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The Digging Trenches For Rerouting Sewage Lines Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Inadequate worksite evaluation
- Inappropriate PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) usage
- 2. Site setup
- Trip hazard from untidy surroundings
- uncontrolled access to the work area
- 3. Machinery inspection
- Insufficient maintenance and inspection
- operator's improper operation
- 4. Marking the area
- Incorrect measurement
- Slip or trip hazards from uneven terrain
- 5. Digging Trenches
- Cutter contact with underground services
- collapse of trench sides
- Noise and vibration
- 6. Shoring installation
- Fall from height
- collapse of trench
- 7. Debris disposal
- Risk of injury due to heavy lifting
- Dust inhalation
- 8. Rerouting sewage lines
- Exposure to harmful organisms/bacteria
- Incorrect installation leading to leaks/spills
- 9. Backfilling
- Manual handling injuries
- machinery related incidents
- 10. Cleaning up
- Slips
- trips
- falls from not properly cleaning up
- possible exposure to remaining sewage
- 11. Disassemble shoring
- Pinch/crush injuries from incorrect handling
- potential for falling objects
- 12. Restoring site
- Collisions/injury from heavy equipment
- risk of falls if surface is uneven
- 13. Inspect completed job
- Missed hazardous areas
- disease transmission if individual comes in contact with sewage
- 14. Report any incidents
- Failure to report may lead to unmanaged risks
- inaccurate hazard identification
- 15. Maintenance of trenching equipment
- Improper maintenance can lead to injuries
- risks associated with moving parts