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The Running Drills To Simulate Animal Escapes Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect or insufficient personal protective equipment (PPE)
- Lack of training
- 2. Setting up drill scenario
- Uncontrolled animals
- Unexpected weather conditions
- 3. Implementation of drill
- Physical injury from simulated animal escape
- Psychological stress
- 4. Reviewing drill performance
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Physical exhaustion
- 5. Stowing equipment properly
- Tripping over poorly stowed equipment
- Equipment damage
- 6. Feedback and report writing
- Eye strain from computer usage
- Mental fatigue
- 7. Debriefing participants
- Emotional distress from feedback
- Overcrowding during debrief
- 8. Drill improvements and amendments
- Paper cuts when handling documents
- Stress over proposed changes
- 9. Updating safety protocols
- Misinterpretation of updated protocols
- Overlooked safety hazards due to complacency
- 10. Retraining for updated drill
- Excessive learning load
- Inadequate time for retraining
- 11. Emergency response team train-up
- Injury from physical conditioning
- Inadequate rest periods between drills
- 12. Evaluation and follow-ups
- Unresolved issues due to lack of follow-up
- Burnout from frequent evaluations
- 13. Archiving documents
- Falls from standing on chairs
- Fire hazard from excess paper storage
- 14. Updating risk assessment
- Missed risks
- Inconsistent risk measurements
- 15. Reinforcing contingency plans
- Conflict from change resistance
- Complacency
- 16. Regular meetings with necessary authorities
- Time management issues
- Hearing impairment due to excessive noise in meeting venues
- 17. Getting necessary permissions for updating drill
- Delayed permissions
- Inadequate communication between parties
- 18. Logistics handling for drills
- Potential accidents during transport of equipment
- Faulty or damaged equipment
- 19. Equipment maintenance and check
- Electrical hazards when checking electrical equipment
- Failure to notice errors in the equipment due to haste
- 20. Restoration of previous emergency response conditions
- Injury from physical strain
- Negligence resulting in unreset conditions