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The Bobcat Operation Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Inadequate training
- Incorrect manoeuvring
- 2. Pre-operation Inspection
- Presence of leaks
- Equipment malfunction
- 3. Start-up
- Failure to start
- Sudden uncontrollable movements
- 4. Load Transportation
- Miscalculating load capacity
- uneven ground
- 5. Unloading
- Tipovers
- struck by falling objects
- 6. Land grading
- Contact with underground services
- dust particles
- 7. Backfilling
- Cave-ins
- contact with utilities
- 8. Levelling and smoothing
- Struck by moving parts
- operating on slopes
- 9. Trenching and excavation
- Trench collapse
- contact with power lines
- 10. Attachment changing
- Pinch-catch hazards
- incorrect attachment procedure
- 11. Machine shutdown
- Burns from hot surfaces
- sudden mechanical releases
- 12. Maintenance and Cleaning
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- accidental start
- 13. Fault finding/Repairs
- Contact with electricity
- unanticipated machine activation
- 14. Refuelling
- Spill or leakage
- fire risk
- 15. Storage/Park Up
- Unsecured parking area
- vandalism or theft
- 16. End of day review
- Paperwork error
- overlooked damage