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The Conduct Routine Inspections Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trips
- slipping hazards
- electrical hazards
- 2. Inspecting equipment
- Defective equipment
- noise
- 3. Document inspection findings
- Ergonomic hazards
- psychological stress
- 4. Navigating to inspection site
- Traffic
- slips
- trips and falls
- 5. Ascending/Descending Structures
- Falls from height
- losing balance
- 6. Checking safety devices
- Device malfunction
- inadequate maintenance
- 7. Inspecting for cleanliness
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- biological infection
- 8. Reporting and communication
- Miscommunication
- lack of knowledge
- 9. Inspecting electrical components
- Electrical shocks
- explosions
- 10. Using handheld tools
- Hand injury
- tool malfunction
- 11. Moving heavy objects
- Physical strain
- back injuries
- 12. Working in confined spaces
- Insufficient oxygen
- entrapment
- 13. Performing visual inspections
- Eye Strain
- physical strain
- 14. Handling machinery
- Pinch points
- caught in/between machine parts
- 15. Post-inspection follow-up activities
- Paperwork mistakes
- data misinterpretation
- 16. Calibration of measuring equipment
- Inaccurate measurement
- misuse of calibration devices
- 17. Testing systems for functionality
- System failure
- electrical hazards
- 18. Inspecting environmental conditions
- Exposure to weather elements
- bio-hazards
- 19. Monitor and Maintain equipment
- Breakdowns
- improper use of tools
- 20. Conducting Final Assessment
- Incomplete inspection
- errors in reporting