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The Connecting Water Supply Piping Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Manual handling injuries
- 2. Isolating the water supply
- Incorrect isolation
- Exposure to electricity
- 3. Cutting existing pipes
- Cuts and lacerations
- Noise exposure
- 4. Preparing new pipe sections
- Manual handling injuries
- Working at height
- 5. Attaching water fittings
- Wrong fitting used
- Leaks
- 6. Connecting new piping
- Leaks
- Incorrect connection
- 7. Testing connections for leaks
- Water damage
- Electrical hazards
- 8. Filling and pressurising the system
- Water pressure injury
- Equipment failure
- 9. Checking function of connected pipeline
- Function failure
- Leakage
- 10. Finishing work and clean up
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Incorrect storage of equipment
- 11. Reporting
- Incomplete or incorrect documentation
- 12. Training new staff
- Unskilled labour
- Improper application of safety controls
- 13. Post-completion inspection
- Undetected leaks
- Pipeline malfunction
- 14. Maintaining tools and equipment
- Equipment failure
- Injury from improper use
- 15. Recording client feedback
- Miscommunication
- Errors in record keeping
- 16. Follow-up visit
- Injury during site visit
- Missed issues during initial installation
- 17. Packaging waste management
- Environmental damage
- Manual handling injuries
- 18. Hazard identification and mitigation
- Unidentified hazards
- Inadequate control measures
- 19. Emergency preparedness
- Panic or confusion during emergencies
- Lack of emergency resources
- 20. Regular updating of work procedures
- Outdated procedures
- Non-compliance with updated regulations