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The Subsurface Drilling Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Electric shock from malfunctioning equipment
- 2. Site Inspection
- High noise levels
- Equipment failure dangerous to bystanders
- 3. Drilling Operation Setup
- Falling objects
- Faulty machinery causing harm
- 4. Boring Activities
- Accidental activation of drill
- Exposure to harmful dust
- 5. Extraction Process
- Entrapment in moving parts
- contact with hot surfaces
- 6. Core Sampling
- Manual Handling injuries
- Natural hazard exposure e.g.
- heat or cold
- 7. Preservation
- Chemical leak
- Fire from flammable materials
- 8. Logging
- Eye strain
- repetitive stress injuries
- 9. Interpretation
- Miscommunication leading to errors
- Incomplete reports leading to hazards
- 10. Reporting
- Errors in the reporting
- Loss of documentation leading to harm
- 11. Preparation for Transport
- Manual handling injuries
- Risk of vehicle collision
- 12. Equipment Mobilisation
- Injury due to inappropriate lifting methods
- Vehicle accidents during mobilisation
- 13. Machinery Clean-up
- Exposure to harmful substances
- Sharp object injuries
- 14. Employee De-Briefing
- Miscommunication of essential safety information.
- 15. Shutdown Procedure
- Electric shock from improper shutdown
- equipment overheating
- 16. Documentation & Review
- Missed potential hazards
- errors in reporting
- 17. Equipment Maintenance
- Injury due to lack of maintenance
- Electric shock from malfunctioning equipment
- 18. Safety Inspection & Audit
- Non-detection of potential risk
- Missed hazard signs
- 19. Emergency Drills
- Panic leading to injury
- improper execution of procedures
- 20. Evaluation and Improvement
- Overlooking safety measures
- misjudgement of risks