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The Target Pruning Operations Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Chemical exposure from lubricants
- Slips and falls from wet surface
- 2. Safety briefing
- Misinformation
- Hearing impairment
- 3. Tool inspection
- Tool malfunction
- Cuts from sharp tools
- 4. Site assessment
- Unstable grounds
- Falling branches
- 5. Set up equipment
- Heavy lifting injuries
- Trips over equipment
- 6. Pruning
- Falling from tree
- Cuts
- 7. Debris clearance
- Rustic nails
- Lacerations from sharp debris
- 8. Equipment storage
- Tripping over misplaced items
- Lost equipment
- 9. Damage inspection
- Splinters
- Dust in eyes
- 10. Breakdown of equipment
- Pinching fingers
- Sprains
- 11. Clean up area
- Allergens
- Slippery surfaces
- 12. Disposal of waste
- Sharp objects
- Heavy lifting
- 13. Equipment maintenance
- Electric shocks
- Burns from hot parts
- 14. Transportation of goods
- Traffic hazards
- Load tipping over
- 15. Review of works
- Unresolved hazards
- Feedback discomfort
- 16. Documentation process
- Misplacement of documents
- Miscommunication
- 17. End of shift handover
- Insufficient information passed on
- Handover delays
- 18. Post job site cleanup
- Hazardous waste
- Heavy objects
- 19. Equipment check
- Equipment malfunction
- Missing equipment
- 20. Final report
- Data errors
- Miscommunication