Associated Risk Assessment
Activity: Collecting Eggs from the Chicken Coop
Location: School Garden, Chicken Coop and Paddocks
Description of Hazard:
1. Children disengaged from group
2. Children pecked by laying hen
3. Animal faeces bacteria
Level of Hazard:
Low Medium High
Lever of Risk:
Low Medium High
Persons at Risk:
Adults and children within the group
Specific Measures/Precautions to be taken:
1. Discuss each step in the lesson with the class teacher, designated therapist and support
2. Clear any identified hazards
3. Warn children of potential hazards
4. Give clear expectations and boundaries of behaviour
5. High adult to children ratios
6. Children to be advised/taught how to collect and carry eggs. (do not collect eggs from under a laying hen)
7. Staff to be certain chickens are not in the coops when the children collect eggs
8. Eggs will be washed and laid in fresh straw before the lesson, children will wear non latex gloves
9. Children to be advised on things they should not touch.
Level of risk after control measures. Low Medium High
Is this level of risk acceptable? Yes No
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