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The Stormwater Pit Inspections Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Manual handling injuries
- 2. Site Inspection
- Falls from heights
- Exposure to Asbestos
- 3. Pit Identification
- Traffic accidents
- Incorrect identification leading to hazard exposure
- 4. Traffic Management Setup
- Traffic related incidents
- Pedestrian injury
- 5. Initial Pit Assessment
- Chemical exposure
- Insect/animal bites
- Falls into pit
- 6. Pit Cleaning
- Manual handling injuries
- Exposure to biohazardous substances
- 7. Equipment Setup
- Ill-maintained or faulty tools
- Electrical hazards
- 8. Pit Entry & Inspection
- Confined space hazards
- Drowning or Asphyxiation
- Contact with harmful substances
- 9. Collection of Sample
- Exposure to hazardous chemicals
- Biological/human waste exposure
- 10. Waste Disposal
- Inadequate waste disposal leading to pollution
- Contact with harmful substances
- 11. Pit Clearance and Cover Placement
- Musculoskeletal injuries
- Crushing injuries
- Falls from height
- 12. Inspection Document Completion
- Incorrect documentation
- Missed hazard identifications
- 13. Equipment Packing & Storage
- Manual handling injuries
- Object falling
- 14. Return to Depot & Report Submission
- Miscommunication
- Traffic accidents
- 15. Follow-up Actions based on report findings
- Delays in response
- Incorrect action taken