toxic, corrosive, irritant, harmful materials and fire

work at height, position near water, layout of site. Vehicles and use of temporary structures

heat, cold, wind, pollution and slopes

fatigue, dehydration, musculoskeletal injury, psychological stress

Determining what can go wrong

Establishing how it can happen

if a risk for an activity is too great, simply decide not to undertake the activity.

For example, you could put up a temporary fence around a wide hazardous ground conditions.

o getting someone else that may take some or all the responsibility, usually by paying a specialist service.

For example, contract specialist to control part of the event and implement event risk management or insure against liability.

reduce the likelihood a risk will become reality, and the impact it would have if it did.

For example, put up safety barriers and signage, deploy additional marshals and limit number or type of participants

Experiences on previously handled events, administrative records, and observation skills can be the basis for identifying the risks. And to effectively identify the risks that can be encountered on the event, come up with checklists of the possible risks.

Certain people are vulnerable to particular risks or hazards, they may be less responsible or more likely to take risks

Identify if there are already existing risk controls. Assess if these will suffice to deal with the possible risks. Amend or alter processes that are inapplicable.

Analyze and record the assessment

Evaluate the risk assessment and set and order of priority to deal with each risk.

Make sure that there is a person-in-charge at the gate. Another person should assist guests at the parking area. Other participants may ask the person-in-charge to have their cars parked, to ensure that he knows how to drive. Then, another one is assigned on greeting and ushering the guest, endorsing them to the registration committee.

Registration should not take too much of the time of the guests. Someone should usher the guests inside the event venue and lead them to their seats.

While waiting for the event proper to start, provide music or activity that will set the mood or ambience of the event. This will also keep the guests from being bored.

The event manager should be present on the event to directly oversee the event committee and the event proceedings. Hazards and emergency issues should be properly dealt with.

It is the possibility of something bad happening, involves uncertainty about the effects/implications of an activity with respect to something that humans value, often focusing on negative, undesirable consequences.

It is any event or period that will lead, or may lead, to an unstable and dangerous situation affecting an individual, group, or all of society. This is a negative changes in the human or environmental affairs, especially when they occur abruptly, with little or no warning

a serious, unexpected, and often dangerous situation requiring immediate action.

A serious disruption occurring over a short or long period of time that causes widespread human, material, economic or environmental loss which exceeds the ability of the affected community or society to cope using its own resources

Participants could become lost deviating from intended event route.

There are not enough event marshals

Pre-event instructions do not provide clear route details

death, brain/spinal injuries, emergency medical assistance

fractures, crash injuries, emergency medical assistance

dislocation/simple fractures of ribs/limbs, medical assistance on-site, participant does not continue the event

contusions, sprains, lacerations minor first aid, participant continues the event