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The Coupling And Uncoupling Prime Movers Trailer Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Exposure to harmful substances
- 2. Arrival at site
- Traffic accidents
- Falling objects
- 3. Vehicle inspection
- Vehicle component failure
- Uneven ground causing injury
- 4. Positioning vehicles
- Collisions with other vehicles or obstacles
- Pedestrian accidents
- 5. Applying parking brake
- Crushing injuries
- Damaging vehicle components
- 6. Coupling safety chains
- Strains or sprains
- Being hit by moving parts
- 7. Connecting air lines
- Air hose failure
- Facial or eye injuries
- 8. Connecting electrical lines
- Electric shock
- Wire damage
- 9. Coupling prime mover and trailer
- Risks of incorrect coupling
- Pinching/crushing fingers
- 10. Use wheel chocks
- Running over chocks
- Tripping over chocks
- 11. Raising landing gear
- Muscular strains or sprains
- Injury from loose equipment
- 12. Checking all connections
- Falls from height
- Entanglement in machinery
- 13. Departure from site
- Collisions
- Pedestrian accidents
- 14. Arrival at destination
- Traffic accidents
- Handling cargo hazards
- 15. Uncoupling prime mover
- Risks of incorrect uncoupling
- Trips and falls
- 16. Disconnecting air lines
- Air hose failure
- Facial or eye injuries
- 17. Disconnecting electrical lines
- Electric shock
- Wire damage
- 18. Uncoupling safety chains
- Strains or sprains
- Being hit by moving parts
- 19. Lowering landing gear
- Crushing injuries
- Dropping trailer
- 20. Departure from site
- Collisions
- Pedestrian accidents