Field Visits: ADVICE and safety
- All geological sites are potentially dangerous.
- Members and guests ('participants') are reminded that they attend field visits at their own risk, and that they have a duty of care for their own safety and that of others.
- Neither the Society nor any of its members shall accept any liability whatsoever for any accident or injury to any persons or damage to or loss of property incurred by any persons arising from its activities except in so far as the Society can be held to have been negligent.
- Participants are responsible for their own personal accident insurance cover and also insurance cover for their own personal effects used in connection with the Society's activities.
- Participants are recommended to bring their own first aid kit on field visits.
- Participants must wear suitable field-work clothing and waterproofs and appropriate footwear and goggles. A hard hat is required for visits in the proximity of cliff and scarp sections.
- Access to working quarries will be permitted only if strong boots, a hard hat and a fluorescent jacket or tabard are worn. Goggles or other eye protection may be required.
- All participants shall follow any reasonable instructions and heed any warnings given by the leader. The leader must be informed if any participant needs to leave the group before the end of the visit. The leader's attention must be drawn to any participant who is in distress or who is parted from the group.
- Persons under the age of 18 years are not permitted in working quarries.
- Persons under 18 years of age are welcome to attend certain field visits provided that they are accompanied by an adult: please check beforehand. Participants are responsible for their own and their minors' insurance.
- Participants are expected to make their own travelling arrangements for field visits. Participants are responsible for ascertaining and locating each field visit start point and rendezvous point following location instructions, verbal or otherwise, from the leader.
- It is useful to have a notebook, pencil & paper, tissues or newspaper, collecting bags & pots, and a marker pen. Tools such as a trowel and sieve may be useful at certain locations: please enquire for advice.
- We recommend that snacks plus drink should be brought on field visits.
For any information and questions please contact the Field Visits Secretary.