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The Approach Wildlife Or Pests Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Tripping over equipment
- improper handling of equipment
- 2. Equipment check
- Inadequate equipment
- faulty equipment
- 3. Identifying the animals or pests
- Misidentification resulting in improper handling
- 4. Approach wildlife or pests
- Attack by wild animal
- allergic reactions to pests
- 5. Capturing creatures safely
- Inflicting harm due to poor handling
- risk of bites/ stings
- 6. Animal Handling
- Physical injury
- contamination from animal waste
- 7. Transport critters
- Accident during transportation
- escape of creatures
- 8. Release back to natural habitat
- Aggressive behaviour from frightened creature
- re-capture of released creature
- 9. PEST chemical application
- Chemical exposure
- accidental ingestion
- 10. Disposal of dead animals
- Spread disease
- offensive odour
- 11. Cleaning &d disinfecting traps/equipment
- Exposure to bio-hazardous material
- skin irritation from cleaning products
- 12. Documenting and reporting information
- Incorrect recording of data leading to flawed recapturing strategies
- 13. Decontamination & hygiene following fieldwork
- Infection from contaminated equipment
- basic exhaustion
- 14. Storage & maintenance of equipment
- Damage to equipment
- deterioration of equipment
- 15. Training new personnel or volunteers
- Incorrect practices due to lack of proper training
- accidents due to inexperienced handling
- 16. Periodic health checks for staff exposed to wildlife
- Undetected medical conditions
- escalation of undiagnosed ailments
- 17. Review and update procedures
- Outdated procedures leading to higher risks
- 18. Emergency response planning
- Ineffectiveness in crisis situation due to poor planning
- 19. Equipment upgrade and replacement
- Unsuitable tools causing inadequate working standards
- 20. Staff debrief & feedback sessions
- Miscommunication resulting in flawed operations execution