Risk Management Plan for SAFETY of Sport Facilities in Republic of KOREA

Abstract

As growing the size of sport industry, every person has witnessed a dramatic rise in the popularity of various forms of sport activities such as fitness, water sport, outdoor sport, bike, ball games, etc. Participation in sport programs is a natural way for most people to be physically active, and the opportunities to take part in organized sports have increased markedly during the last decades. However, participation in sport activities increases the risk of sports and facility-related injuries because risks are inherent in sport and even the safest programs can never avoid accidents and injuries. As the increase in participation of sport activities over the years, it is widely believed that sports injuries are becoming more and more prevalent - across all age groups in nationwide. Without the well-developed risk management plans, however, poorly run programs could result in a negative reputation as well as a financial loss for the organizations. The use of appropriate risk management strategies is the best way to reduce the risk from occurring in the first place. According to the previous study, existing a formal risk manage-ment plan in sport organization can reduce the injury rates of participants and improve quality of service for par-ticipants of sport programs. In addition, a risk management plan can reduce money paid for loss claims as well as maintain the safety of services. Therefore, the purpose of study is to explore the impact of risk management, to discuss risk assessment and analysis, to addresses the need for risk assessment at sport facilities, and finally to describe the sport-specific risk management plan(RMP) developed while conducting research through the literatures for sport professions to reduce the risks and hazards anticipated in so that the sport organizations could avoid unforeseeable litigation, defamation, financial loss, accidents and injuries of personnel. The D.I.M. process should be used as an effective way to establish a proper risk management plan that will as-sist organizations in decreasing unwanted losses. This process consists of three steps as follows: 1)developing RMP, 2)implementing RMP, and 3)managing RMP. Developing a risk management plan, the first step of the D.I.M. process consists of three detailed stages: 1)Identifying risks, 2)Classifying risks, and 3)selecting methods of treat-ment for the risks. The next step in the D.I.M. process consists of implementing the risk management plan. Imple-mentation means communication with all employees and the risk manager should impart to them that communi-cation is critically important in order to put the risk management plan into practice. The final component of the D.I.M. process is to manage the RMP. In the managing the RMP step, hiring or selection of a risk manager or a risk management committee, providing the risk manager or committee with the authority to lead, and providing em-ployees with the opportunity for continual input into the RMP are executed. The last process for RMP is risk man-agement audit to review their process through a good feedback system. A risk management audit is a formal re-view of the plan that attempts to cover all pertinent legal aspects of the organization. Managing risk is to make the question “What if” and always have an answer for it. Sport related facility super-visors, program providers, or instructors have the responsibility to follow policies, consider all possible risks or take precautions and appropriate safety measures in order to reduce financial or personnel risks.