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The Dealing With Ice Snow On Scaffold Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slip
- trip and fall
- Misjudgement of weather conditions
- 2. Site Inspection
- Improperly erected scaffolding
- icy/wet surfaces
- 3. Setting Up Safety Measures
- Failing to use personal protection equipment(PPE)
- inadequate briefing of safety measures
- 4. Applying Climate Control
- Wind gusts causing inadequate ice
- insufficient heat application
- 5. Removing Detectable Snow/Ice
- Falling from height
- handling heavy machinery without appropriate training
- 6. Checking Ice-Free Scaffold
- Slippery conditions post-removal
- re-freezing of ice/snow
- 7. Workers Ascending the Scaffold
- Physical strain
- slipping due to wet ladder rungs
- 8. Commencing Work
- Operating in cold conditions
- slippery work surface
- 9. Regular Monitor & Clear Accumulated Ice/Snow
- Fall from height during clearing
- hypothermia from exposure
- 10. Descending from Scaffold
- Physical strain
- sliding on icy rungs
- 11. Proper Disposal/Cleanup
- Contact with snow/ice
- inappropriate disposal
- 12. Post-Work Review
- Inadequate review leading to repeated mistakes
- not updating risk assessment process
- 13. Equipment Maintenance
- Injury while maintaining tools/equipment
- improper maintenance
- 14. Temporary Closure During Severe Weather
- Miscommunication leading to entry during closure
- failure in enforcing closure
- 15. Failure/Incident Report & Review
- Failure to report incidents
- poor documentation of the same