Health and safety

Hearing damage- Having your ears vulnerable to continuous loud sounds such as drums and bass causing hearing injuries such as tinnitus or even deafening of the ears. this is a severe health and safety risk because continuous loud noises will give you hearing damage or deafen you. to prevent this you should make sure to not exceed 85 decibels or make everyone wear decent ear protection

Trip hazard-falling over and possibly damaging something or someone, or maybe even yourself. some trip hazards include slipping, wet ground, icy conditions and obstacles. This is a health and safety risk because leaving messy wires not covered can cause anyone to trip and get injured or could even result in death.

RSI-Repetitive strain injury (RSI) is a term sometimes used for pain caused by repeated movement of part of the body. It often gets better on its own, but there are things you can do to help speed up your recovery. One way to prevent this is by lowering the amount of activity you do and gradually increase it as you get comfortable.

Lifting heavy items- lifting items that are too heavy for you could lead to injury in the short term or maybe even long term if lifted wrong. examples of heavy items could be amp, drumkits. to prevent this risk you should get someone to help you lift a heavy item or lift with your legs instead of your back.

Crowd Crushing- Having a mass number of people pushed against each other in a confined space resulting in injury of the ribcage or even Traumatic asphyxia.

Risk of electric shock- There’s always a risk when in comes to electric. especially when carrying liquids around electrical equipment. This could result in electrical shock, fire, or even possible death

Working at height- Working at height is dangerous and you should always have somebody there with you to make sure nothing goes wrong such as falling from a high area, having an object fall on to people as this could be life-threatening

Falling objects– you should always make sure that you keep everything screwed and bolted on as tight as possible so that nobody should get hurt. If a falling object should happen, check to see if anybody is hurt before continuing the show.