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The Building Irrigation Ditches Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips & falls
- Injury from hand tools
- 2. Mark out Ditch Location
- Incorrect layout
- Struck by moving objects
- 3. Digging the Ditch
- Severity of manual handling injuries
- Contact with utilities (gas
- water etc.)
- 4. Install drainage pipes
- Falls into ditch
- Contact with hazardous substances
- 5. Backfill and compact soil
- Struck by plant machinery
- Noise
- Dust
- 6. Restore Surface
- Slips
- trips & falls during restoration
- Hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS)
- 7. Clean up
- Slips
- trips & falls
- Incorrect disposal of waste material
- 8. Machinery operation
- Machinery related injures
- Noise and Vibration
- 9. Material handling
- Manual handling injuries
- Falling materials
- 10. Working in existing plant areas
- Unexpected start-up of plant equipment
- Noise
- 11. Transporting materials
- Falling loads
- Vehicle collision
- 12. Trench stability
- Risks associated with trench collapse
- Falling into trench
- 13. Dealing with cables and underground services
- Electric shock
- Explosions
- 14. Working with power tools
- Electric shock
- Equipment failure
- 15. Use of personal protective equipment
- Exposure to dust
- Damage to hearing due to noise exposure
- 16. Routine maintenance
- Incorrect shutdown/start-up procedures
- Equipment failure
- 17. Dealing with hazardous substances
- Exposure to harmful substances
- Skin irritations
- 18. Emergency response procedures
- Not knowing what to do in emergencies
- Delayed emergency response
- 19. Managing site work conditions
- Extreme weather conditions
- Poor visibility
- 20. Reviewing and updating SWMS
- Risks are not updated or reviewed regularly
- Incomplete risk assessment