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The Solar Farm Upkeep Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- working in inclement weather conditions
- 2. Site Inspection
- Exposure to harmful solar radiation
- electric shock from damaged PV panels
- 3. Material Handling
- Manual lifting injuries
- inadvertent exposure to hazardous materials
- 4. Equipment Installation
- Injury due to misuse of tools
- falling object hazards
- 5. Wiring and Connection
- Electric shock
- fire
- explosion
- 6. Initial Commissioning
- Electromagnetic fields
- short-circuits
- electrical shocks
- 7. Routine Maintenance
- Fall from height
- trapped or crushed
- electrocution
- 8. Dealing with Equipment Failure
- Expense to poisonous gases during repair
- falling from height
- 9. System Monitoring
- Electromagnetic radiation
- electrical burns and shocks
- 10. Emergency Response Plan
- Psychological trauma
- serious physical injuries
- 11. Cleaning Solar Panels
- Falls from heights
- electrical shock from water contact
- 12. Battery Handling and Storage
- Chemical reaction hazards
- explosive gas hazards
- 13. Angle Adjusting of Panels
- Struck by moving objects
- falling from height
- 14. Disassembling and Decommissioning
- Exposure to harmful substances
- tripping over abandoned equipment
- 15. Waste Management
- Exposure to hazardous waste
- cuts and punctures
- 16. PV Panel Repair
- Long-term exposure to UV radiation
- physical injuries from broken panels
- 17. Inverter Installation and Replacement
- Electric shock
- moving machinery hazard
- 18. Electrical System Check
- Electric shock
- burns from hot spots
- 19. Cable and Conduit Installation
- Electric shock
- falling objects
- 20. Transformer Handling and Maintenance
- Electric shock
- catastrophic failure due to lack of maintenance