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The Cutting Branches Overhead Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Tripping hazards
- falling objects on the ground
- 2. Secure site
- Loose branches
- splintering wood
- 3. Equipment check
- Rupture of cutting tools
- dropping tools from height
- 4. Tree assessment
- Bird/wildlife strikes
- unknown tree diseases/parasites
- 5. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) usage
- Allergies to PPE material
- improper fit causing discomfort or injury
- 6. Cutting lower branches
- Falling branches
- cuts and abrasions
- 7. Using ladder/climbing gear
- Falls from height
- equipment failure
- 8. Cutting overhead branches
- Falling branches
- destabilizing tree
- 9. Handling cut branches
- Splinters
- heavy lifting strains
- 10. Disposal of cut branches
- Sharp edges
- back strain with lifting
- 11. Spotter activities
- Falling debris
- miscommunication injuries
- 12. First Aid procedures
- Misapplication of first aid
- further injury due to wrong treatment
- 13. Clean-up duties
- Slippery surfaces
- sharp objects among debris
- 14. Tool maintenance
- Sharp edges while cleaning
- malfunction during operation due to poor maintenance
- 15. Site inspection post-operation
- Persisting tripping hazards
- unnoticed fallen branches