I have offered to ask on here to help someone else out.  A lady I know through a fp forum has been asked for a risk assessment for her twister but neither of them has ever done one before.

Do any of you guys have one that would wouldn't mind sharing with her (and me I guess as I would tuck it away for the day I get asked too)?

If you do would you be so kind as to email it to me at mailto:yvonne@thefacefactory.co.uk">yvonne@thefacefactory.co.uk.

Cheers

Hi All. This is a subject that is coming up more and more. Unfortunately it's the one of those thing that people who want to be important or appear to be important are asking for and know nothing about.

If you are only doing balloons and nothing else then I have no problem in letting you use the one that was written for my by the health and safety company that is employed by the Daily Mail Ideal Home Exhibition.  You may want to change a few things but I have never had any problem in the past with it.

Here we are then:
RISK ASSESSMENT FOR BALLOON MODELLER
   
Possible Risks and subsequent control:

Possible risk of balloons bursting and causing alarm or injury:

The audience is warned of the possibility of such.
If balloon bursts is makes a sound no greater than 98db.
This will not injure anyone's hearing even if they are in close proximity.


Possible risk of a child eating a piece of balloon:

The balloons are not poisonous and any broken pieces are disposed of properly and carefully.  

Balloons are made of latex which is totally biodegradable.  If pieces of balloon are accidentally swallowed by animal or human, they will dissolve in the stomach and pass through naturally.

Possible risk of slipping on pieces of balloon:

Dispose of any balloon pieces carefully

There are minimal/zero risks attached to the activity.

Thank you that is really helpful.  These will just be used for balloons as we have already had loads of discussions on ones for face painting on my other site so most of us have them already  

I know what you mean about people asking for them and not really knowing whether they are actually sufficient!

I've been asked twice over the years to supply one, but both times I explained I don't have one and and that I've never needed one. . . . they still booked me.

This has also happend a few years ago with CRB checks. I've been asked by 3 different schools if I had a CRB, at the time I didn't, told them so and they still went ahead and booked me, so what was the point in them asking?? I have a CRB now, but only because we're a host family for kids coming to the UK from Belarus.

Interesting as I have been asked for one only yesterday for the very first time. I just explained it's balloons and won't be using stuff like fire!
Bizzare
Kev

Quite frequently get asked for them for face painting - bum covering exercise just like CRB's I suspect but at least they are trying to check that they are hiring professionals.

Best time I had was where a client - who obviously had asked for a RA - wanted me to carry on painting at the end of the day even though their staff had started packing away the display stuff in the marquee and the kids would have had to queue past that???!!!!!!!

Life is strange, doing a job in London this afternoon & they've just rung up for a risk assesment.
So thanks Geoff just sent this over to them.

Graham Lee

Geoff
Thanks for posting that Risk assesment because the enquiry I got the other day now wants one. It helped greatly, thanks again!
Kev

Thankyou for posting that LG I have just been asked to provide a risk assessment for a fete I am doing tomorrow, I would have not been far off with what I would have done but that is excellent.
As ever this forum comes up trumps again to help us all  

Don't forget to mention balloons are made of latex.

If anybody has a Latex allergy's Stay Away.

Fuzz

Never thought about that one Fuzzy!

Most know from the day that they are born that they are allergic to Latex.
From experience most parents will tell you that there child is allergic. Once I did have a mother bring her child right up to me and told me not to go near him as he is allergi to latex. Some people.

But in the end if you wish to put that in, then go for it.

It's a bit like when they used to always ask for a police check, when in theory only the person who hires you can actually request one. Then there's the factor that once it's printed who's to know if you break the law after the date it was issued. It was just one of those things all company event people thought they should be asking after. I just order one from the police once a year, and so far I've been a good boy, but it's a bit of a joke really. Just make sure you do have public liability insurance, and it's valid! I have never needed it, but better safe then sorry. At least someone appreciates my yearly insurance contributions.

Nobody has mentioned the risk of choking, but all bags used to carry a warning for under three years, and now all bags carry a warning for under eights. You should include a copy of the warning in your risk assessment.