Risk Assessment Form
Activity: Allotments				Assessment Date:		Review Date:
Hazard and Risk	People at risk	Optional Controls	Our Controls		Our Future Controls		Risk Level	Target date & by whom
Overgrown vegetation - Personal injury - Rodents	Allotment tenants	Clerk monitors allotments and ensures that tenants are notified of overgrown areas and asked to rectify.	Clerk to write to holders with overgrown plots or significant parts thereof on (set dates) requiring that action be taken to clear weeds, etc		Controls Ongoing		Med	Clerk – end 2006
Mowing and/or strimming - Personal injury	Operatives/public	Grass cutting is carried out by tenants. They provide and service their own equipment. Petrol and fuel oil must be stored off-site.	Inform tenants that they must store fuel off-site at start of tenancy		Controls ongoing		Low	Clerk – end 2006
Trees - Personal injury	Employees/public	Council responds to complaints from employees and public if concern raised about tree condition. Tree stock, (particularly on allotments and adjacent to buildings/public rights of way), identified and inspected by an arboriculturalist. Trees re-inspected on a regular basis, according to level of risk. Records relating to inspections kept, including where no defect is found and retained for min 6 yrs.	Trees to be inspected annually		Controls ongoing		Low	Arboriculturist

Risk Assessment (Continued)
Activity: Allotments				Assessment Date:		Review Date:
Hazard and Risk	People at risk	Optional Controls	Our Controls		Our Future Controls		Risk Level		Target date & by whom
Hedge Trimming - Personal injury	Tenants/public	No hedge trimming carried out other than by tenants on their own plots	Tenants informed that no hedge trimming allowed to be carried out other than with non-electrical apparatus		Maintain this control with new tenants		Low		Clerk – end 2006
Unauthorised visitors in allotments – particularly children. - Personal injury - Vandalism - Access to hazardous equipment or chemicals	Unauthorised visitors, particularly children.	Tenants advised to warn unauthorised visitors away. Tenants encouraged to keep gate at roadside closed and advised to keep all equipment and chemicals locked away and keep sheds secured when not in use. Any vandalism immediately and formally reported to Police. Petrol and fuel oil is not permitted to be stored on site.	Tenants informed of these controls		On going and make sure all new tenants informed		Low		Clerk – end 2006
Use of LPG - Fire and explosion	Public/Tenants/unauthorised visitors	LPG not permitted.	Tenants informed		On going and make sure all new tenants informed			Low	Clerk – end 2006

Risk Assessment (Continued)
Activity: Allotments				Assessment Date:				Review Date:
Hazard and Risk	People at risk	Optional Controls	Our Controls			Our Future Controls			Risk Level	Target date & by whom
Rodent control - Human contact with rodent bait and dead rodents – Weil’s Disease	Tenants	No rat poison used by PC. Plot holders provided with information regarding Weils disease. Specifically advised not to put hands into the water tank if skin is broken	Plot holders provided with information regarding Weils disease. Specifically advised not to put hands into the water tank if skin is broken. Tenants informed to take care when handling or disposing of rat bait or bodies.			Ongoing – inform new tenants			Med	Clerk – end 2006
Smoke from fires - Breathing difficulties, particularly for those suffering from asthma. - Fire Spread	Tenants/public	Burning not permitted. Tenants advised of fire policy at their site. Tenants monitored to ensure compliance with local rules.	No fires allowed – inform existing tenants				Ongoing – inform new tenants		Low	Clerk – end 2006
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