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The Safe Scaffolding Assembly Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slipping
- tripping hazards
- incorrect manual handling techniques
- 2. Site Inspection
- Risk of falling objects
- possible engagement with electricity.
- 3. Equipment Setup
- Unsafe machinery operation
- Falling from heights
- 4. Scaffold Assembly
- Muscle stress or strain
- Collision or entanglement with moving parts of the crane
- 5. Fall Protection Setup
- Fall from height
- inadequate PPE
- 6. Material Hoisting
- Struck by moving objects
- being trapped between equipment and structures
- 7. Tools and Equipment Check
- Inadequate maintenance
- Electrical faults
- 8. Plank/Ladder Installation
- Falls from Heights
- Slips
- Trips and Falls
- 9. Guardrail and Toe Board Installation
- Falling objects
- Falls from height
- 10. Verification of Stability
- Scaffold collapse due to instability
- Injury from falling scaffold parts
- 11. Work Commencement
- Mental Fatigue
- Physical Overexertion
- 12. Safe Dismantling Process
- Incorrect dismantling procedures
- Falling materials
- 13. Inspection After Dismantling
- Risk of left over debris
- Missing inspection of faulty components
- 14. Waste Disposal
- Improper waste disposal
- sharp objects in waste causing injury
- 15. Reporting and Documentation
- Failure to report risks identified
- Loss or misfile of important safety documents
- 16. Emergency Procedures
- Lack of knowledge in emergency procedures
- inadequate PPE during emergencies
- 17. Equipment Storage
- Poor storage practices leading to accidental toppling
- damage to equipment due to poor storage
- 18. Post Work Review
- Failure to identify potential improvements for future tasks jobs
- Employee dissatisfaction not addressed
- 19. Follow-Up Inspections
- Missing regular inspections
- Deferred maintenance leading to machine failures.
- 20. Health and Wellbeing Checks
- Fatigue
- Mental stress