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The Sewage Pump Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- contact with hazardous substances
- 2. Equipment set-up
- Electrical hazards
- noise exposure
- 3. Pre-work safety check
- Machinery malfunction
- inadequate personal protective equipment
- 4. Starting up the pumps
- Explosion hazards
- sewage gases
- 5. Routine operation
- Exposure to pathogens
- repetitive strain injuries
- 6. Pump maintenance
- Confined space hazards
- hazardous waste disposal
- 7. Dealing with blockages
- Heavy lifting
- exposure to untreated sewage
- 8. Emergency procedures
- Faulty alarms
- lack of evacuation routes
- 9. Shutting down pumps
- Potential for overflows
- unexpected pressure surges
- 10. Clean-up
- Risks from chemical cleaning agents
- biohazard exposure
- 11. Safety checks
- Ignoring warning signs
- poorly maintained safety equipment
- 12. Reporting and documentation
- Mistakes in maintenance records
- failure to report incidents
- 13. Dismantling and storage
- Inadequate storage of hazardous substances
- damage to the pump
- 14. Waste management
- Improper waste disposal
- risk of contamination
- 15. Returning site to original state
- Falling objects
- tripping on debris
- 16. Post-work debriefing
- Communication barrier
- ignored feedback