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The Digging Next To Public Footpaths Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trip hazards
- Incorrect manual handling
- 2. Site induction
- Insufficient training
- Communication breakdown
- 3. Establish exclusion zone
- Struck by moving vehicle
- Unauthorised access
- 4. Inspecting digging equipment
- Faulty equipment
- Inadequate maintenance
- 5. Excavation set-up
- Falls into excavation
- Inappropriate use of machinery
- 6. Underground services check
- Electric shock
- Unexpected pipeline or cable
- 7. Actual Digging
- Unstable excavations
- Exposure to harmful substances
- 8. Disposal of spoil
- Incorrect manual handling
- Debris on walking area
- 9. Installation of barriers
- Assembling barrier improperly
- Unauthorised access
- 10. Regular inspection
- Exposure to site elements
- Not updating safety markers
- 11. Backfilling
- Incorrect mix loads
- Overfilling
- 12. Equipment dismantling
- Incorrect manual handling
- Equipment failure
- 13. Debriefing
- Insufficient training
- Communication breakdown
- 14. Site clean up
- Leftover debris danger
- Improper disposal
- 15. Reporting and review
- Incomplete data recording
- Non-compliance to reporting standards