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The Checking Electrical Connections Once Installed Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trip hazards
- Electric shock from power placements
- Incorrect handling of tools
- 2. Inspection of Wiring
- Electrical burns
- Inadequate personal protective equipment (PPE)
- 3. Installation of Electrical Connections
- Electrocution
- Heat burns from soldering iron
- Fire hazard from inadequate grounding
- 4. Checking Electrical Connections
- Falls from height while checking overhead connections
- Exposure to live wires causing electric shocks
- 5. Testing Procedures
- Electrocution
- Inaccurate test results risking further electrocution
- 6. Final Inspection Procedure
- Fire hazard from not identifying faulty wiring
- Electric shock
- 7. Equipment Shutdown and Pack Up
- Fire hazards from unattended equipment
- physical injury due to incorrect handling or storing of tools and equipment
- 8. Waste Disposal
- Chemical exposure from disposed materials
- physical injuries from mishandling sharp waste materials
- 9. Documentation Process
- Incorrect information listed posing potential future risks
- eye strain from computer use
- 10. Emergency Evacuation Drills
- Injury during evacuation stress
- Ignorance about evacuation routes
- 11. Safety Training
- Incomplete understanding causing potential safe work breach
- Lack of continuing reinforcement in safety protocols
- 12. Routine Maintenance
- Exposure to loose electrical components
- Failure to identify hazardous conditions
- 13. Safety Assessment Review
- Incomplete hazard identification
- inaccurate risk rating
- 14. Incident Reporting
- Lack of reporting causing unnoticed hazards
- Miscommunication leading to inadequate risk control strategy
- 15. Continuous Improvement Plan
- Failure to implement corrective action for hazard observed
- Deficiency in benchmarking with latest safety regulations
- 16. Feedback and Communication
- Miscommunication leading to incorrect work practices
- Workers' ignorance about changes in safety procedures
- 17. Refresher Training
- Lack of knowledge retentions
- Insufficient focus on safety training
- 18. Ongoing Supervision
- Lack of consistent oversight
- False sense of security among workers
- 19. Safety equipment checks
- Tampering or misuse of PPE
- Outdated safety equipment
- 20. Periodic Safety Audit
- Inadequate follow-up actions
- Non-compliance with safety guidelines and regulations