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The Trimming Branches Near Fences Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect PPE
- Lack of training
- 2. Assess the worksite
- Tripping hazards
- Overhead power lines
- 3. Select and inspect equipment
- Damaged equipment
- Missing safety devices
- 4. Position equipment
- Inappropriate placement
- Instability of equipment
- 5. Cutting branches
- Falling branches
- Kickback from machinery
- 6. Lowering branches to ground
- Struck by falling object
- Crushing injuries
- 7. Move cut branches
- Manual handling injuries
- Tripping hazards
- 8. Inspect fencing for damage
- Sharp edges
- Splintered wood
- 9. Clean up site
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Moving vehicles
- 10. Finalize work and report
- Incomplete documentation
- Miscommunication
- 11. Monitor site
- Falling objects
- Unprotected openings
- 12. Equipment maintenance
- Unsafe work practices
- Lack of regular inspection
- 13. Refuelling
- Fire and explosion
- Chemical hazard
- 14. Transporting branches
- Loose load
- Traffic accident
- 15. Debriefing team
- Miscommunication
- Repetitive strain injury
- 16. Monitoring and review
- Inadequate monitoring and review
- Data inaccuracies
- 17. Storing equipment
- Poor storage practices
- Unauthorized access
- 18. Waste disposal
- Injury from sharp objects
- Biological hazards
- 19. Emergency procedures
- Inadequate response
- Lack of understanding of procedures
- 20. Involve workers
- Lack of input
- Unidentified risks