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Key Features:
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The Building Facade Cleaning Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trips and falls
- incorrect use of cleaning chemicals
- 2. Set-up
- Falling from heights
- equipment failure
- 3. Pre-clean Assessment
- Incorrect risk assessment
- inadequate safety measures
- 4. Cleaning Facade
- Chemical exposure
- slip and falls
- electric shock from power washing machines
- 5. Waste Management
- Handling sharp objects
- chemical exposure
- 6. Equipment Check
- Equipment malfunction
- electrical hazards
- 7. Surface Treatment
- Chemical spills
- burns from hot surfaces
- inhalation of fumes
- 8. Accessing Higher Levels
- Risks associated with ladders and cherry pickers such as falls from height
- electrocution from overhead cables
- 9. Use of Power Tools
- Noise Induced Hearing Loss (NIHL)
- flying debris
- 10. Manual Handling
- Musculoskeletal injuries
- slips
- trips
- and falls
- 11. Lunch Breaks
- Foodborne illnesses
- exposure to hazardous substances
- 12. Debris Clearance
- Injury from sharp objects
- manual handling injuries
- 13. Post-clean Inspection
- Slips
- trips
- and fails
- damage to property or equipment
- 14. Pack Up
- Musculoskeletal injuries from lifting
- slipping on spilled materials
- 15. Documentation
- Incorrect record keeping
- failure to communicate risks