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The Disrupting Pest Habitats Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- exposure to harmful pests
- 2. Equipment setup
- Injury from improper handling
- electrical hazards
- 3. Identification of pest habitats
- Exposure to dangerous or harmful pests
- allergens released by pests
- 4. Development of disruption plans
- Inadequate risk assessment
- incorrect plan execution
- 5. Physical barrier creation
- Handling heavy materials
- use of electric tools
- repetitive strain injury
- 6. Disrupting habitats manually
- Ingestion/inhalation of allergens
- physical harm
- 7. Pesticide application
- Exposure to chemicals
- ingestion/inhalation of toxic substances
- 8. Implementation of deterrent measures
- Incorrect application
- failed deterrent measure
- 9. Inspecting the disrupted habitat
- Dust/allergen inhalation
- possible reinfection
- 10. Documentation and reporting
- Wrong data recorded/misinterpretation of observed results
- 11. Clearing work area
- Slip
- trip and fall hazards
- 12. Decontamination of work tools
- Chemical exposure
- accidental cuts
- 13. Disposal of pests and contaminated materials
- Spread of infection
- allergens inhaled/ingested
- 14. Review & updating of disruption plans
- Not sufficiently addressing all discovered risks
- 15. Follow up inspections
- Exposure to leftover pests
- undetected re-infestation
- 16. Equipment storage
- Improper handling
- tripping hazards
- 17. Training debrief for staff
- Miscommunication of safety procedures
- 18. Evaluation of the disruption project
- Failure to fully evaluate
- missed hazards in hindsight
- 19. Update of pest control procedures
- Delay in procedure improvement
- overlooked risks
- 20. Retraining of staff based on updates
- Wrong information dissemination due to misunderstanding