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The Abalone Diving Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Unfit physical condition
- improper equipment
- 2. Training
- Inadequate training
- unfamiliarity with equipment
- 3. Dive Planning
- Poor planning
- lack of communication
- 4. Entry Into Water
- Rough sea conditions
- poor visibility
- 5. Underwater Navigation
- Currents
- marine hazards (sharks
- poisonous creatures)
- 6. Abalone Collection
- Sharp objects
- marine hazards
- 7. Decompression
- Decompression sickness due to rapid ascent
- Oxygen toxicity
- 8. Exit From Water
- Sharp rocks
- strong waves
- 9. Post-Dive Procedures
- Improper handling of abalone
- inadvisable consumption of seafood
- 10. Maintenance and Repair
- Improper maintenance procedures
- injury during repair
- 11. Equipment Check
- Faulty equipment
- overlooked damages
- 12. Weather Monitoring
- Collisions due to sudden change in weather
- hypothermia
- 13. Documenting Dives
- Inaccurate documentation
- overlooking essential points
- 14. Emergency Procedures
- Negligence while handling emergencies
- panic situations
- 15. Health Checkups
- Ignorance to health symptoms
- delay in medical assistance
- 16. Decompression Chamber Availability
- Inadequate facilities
- delay in accessing chamber
- 17. Dive Buddy System
- Miscommunication
- lack of coordination
- 18. Use of Lift Bags
- Damage to lift bags
- improper usage
- 19. Rope Signals
- Misinterpretation of signals
- delay in reaction time
- 20. Surface Rest
- Dehydration
- Hypothermia