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The Control Of Bio-Hazardous Substances (Bird Droppings, Etc) Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Exposure to bird droppings
- injury from tools
- 2. Loading tools onto vehicle
- Slip and fall
- loading accidents
- 3. Travelling to job site
- Vehicle accident
- exposure to bio-hazardous substances
- 4. Removing contaminated material
- Exposure to bio-hazardous substances
- inhaling dust particles
- 5. Sealing off area
- Lack of protective gear
- not correctly applying the sealant
- 6. Decontaminating area
- Improper use of decontaminants
- re-exposure to hazardous substances
- 7. Sorting materials
- Cutting or puncture injuries from sharp materials
- exposure to hazardous substances
- 8. Bagging waste
- Exposure to hazardous biological material
- heavy lifting injuries
- 9. Disposal procedures
- Improper disposal
- contamination during transport
- 10. Reporting and record-keeping
- Incorrect information entered in records
- 11. Cleaning tools
- Exposure to hazardous chemicals in cleaners
- repetitive motion injuries
- 12. Doffing protective gear
- Debris falling into eyes or onto skin while removing gear
- improper cleaning
- 13. Vehicle journey
- Fatigue from long hours
- potential for road accidents
- 14. Unloading Tools
- Handling injuries
- tripping hazards
- 15. Final Site Clean-up
- Re-exposure to contaminants
- disregard of safety procedures
- 16. Completion and Follow up
- Failure to comply with proper follow-up procedures
- missed reporting
- 17. Site Inspection
- Human error
- overlooked hazards
- 18. Maintenance procedures
- Tool malfunction
- incorrect usage
- 19. Training and Compliance
- Non-compliance with training materials
- misunderstanding of instructions
- 20. Review and Performance Evaluation
- Unresolved issues
- ignored feedback