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The Chain Wire Fencing Machine Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Manual handling injuries
- Incorrect tools/equipment usage
- 2. Site Assessment
- Tripping hazards
- Inadequate communication
- 3. Set Up Fencing Area
- Proximity to other construction activities
- Exposed/sharp edges
- 4. Earthworks Excavation
- Heavy machinery accidents
- Trench collapse
- 5. Setting Fence Posts
- Injury from post-installation equipment
- Struck by falling posts
- 6. Concrete Mixing
- Chemical exposure
- Overexertion
- 7. Install Chain Wire Fabric
- Cuts or lacerations
- Entanglement in machinery
- 8. Fastening & Stretching Chain Wire
- Repetitive strain
- Snapped wires
- 9. Attach Chain Wire to Posts
- Struck by hammer
- Pinching injuries
- 10. Install Top Rail & Bracing
- Working at heights
- Manual handling injuries
- 11. Fitting Gates & Locks
- Heavy lifting
- Pinching/crushing injuries
- 12. Final Inspection & Quality Control
- Slips
- trips
- and falls
- Improper PPE use
- 13. Site Cleanup
- Trip hazards
- Misplaced tools and equipment
- 14. Equipment & Tool Dismantling
- Incorrect procedures followed
- Pinching injuries
- 15. Waste Disposal
- Unsafe disposal of materials
- Contact with hazardous substances
- 16. Sign Off & Handover
- Incomplete documentation
- Inadequate communication
- 17. Machine Maintenance
- Unplanned release of stored energy
- Wrong tools used
- 18. Emergency Response Planning
- Inadequate site evacuation plans
- Lack of first aid provisions
- 19. Training & Competence Checks
- Unqualified personnel
- Inadequate training
- 20. Periodic Fence Inspection
- Machinery wear and tear
- Environmental factors affecting fence integrity