some cases it can be serious by them being hospitalized for weeks or even months depending on the type of disease they contacted by drinking the water. | | Open gates (children can go out to the main road if any of the gates is not close properly) | Likelihood2 | Severity4 | Risk2X4=8 | This potential hazard is more likely to affect children because they are the ones more likely to want to sneak out of the nursery building and cross the road without pay attention when crossing. This hazard can be controlled by ensuring that all gates that leads to to and fro of the nursery premises be locked at all time. Another way this hazard can be prevented is if the gates were to be locked using codes in such a way that once a person passes through the gates, it automatically shuts itself close even when the person that last went through it forget to shut it and the gate will not be able to be opened unless the code was put in.. So with this, none of the kid will be able to get passed the gate as they won’t have access to the code if the gate. Another control is that staff should supervise and monitors the children as to know if they want to run off the nursery property. | | I scored this a likelihood of 2 because it is less likely to happen because the gates are very likely to be locked at all times during school hours so will a close to impossible for a child to go out through the gate without being sported by someone .I scored this a severity of 4 because if any of the gates was for an unknown reason mistakenly opened and a child manages to go out through the gate without being spotted by anybody, this could lead to them going towards the main road, as kids are not concentrating to the road this could in turn lead to them being hit by a running car or vehicle. Being hit by a running vehicle or car could lead to disastrous outcomes like them being permanently disabled or in more severe cases, leads to the death of that child depending on the speed the vehicle was at when the child was hit. | | Trip, slips and falls (trips and fall from the injury, children or staff would sustain injury including cuts, bruises, fracture and broken legs. | Likelihood2 | Severity3 | Risk2x3 =6 | This hazard can be harmful to the children, staff and parent. One way in which this hazard can be prevented or controlled by staffs ensuring that the nursery floors have an even surface and is fully protected with sands and sore dust to prevent kids from sustaining serious injuries when they trip and fall.Staffs needs to clean any spillage with dry mop immediately and put a wet floor signs to prevent kids, parents from falling.Another control measure is by removing toys from the ground to prevent kids from tripping. I could suggest that square tables, fixed toys and round tables should be fitted with rubber rather than steel this is because kids are likely to bump and bang their head when they fall. | | I scored this a likelihood of 2 because this is less likely to happen for staffs or parents but is more likely to happen to children as depending on their age, they might be able to read sign that cautions them about wet and slippery floors and which will lead them slipping on a wet floor or tripping on something on the floor. Another reason why kids fall is that they often run around when playing which cause them falling all the time.I scored this severity a 3 because although they might only end up having have bruises and scratches, trips or falls can however result in serious cases like fractures or broken bones depending on the nature of the fall. | | Small toys laying around(Children might come in contact with small toys and they might get choke if they swallow it). | Likelihood1 | Severity4 | Risk1x4 =4 | This is a very harmful hazard to the children. One way in which this hazard can be controlled or prevented is that the staffs should supervise children at all time, and they should ensure that there are no small toys lying around for kids to take and swallow. Another suggestion that might prevent or control this hazard is that toys should be given to children according to their age to avoid any cause of putting it in their mouth and getting choke. Staffs should ensure that any toys that contain rigid wires, small and loose objects that could become exposed and cause cuts or other injuries should be removed and kept away where the kids can’t get their hand on it. | | I scored this a likelihood of 1 because this is not likely to happen or to be come across in nursery as the safety of the children is their Nursery’s number one priority. The reason is because the nurseries will always checks for the safety of both children and staffs.I scored this a severity of 4 because if a child should come into contact with any little toys, especially the smaller children the ted to put everything in their mouth which could lead to the toys being swallowed and kids being choked. Although first aid method they can use to remove the toy that is swallowed, however in severe cases they might be hospitalised and under-go a surgery. | | Faulty swing (children might fall and break their hands, arms and legs and also sustain severe head injuries. | Likelihood2 | Severity3 | Risk2x3 =6 | This hazard applies mainly to the children because they are the ones more likely to use the swings during plat time. One way in which this hazard can be prevented or controlled is by carrying out a risk assessment on a regular basis by the caretaker to check the strength of the swing, and also to check if there is any wear or tear on the swing that might be harmful if the kids were to go on the swings.If the swings are faulty it should be removed, because in a situation where by a note is stick, or a signs that says ‘do not uses’ or ‘out of banned’, kids would not understand it and would still want to use it. So to avoid kids hurting themselves from the faulty swings, the swing should be removed totally from the nursery premises as some of the children might still find a way to go there which might result in them being hurt if they were to fall off the swing. | | I scored this a likelihood of 2 because it is less likely to happen to children as faulty swings would be checked to ensure that it is safe for children to use. While the kids should be supervised by the staffs.I scored this a severity of 3 because if they had a fall they might need first aids treatment like plasters and professional visit to the hospital in case of broken bones or head injuries from the fall. | |

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