Health and saftey risk assesment for filming at The Junction

Due to the situation we were filming in, in such a large group of the public, very loud music, bright lights and busy surroundings, a risk assesment was vital.

The key things that had to be paid attention to were;

• Stay a good distance from the cherry picker, it's big and the driver can't always see where he is going.
• Wear the ear plugs provided, we spent a lot of time very close to the PA system and were in danger of dameging our hearing permanently.
• Don't stare at the lights, especially the strobe, strobes are twice as bright as normal stage lights and the rapid flashing can cause serious damege to your eyes
• Don't leave anything lying around, people are very busy back stage etc and could trip over things easily
• Be carefull of cables and equiptment on stage, back stage and in the pit, don't trip over things!
• Be aware of the crowed, especially when in the pit area, people tend to crowd surf and throw things around at gigs.
• We had to wear our white CMDiploma shirts to make sure every one could identify us.
• We were given AAA (Access All Areas) and PHOTO passes so staff knew we were aloud to go anywhere and weren't thrown out.