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The Sanitation In Confined Spaces Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Unorganised work area
- exposure to harmful materials
- 2. Evaluating space
- Inadequate lighting
- inadequate ventilation
- 3. Positioning equipment
- Manual handling injuries
- slips and falls
- 4. Use of PPE
- Incorrect size or use of PPE
- damaged PPE
- 5. Entering the space
- Falling
- insufficient oxygen level
- 6. Cleaning tasks
- Exposure to harmful materials
- cuts from sharp objects
- 7. Using cleaning equipment
- Electrical hazard
- noise hazard
- 8. Descending
- Tripping and falling
- physical strain
- 9. Ascending
- Physical strain
- falling
- 10. Removing waste
- Exposure to harmful wastes
- manual handling injuries
- 11. Clean-up of site
- Chemical spills
- improper disposal of waste
- 12. Exiting confined space
- Insufficient oxygen level
- falling
- 13. Equipment decontamination
- Exposure to harmful residues
- chemical burns
- 14. Breaks between shifts
- Fatigue
- overheating
- 15. Emergency procedures
- Failure to follow proper procedures
- panic situations
- 16. Review and reporting
- Inadequate assessment of risks
- complacency
- 17. Store Equipment
- Tripping over misplaced equipment
- cuts from improperly stored equipment
- 18. Training
- Insufficient knowledge of process
- complacency
- 19. Closing Shifts
- Mistakes due to exhaustion
- overlooked maintenance tasks
- 20. Regular Inspection
- Missed dangers due to lax inspections
- complacency