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The Transporting Plant and Machinery – Trucks and Trailers Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Poor planning
- inadequate vehicle condition
- 2. Loading
- Incorrect loading
- load instability
- 3. Securing
- Loose attachments
- unsecured equipment
- 4. Vehicle Pre-operation
- Vehicle defects
- low fuel
- 5. Transporting
- Collisions
- rollovers
- 6. Unloading
- Load shifting
- improper lifting techniques
- 7. Plant & Equipment Setup
- Inadequate setup area
- falling objects
- 8. Machinery operation
- Untrained operators
- equipment failure
- 9. Maintenance
- Inadequate maintenance
- accident hazards
- 10. Emergency procedures
- Unpreparedness
- panic situation
- 11. Site Cleanup
- Slippery surfaces
- sharp objects
- 12. Equipment Storage
- Unsafe storage conditions
- theft