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The Shovelling Materials (Strain) Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Tripping over equipment
- Incorrect handling of shovel
- 2. Assessing the site
- Stepping on sharp objects
- Ineffective breakdown of tasks
- 3. Positioning yourself
- Twisting injury
- Potential slip and fall
- 4. Lifting the shovel
- Straining muscles
- incorrect gripping causing blisters
- 5. Digging
- Excessive physical effort
- repetitive strain injuries
- 6. Transporting materials
- Slip
- Trip & fall
- back injury from lifting
- 7. Unloading shovelled materials
- Impact injuries
- strains
- 8. Repositioning for next dig
- Twisting injury
- uneven ground risks
- 9. Repeat digging process
- Repetitive strain injury
- strains
- 10. Cleaning up the site
- Contact with harmful substances
- tripping hazards
- 11. Shovel maintenance
- Cut from sharp edge
- Contact with harmful substances
- 12. Transportation of shovel
- Handling-loaded shovel
- slip
- trip & fall
- 13. Refuelling (if mechanical)
- Fire risk
- exposure to harmful fumes
- 14. Post-activity report
- Mental stress
- prolonged sitting
- 15. Waste disposal
- Exposure to hazardous material
- biological risks
- 16. Break periods
- Food or drink spill
- poor ergonomics
- 17. Emergency response
- Potential injury during rescue
- stress
- 18. End of shift evaluation
- Mental stress
- fatigue
- 19. Equipment storage
- Handling heavy equipment
- trip and fall hazards
- 20. Follow-up assessments
- Missing potential hazards
- incorrect handling of equipment