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The Building And Maintaining Rural Fencing Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect manual handling
- exposure to hazardous materials
- 2. Site Assessment
- Trips and falls
- proximity to live traffic
- 3. Equipment Inspection
- Poorly maintained equipment
- electrical faults
- 4. Loading Tools/Equipment
- Falls from heights
- improper lifting techniques
- 5. Vehicle Safety Checks
- Brake failure
- tire blowouts
- 6. Transporting Equipment to Site
- Road accidents
- loose equipment in motion
- 7. Unloading Tools/Equipment
- Incorrect manual handling
- falling objects
- 8. Setting Out Fence Line
- Incorrect measurements
- exposed ground cables
- 9. Digging Post Holes
- Strains and sprains
- operating machinery incorrectly
- 10. Erecting Posts and Rails
- Manual underload/overload
- falls from height
- 11. Installing Wire Mesh
- Cuts and abrasions
- eye injuries
- 12. Stretching Wire
- Machinery malfunctions
- back strain
- 13. Attaching Fittings
- Slips
- trips and falls
- cuts from sharp objects
- 14. Inspecting Completed Fence
- Tripping over tools/materials
- exposed to elements
- 15. Clearing Works Area
- Injury from misuse of tools
- exposure to hazardous compounds
- 16. Waste Disposal
- Exposure to hazardous waste
- improper lifting techniques
- 17. Review Work Conducted
- Paperwork errors
- miscommunication risks
- 18. Finalise Documentation
- Documentation errors
- incorrect filing/storage
- 19. Post-Work Equipment Maintenance
- Injury from misuse of tools
- electrical faults
- 20. Reporting and Monitoring
- Risks from incomplete reporting
- failure in monitoring procedures