Another course question

[lizzylulu]

As part of my course I have to do a risk assesment for turning a horse out. The only risks I can think of if there is a bargy horse they might get barged when bringing it out of the stable. Then then is being trodden on, or kicked. Can anyone else think of any other risks, there might be some really simple ones but I am being thick I think

 

[Gentle_Warrior]

does it mean just leading the horse or when you have turned the horse out ?

If other horses in fied there may be fights !!!

 

[polyphonic]

rearing and biting- both my horse does lol (no its not funny i should know better!)

 

[Mbronze]

Do you have to walk the horse from the stable to the field in any particular hazardous situation like a road, or past tractors or any scary plastic bag monsters!

 

[catembi]

I worked in risk up until recently, & it involves thinking of lots of stupid little things that prob wouldn't happen but could, then coming up with even more stupid ways of stopping them happening...

Anyway, risks could involve...the risk of the horse getting entangled with the fence, getting bitten by an insect, going for a gallop & doing a tendon, eating something poisonous or that it was allergic to, being fed something poisonous / unsuitable by a passer-by (such as grass clippings), getting sunburn / stroke, getting out & causing a road accident, attacking people if there's a footpath thru the field, getting overweight / diarrhoea from too much grass, mud fever or thrush from wet field, caught up in rugs / by headcollar, worms etc etc.

If you were a sad risk person & doing the job properly, you would then set up a s'sheet to 'put some numbers around' these risks. List them all in the 1st column, then in the 2nd column, rate how LIKELY they are to happen from 1 to 5. In the 3rd column, rate how SERIOUS the consequences could be IF the risk happened from 1 to 5. Eg IF a horse got ragwort poisoning, it might be 5 cos it'd result in the death of the horse. Then to get the impact, in the 4th column you multiply the 2 together.

For risk mgmt purposes, you might decide that only the risks which score over 10 are worth doing something about ie pulling up ragwort, not turning out in a headcollar etc. Your 'risk appetite' would then be set at the level of 9 or below cos that's the level you're prepared to accept cos it's too much trouble to fix.

Oh dear...I miss my job... Hope that wasn't complete jargon?