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The Shield Erection In Trenches Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trip hazards
- incorrect manual handling methods
- 2. Site Inspection
- Exposure to harmful substances
- exposure to noise and vibration
- 3. Setting up Traffic Management
- Traffic accident
- poor visibility
- 4. Excavating Trench
- Falling objects
- slips
- trips
- and falls
- 5. Install Shield System
- Incorrect manual handling
- falling objects
- 6. Inspecting Shield System
- Working at height risks
- falling objects
- 7. Erection of Shields
- Struck by moving vehicles
- falling objects
- 8. Dismantling and Removal of Shields
- Incorrect manual handling
- working at height risks
- 9. Backfilling Trench
- Exposure to dust
- falling into trench
- 10. Compacting Filled Trench
- Noise and vibration
- exposure to dust
- 11. Cutting & Profiling Trench Walls
- Contact with utilities
- exposure to harmful substances
- 12. Accessing & Exiting Trenches
- Slips
- trips
- and falls
- struck by moving vehicle
- 13. Personal Decontamination
- Inadequate safety measures
- improper use of PPE
- 14. Equipment Decontamination
- Exposure to chemicals
- mechanical hazards
- 15. Transportation of Waste Materials
- Leakage or spillage of materials
- traffic accidents
- 16. Health Surveillance & Monitoring
- Non-compliance of OH&S procedures
- inadequate safety measures
- 17. Dispose of Waste Properly
- Exposure to hazardous waste
- leakage or spillage of materials
- 18. Final Site Inspection
- Trip hazards
- exposure to chemicals
- 19. Close and lock site
- Unauthorized access
- theft
- vandalism
- 20. Reviewing & Evaluation
- Insufficient information for review
- non-compliance with regulations