Health and Safety

Responsibility

The responsibility of ensuring safety in the development of the sport rests with everyone concerned. Athletes, coaches, officials, facility providers, ground staff, meeting organisers, spectators and the general public all have a duty of care to ensure that their actions due not affect the health, safety and welfare of themselves and others.

Conclusion

Failures of control are assessed through monitoring systems requiring the thorough investigation of any accidents, illness or incidents to identify the underlying causes and implications. Commitment to continuous improvement involves the constant development of policies and approaches towards implementation and risk control procedures.

Risk assessment is only successful if it involves the people who ‘own’ the activities and responsibilities, therefore there is a need for athletes, coaches and judges to be involved in the risk assessment process. Having people get involved with the process means that they are more likely to adopt the safe practices i.e. own them.

Taken from http://www.uka.org.uk/governance/health-safety/