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The Chopping Wood Logs For Heating Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect equipment
- slips
- trips and falls
- 2. Identify suitable logs
- Falling logs
- splinters
- 3. Positioning of wood log
- Unstable log
- back injury
- 4. Using the axe
- Injury from axe
- flying debris
- 5. Splitting the log
- Struck by log
- sprain or strain
- 6. Collecting split logs
- Injury from lifting
- tripping over log
- 7. Transport split logs
- Manual handling injuries
- falling logs
- 8. Piling the logs
- Collapse of log pile
- sprains and strains
- 9. Clean-up of area
- Trips and slips on offcuts
- unsuitable disposal of waste
- 10. Check equipment
- Faulty equipment
- spark/ember ignition
- 11. Store equipment
- Improper storage
- trip hazards
- 12. Review work site condition
- Health hazards from dust/debris
- existing damage made worse.
- 13. Final security checks
- Fire risk
- theft of equipment
- 14. Documentation & Reporting
- Mistakes in reporting
- overlooked hazards
- 15. Completion and sign off
- Missing key steps
- approval without thorough check