Outdoor Steel Structure 3000mm Horse Stall Fronts

Australia Style Comfortable Outdoor Steel Structure Galvanised Famous Horse Stall​

There are what can be termed ‘environmental hazards’ in association with each of these areas, and process hazards. A typical hazard in relation to the car park would be the hazard presented by a moving vehicle to a pedestrian. There are also process or procedure hazards, e.g. the hazard of falling from a horse and injury arising from impact with the ground. These should systematically be collated in a list for the relevant environmental/process hazards in order to move to the next stage.

Once an assessment of the hazards associated with a typical riding school/livery yard has been made and the people at risk identified, a risk assessment has to be undertaken to determine which of the hazards are likely to be realised. Thereafter control measures have to be implemented to mitigate against those risks deemed significant. Risk is a term used through many industries and as such has many different definitions.

For the purpose of simplicity it is defined in the Chambers dictionary as “chance of harm, loss” i.e. it is the probability or likelihood that the hazard will be realised. The actual process of determining risks can become very complex if taken to extreme but it is important to focus on the reason why a risk assessment is being carried out. Principally, it should be used as a tool to assist in determining those hazards which must be controlled as a priority over others.

As falls from a horse have been highlighted as a particular hazard, they will be used to illustrate the concept of assessing risk. In general terms, falls from horses are more likely to occur when riders are undertaking work at speed such as cantering and galloping or when riding over jumps, than at lower speed such as walk (see figure 3 previously). Risks also increase with turns, changes of direction etc. affecting the balance of horse and/or rider. External factors that cause horses to react either by jumping, rearing or fleeing may also alter the risk level for example wind blown objects, loose dogs, flapping carrier bags, cars, lorries and motorbikes.

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