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The Dewatering Excavation Sites Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect handling of tools
- Inadequate shoring
- 2. Removal of surface layer
- Loose debris falling
- Worker Slips and falls
- 3. Setting up dewatering pump
- Misuse of electricity
- Manual handling injuries
- Pump explosion
- 4. Excavation start
- Collapse of soil heaps
- Accident with excavation machine
- 5. Soil transport
- Traffic incidents
- Machinery breakdown
- 6. Dewatering
- Flooding accidents
- Handling of hazardous waters
- 7. Quality check
- Incomplete excavation
- Electrical faults in checking equipment
- 8. Backfilling
- Ground instability
- Manual handling injuries
- 9. Site clean-up
- Exposure to hazardous chemicals
- Cuts from sharp objects
- 10. Restoration
- Inadequate restoration
- Accidents from lifting heavy items
- 11. Post-excavation review
- Information mishandling
- Loss data
- 12. Equipment maintenance
- Improper handling of maintenance tools
- Equipment failure during operation
- 13. Reporting
- Incorrect reporting
- Failure to report hazards or incidents
- 14. Training a new worker
- Inexperience leading to accidents
- Poor understanding of safety rules
- 15. Crew rotation
- Changeover issues
- Communication gap