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The Bore Holes Into Ground Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- improper use of equipment
- 2. Site Inspection
- Exposure to underground services
- dust inhalation
- 3. Marking the Borehole Location
- Incorrect site identification
- physical strain from manual marking
- 4. Drilling Equipment Setup
- Unsafe manual handling
- electrical hazards
- 5. Initial Drilling Operation
- High noise level
- flying debris
- 6. Collection of Samples
- Direct contact with dangerous substances
- slips
- trips and falls
- 7. Continued Drilling
- Machinery malfunction
- repetitive strain injury
- 8. Installing Temporary Casing
- Crushing injuries from casing sections
- falling objects
- 9. Cleaning the Borehole
- Contact with hazardous materials
- unsafe manual handling
- 10. Installing Lift Pump
- Electric shock
- musculoskeletal disorders from lifting heavy equipment
- 11. Ground Reinstatement
- Struck by moving vehicle
- trips on uneven ground
- 12. Removal of Drilling Waste
- Exposure to harmful substances
- Incorrect disposal of waste
- 13. Decontamination of Equipment
- Risks associated with use of cleaning agents
- Slips due to wet conditions
- 14. Final Site Inspection
- Missed potential hazards during previous assessments
- ground subsidence
- 15. Documentation of Results
- Loss or misplacement of important documents
- Misinterpreted information