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The Contact With Live Wires While Drilling Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Improper use of tools
- Lack of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- 2. Inspecting Drilling Equipment
- Faulty equipment
- Inadequate training
- 3. Positioning for Drilling
- Slip
- trip and fall hazards
- Muscle strain or sprain
- 4. Drilling Into Surface
- Contact with live wires
- Debris in eyes
- 5. Removing Drill Bit
- Hand injuries
- Contact with sharp edges
- 6. Disposal of waste material
- Incorrect disposal leading to property damage
- Tripping over debris
- 7. Dismantling equipment
- Muscle strain
- Injury from improper tool use
- 8. Regular Maintenance
- Electrical shock
- Cut/crush injuries
- 9. Emergency procedures
- Inadequate training
- Delay in response time
- 10. Storage of equipment
- Tripping hazards
- Unauthorised use of equipment
- 11. Training
- Inadequate training
- Miscommunication
- 12. Supervision
- Lack of monitoring leading to increased risk
- Inadequate supervision
- 13. Site clean-up
- Exposure to hazardous materials
- Slips
- trips & falls
- 14. Scheduling work
- Working at peak temperatures
- Fatigue
- 15. Power outage procedures
- Injury due to sudden power loss
- Inadequate training
- 16. Equipment Transportation
- Manual handling injuries
- Drop/crush injuries
- 17. Documentation
- Lack of record keeping
- Miscommunication
- 18. Communication
- Miscommunication leading to accidents
- Delays due unauthorised actions
- 19. Substitution of tools
- Using inappropriate tools
- Hand injuries
- 20. Confidentiality
- Unrelated personnel accessing sensitive information
- Breach of privacy