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The Clearing Vegetation From Site Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Manual handling injuries
- 2. Site Inspection
- Animal and insect bites
- Noise exposure
- 3. Setting up Equipment
- Cut and abrasion hazards
- Hazardous manual tasks
- 4. Commence Clearing
- Injury from plant machinery
- Falling vegetation
- 5. Vegetation Handling
- Manual handling injuries
- Slips
- trips and falls
- 6. Debris Removal
- Manual handling injuries
- Dust inhalation
- 7. Tree Felling
- Falling trees
- rebound of tree sections
- 8. Stump Grinding
- Flying debris
- noise exposure
- 9. Load into Transport Vehicle
- Manual handling injuries
- Vehicle movement
- 10. Transport to Disposal Area
- Traffic accidents
- Over-loading
- 11. Unload at Disposal Site
- Manual handling injuries
- Falls from height
- 12. Site Clean-up
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Manual handling injuries
- 13. Tool and Equipment Maintenance
- Cuts and abrasions
- Electrical hazards
- 14. Documentation & Reporting
- Strain from long period of writing/computer use
- Paper cuts
- 15. End of Day Procedure
- Fatigue
- Strains and sprains