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The Sealing Joints In Guttering Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect use of equipment
- Trips and falls
- Electrical hazards
- 2. Ladder set-up
- Falling from heights
- Incorrect use
- 3. Gutter inspection
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Falls from heights
- 4. Material handling
- Manual handling injuries
- Struck by falling objects
- 5. Clean guttering
- Falls from heights
- Biological hazards (bird or rodent droppings)
- 6. Sealing joints
- Chronic exposure to sealant fumes
- Eye contact with sealant
- 7. Testing guttering
- Water damage
- Failure of temporary repairs
- 8. Clear up site
- Trip hazards due to waste material
- Manual handling injuries
- 9. Disassemble ladder
- Falls from heights
- Pinch points
- 10. Transport tools and materials
- Inadequate securing of load
- Manual handling injuries
- 11. Document work site
- Missed hazards due to lacklustre documentation
- Poor communication leading to injury
- 12. Sealant disposal
- Improper disposal causing environmental harm
- Contact with harmful substances
- 13. Equipment check
- Missed maintenance leading to equipment failure
- Unnoticed wear and tear leading to injury
- 14. Post-job briefing
- Poor communication leading to future risks being overlooked
- Lack of lessons learned leading to recurring errors
- 15. Return of equipment
- Manual handling injuries
- Inadequate securing of load during transport causing injury
- 16. Process documentation
- Improper storage of hazardous materials
- Lack of information leading to future risks
- 17. Post-job clean-up
- Slips
- trips and falls from debris
- Exposure to harmful substances during cleaning
- 18. Debrief team
- Poor communication leading to future risks being overlooked
- Failure to record lessons learned leading to recurring errors
- 19. Monitor site post-job
- Overlooking ongoing hazards
- Injury due to neglected site monitoring
- 20. Follow up actions
- Missed follow up leading to unresolved issues
- Miscommunication leading to incidents