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The Benching Operations Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Machinery injury
- Slips and falls
- 2. Site Assessment
- Exposure to dangerous substances
- Heatstroke
- 3. Tool Selection
- Improper tool handling
- Electric shock
- 4. Marking out
- Falling of heavy objects
- Dust inhalation
- 5. Excavation Phase 1
- Collapse of sidewalls
- Trips and falls
- 6. Benching
- Side-wall collapse
- Back injury from manual handling
- 7. Excavation Phase 2
- Collapse of excavation
- Falls into-deep excavation
- 8. Material Removal
- Struck by moving vehicle
- Noise pollution
- Dust Inhalation
- 9. Levelling
- Uneven ground
- Foot entrapment
- 10. Shoring Installation
- Collapse of walls
- Falling materials
- Workers caught between objects
- 11. Drainage/Trench breaks
- Water inundation,Foot Entrapment
- 12. Assessment of work
- Improper assessment
- Inadequate method implementation
- 13. Backfilling
- Collapse of excavation
- Improper material handling
- 14. Surface Restoration
- Uneven surfaces
- Trips and falls
- 15. Clean up
- Slips with hand tools
- Scraps left behind
- 16. Debriefing
- Incorrect information passed on
- Miscommunication leading to mishaps
- 17. Review of task
- Insufficient review
- Implementation of wrong methods
- 18. Equipment storage
- Incorrect storage
- Damage to equipment
- 19. Documentation
- Loss of documents
- Misplacement of files
- 20. End of job briefing and feedback
- Misunderstanding of instructions
- Incorrect feedback received