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The Swing Stage Scaffold Operation Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trip hazards
- incorrect personal protective equipment (PPE)
- 2. Pre-operation checks
- Faulty equipment
- untrained staff
- 3. Setup
- Inadequate secure attachment
- inappropriate surface
- 4. Ascending and descending
- Falls from heights
- slipping
- 5. Working at height
- Falling objects
- negative weather conditions
- 6. Equipment maintenance
- Improper handling of tools
- inadequate maintenance procedures
- 7. Communication ineffectiveness
- Confusion
- misunderstanding commands
- 8. Safety harness usage
- Incorrect wear
- faulty safety gear
- 9. Changing position of stages
- Uncontrolled movement
- sudden shifts
- 10. Material handling
- Heavy loads
- improperly secured equipment
- 11. Housekeeping/Clean up
- Slip or trip hazards
- scattered tools
- 12. Unplanned emergency
- Ineffective reaction
- lack of knowledge in emergency procedures
- 13. Dismantling of scaffold
- Incorrect procedure
- falling parts or tools
- 14. Load out/Transportation
- Failure to secure loads
- insufficient load limits
- 15. Reporting of incidents
- Late reporting
- incomplete reports