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The Clearing Tree Roots From Blocked Pipes Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Manual Handling injuries
- exposure to dangerous tree roots
- 2. Equipment Inspection
- Faulty equipment
- risk of electric shock
- 3. Area Cordoning
- Tripping
- Collisions
- 4. Initial Root Assessment
- Physical strain
- Splashback from roots
- 5. Use of Root-Cutting Equipment
- Equipment failure
- cuts and abrasions
- 6. Root Removal Process
- Exposure to dust and debris
- Musculoskeletal disorders
- 7. Pipe Examination
- Confined space hazard
- bacterial contamination
- 8. Pipe Cleaning
- Chemical exposure
- scalds and burns
- 9. Disposal of Removed Roots
- Injury from sharp objects
- Dermatitis
- 10. Final Inspection
- Slippery surfaces
- residual chemical exposure
- 11. Recapping/Restoring worksite
- Cluttered workplace
- mishandling of tools/equipment
- 12. Documentation
- Poor ergonomics
- Stress due to mismanaged paperwork
- 13. Equipment Cleaning and Storage
- Exposure to harmful cleaning agents
- Inadequate storage
- 14. Debriefing and Reporting
- Miscommunication
- Misinterpretation of information
- 15. Review of work process
- Mental Fatigue
- Incompletion or inconclusive results leading to stress