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Personal safety Hazard Risk Factor Risk management Archers hair, clothing, jewellery, body piercing, badges, buttons etc become entangled with string on loose resulting in personal injury. Moderate Ensure archers tie back long hair and remove loose/dangling jewellery which might entangle with bow string. Instruct new archers in appropriate clothing for the sport. Equipment assembly/use Hazard Risk factor Risk management Limb bolts work loose resulting in bow coming apart in use. Consequences as per failure of bow limb or riser. Archer attempting to disassemble limbs without first de-stringing the bow may receive personal injury when limbs "let down" unexpectedly. Moderate Instruct archers in correct assembly of equipment including limb assembly and stringing / de-stringing. Recorded regularly (annually) inspect limb bolts and nuts for signs of excess wear. Check novices‟ bow setup before shooting. Target boss / stand mishandled. Target boss may fall on archer resulting in personal injury. Target boss / stand not secured. Target boss may fall on archer resulting in personal injury or damage to arrows. Archers arrows too short. Arrows may be drawn off the arrow rest and may be loosed into the bow hand. Use of inappropriate draw weight bow. may result in muscular or other soft tissue injury. New archers may mis loose the bow resulting in the string striking the archers elbow / forearm. Risk from arrows in ground / target. Arrows which have fallen short of or behind the target may cause personal injury if walked / run into. Arrows in the target represent a hazard to approaching the target and may result in personal injury. Moderate Moderate Low Moderate High Moderate Instruct archers in the handling of bosses/stands. A boss weighs more than twice the permitted HSE "per person load". Instruct archers not to lift bosses alone and in correct technique for mounting boss on stand. Always have 2 people moving bosses to and from stands. Instruct archers in method for securing bosses to stand / ground. Do not allow shooting to commence until all targets appropriately secured. Check arrow length for all new archers using the prescribed technique. Issue only arrows of required minimum length. Do NOT allow archers to shoot if arrows of the required length are unavailable. Instruct beginners with light weight bows (18 - 20 lb @28"). Ensure archers purchasing own equipment receive appropriate advice. Ensure all archers use appropriate arm protection and beginners are closely supervised. Ensure archers are instructed as to correct technique for positioning bow arm. Instruct archers in these hazards and of the importance of approaching the target with caution. Instruct new archers in the correct technique for drawing arrows from the boss. Do NOT allow anyone to run on the range or to wear open toed shoes. Ensure lost arrows are reported and every effort is made to locate them. PAGE 1 of 6
Control of shooting Hazard Risk Factor Risk management Inadequate control of shooting may result in personal injury to an archer or spectator. Low Shooting MUST always be under the control of an experienced Archer acting as The Field Captain or a qualified Judge. All Archers must understand that this person is in charge of the shoot and must obey his/her commands. Incorrect range layout results in personal injury to spectators or archers. Arrows inadvertently shot outside of safety area may result in personal injury to spectators or archers A person or animal straying into the safety area may receive personal injury from arrow or other equipment projected towards the target. PAGE 1 of 6 Low Low Low The range MUST be secure and laid-out in accordance with the GNAS Rules of Shooting. i.e. “Bows shot off the fingers at all target distances up to 60 metres must have a minimum range length including overshoot from the shooting line of 110metres. That is 5o metres of overshoot. Shooting must not begin if this is not the case. Spectators and participants must be advised where they may and may not stand while shooting is in progress. A plan of the range should be provided for all Archers and clearly explained. Any time archery is in progress the area shown in the diagram below will be roped off with warning signs at regular intervals stating “Archery in progress do not cross line or enter the restricted area”. This area to be a line all the way across the field (north – south ), a minimum of 5 of five yards behind the shooting line, and all the field in front of this line (east –west). A temporary padlock to be put on the gate from the field to the squash courts whenever archery is in progress to stop uncontrolled access to the field while shooting is taking place. All areas to the side of the range that the public have access to i.e. the tennis courts to the south of the range shall be kept at a distance of 25 metres from the first boss set up on the field in accordance with GNAS rules. Archers must be made familiar with and adhere to GNAS Rules of Shooting. Any archer deemed by the Field Captain or Judge not to be doing so should be asked to leave the field. In particular archers must not be allowed to use any form of "high draw" and should be asked to ensure that the point of the arrow is not raised significantly above the nock. Ensure that the range is laid out according to the GNAS Rules of Shooting and that the safety area is observable at all times. In particular ensure that access past the shooting line to indoor ranges is secured before shooting commences. The Field Captain AND Archers must remain vigilant and suspend shooting if the safety area is violated. People shall not be able to enter the shooting area without passing a suitable barrier warning that beyond which a
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