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Key Features:
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The String Trimming Operations Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Electrical Hazards
- 2. Pre-Operational Inspection
- Equipment-related Injuries
- Handling Hazards
- 3. Setting Up Workspace
- Traffic conflict
- Slips
- Trips
- and Falls
- 4. Fuel Handling
- Fire Hazard
- Chemical exposure
- 5. Trimming Operation
- Thrown Objects
- Noise pollution
- 6. Equipment Maintenance
- Sharp edges
- Chemical Hazards
- 7. Equipment Storage
- Mismanagement
- Handling Hazards
- 8. Manual Handling
- Strains and sprains
- Back injuries
- 9. Transportation
- Traffic accidents
- Equipment movement
- 10. Clearing Debris
- Eye injuries
- Cuts
- and Scrapes
- 11. Break Down Workspace
- Trip and Fall hazards
- Misplacement of tools
- 12. Conduct Final Inspection
- Negligence in inspection
- Missed out faults
- 13. Documentation and Reporting
- Falsification
- Misinterpretation
- 14. Emergency Procedures
- Inadequate response
- Panic
- Confusion
- 15. Waste Disposal
- Chemical exposure
- Fire hazard
- 16. End of Day Wrap-up
- Fatigue
- Negligence
- 17. Incident Reporting
- Failure to report
- Inaccurate reporting
- 18. Health and Safety Debrief
- Non-compliance
- Lack of attention
- 19. Equipment Deactivation
- Incorrect deactivation
- Failure of equipment
- 20. Post-Operation Cleanup
- Inappropriate disposal
- Contamination