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The Earth Fill Dam Construction Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Site Preparation
- Slip
- trips and falls
- Vehicle movements
- Excavation collapse
- 2. Material Delivery
- Manual handling
- Traffic movement
- Falling objects
- 3. Cutting & Filling
- Noise and vibration
- Dust inhalation
- Work at heights
- 4. Soil Compaction
- Machinery operation
- Noise exposure
- Heat stress
- 5. Workplace Inspection
- Slip
- trips and falls
- Struck by moving vehicle
- 6. Dam Construction
- Crushing injuries
- Dust inhalation
- Use of hazardous substance
- 7. Assembly of cofferdams
- Drowning risk
- Work at heights
- Equipment failure
- 8. Pumping out any remaining water
- Electrical shock
- Drowning risk
- 9. Embankment raising
- Work near water
- Moving machinery
- Slip and trip hazards
- 10. Outlet construction
- Machinery collision and rollovers
- Working in confined space
- 11. Completion of backfill and embankment
- Falls from height
- Manual handling
- Crush risks from machine tip over
- 12. Crest forming
- Risk of falling
- Collisions with equipment
- 13. Decompaction and Removals
- Noise and vibration
- Dust inhalation
- Equipment failure
- 14. Gravity Walls/Slope Stabilisation
- Machinery operation
- Noise exposure
- Fall from height
- 15. Cleanup and Disposal
- Manual handling
- Dust and noise
- Equipment movement
- 16. Site Demobilisation
- Traffic management
- Miscommunication
- Injuries during disassembly
- 17. Final Inspection
- Slip
- trips
- and falls
- Failure to notice hazardous situations
- 18. Reporting & Monitoring
- Poor documentation
- Miscommunication
- 19. Emergency Preparedness
- Lack of training
- Insufficient resources
- Miscommunication
- 20. Sign-Off & Handover
- Unfinished work
- Project disputes
- Non-compliance to specifications