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The Stormwater Drain Construction Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trip hazards
- Falling materials
- 2. Equipment Setup
- Equipment failure
- Falling equipment
- 3. Excavation
- Cave-ins
- Hazardous atmosphere
- Engulfment
- 4. Shoring Installation
- Struck by shoring material
- Crush injuries
- 5. De-watering
- Electric shock
- Flooding
- 6. Pipe bedding
- Manual handling injuries
- Pinch/crush injuries
- 7. Pipe Laying
- Trench collapse
- Material Collapse
- 8. Backfilling
- Spoil piles slide
- Being struck by plant
- 9. Compacting
- Noise
- Vibration
- 10. Clean Up & Waste Disposal
- Slip
- trip and fall
- Incorrect manual handling
- 11. Surface Reinstatement
- Traffic
- pedestrians
- Plant operations
- 12. Testing
- Failure of pressure test
- Contact with contaminated water
- 13. Marking Out
- Step/edge drops off
- Traffic
- 14. PPE Inspection
- Ill-fitting gear
- Damaged / expired gear
- 15. Safety briefings & signage
- Miscommunication
- Inadequate signage
- 16. Safety Drill & Procedures
- Lack of safety training
- Non compliance to safety procedures
- 17. Equipment Operators Training
- Wrong operation methods
- Failure of control measures
- 18. Dealing with Hazardous Atmosphere
- Inhalation of toxic gases
- Explosion and Fire
- 19. Emergency evacuation & shutdown
- Panic and confusion
- Inappropriate handling
- 20. Rigging Operations
- Falling loads
- Structural failure