Yourmic – Talent Show Finals 11/12/09
Risk Assessment
Risk Details
Fire Possibility of fire that may result
from adjacent adjoining buildings
being alight and the fire spreading
to the Sieff Theater, or possibly
caused in the theater itself by
such things as lighters.
Electrical A person may experience an
shock/dama electric shock from damaged
ge electric devices such as amps and
lights, or due to the
device/persons hands being wet.
Wires/cables Wires and cables for lighting,
electricity and sound for example,
could be possible tripping
hazards, injuring someone when
they fall over.
Crowd Unmanageable crowds of people
control in the theater could lead to people
being pushed, trampled or
otherwise injured.
Solution
Do not allow items such as
lighters to be used in the
theater. Alert the people
attending to the fire exits and
the area to assemble in case of
a fire before the event begins. If
a fire does begin, we will
evacuate everyone out of the
closest fire escape, sound the
alarm and dial 999 to call the
fire service. Any staff present
that have been trained in the
use of fire extinguishers may put
the initial flames out using the
fire extinguishers.
Have all electrical equipment
checked by the physics
department to check that they
are functioning properly. Do not
operate equipment that is wet,
or with wet hands. Do not
operate equipment that is
suspected to be faulty/
dangerous.
Any cables and wires will be put
up against the wall, away from
the paths that people will walk in
the centre of the room and on
the steps of the theater. Pete
Greenwall will also inspect the
whole set-up beforehand to
make sure that it is safe.
A member of staff, maybe two,
will maintain crowd control and
general safety/order. There will
also be several prefects present
to be part of crowd control.
Seating capacity will not be
exceeded in order to maintain
reasonable numbers and avoid
overcrowding. This will be
enforced by only allowing those

Allergies Anyone who suffers from
allergies, such as egg or nut
allergies, may purchase and eat
food containing the product that
they are allergic to.
Epilepsy Anyone who suffers from epilepsy
could experience pain from any
flashing lighting during the show.
First Aid Somebody may be injured/ hurt
and require some immediate
medical treatment such as
bandaging.
Hazardous/ Any acts such as gymnastics and
dangerous dancing may result in injury to the
acts performers from falls
(Inappropria Acts that make rude, racist,
te acts) sexist, insulting references,
statements or inferences, or
contain anything that is
inappropriate can cause offense
to others.
with tickets to enter and no one
else will be admitted.
All of the food sold will be
packaged and will therefore
express on the packaging the
contents. We will also make
signs highlighting the egg/nut
content of any products that do
contain them.
There will be no flashing lights
during the show.
There will be a member of staff
present with a first aid
qualification and kit. They will
also have access to a
computer/laptop for SIMS
emergency contact or medical
information.
There will be no acts with
content that could lead to
damage/ injury. We will enforce
this by asking of the content of
the acts beforehand. Also, if
there is any possibility of injury,
the appropriate protective
equipment will be worn by the
performers and there will be
qualified supervision.
We will ask the performers to
inform us of the content of their
act beforehand and anything
inappropriate will not be
performed. If anything
inappropriate develops on the
night and needs to be stopped,
then either the member of staff
supervising or Sam Steiner,
Managing Director of Yourmic
and one of the judges will stop
the act if deemed inappropriate.
The following acts will then
proceed.