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The Trimming Excavation Edges Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trip hazards
- Falling objects
- 2. Pre-excavation review
- Explosive materials
- Ground collapse
- 3. Equipment setup
- Incorrect equipment usage
- Equipment failure
- 4. Surface clearing
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Hand injuries
- 5. Marking excavation edges
- Falls from height
- Struck by marking tools
- 6. Digging initial trench
- Soil cave-in
- Overexertion
- 7. Trimming excavated edges
- Fall into trench
- struck by falling soil
- 8. Inspection of trimmed edges
- PPE failure
- Inadequate safety procedures
- 9. Installing support system
- Caught between objects
- Collapse of system
- 10. Ongoing works management
- Miscommunication
- Uncontrolled changes
- 11. Dealing with unexpected utilities
- Electrical shock
- Unexpected gas leaks
- 12. Maintain site cleanliness
- Slips
- cuts from debris
- 13. Removal of excavation supports
- Support structure collapse
- Crush injuries
- 14. Backfilling process
- Stockpile collapse
- Incorrect compaction processes
- 15. Restoration of surface
- Slips and trips
- Uneven surfaces
- 16. Site demobilisation
- Moving vehicles
- Slip and trip hazards
- 17. Reporting and documentation
- Loss of documents
- Miscommunication
- 18. Equipment maintenance and cleaning
- Chemical exposure
- Equipment failure
- 19. Review of the excavation works
- Lack of feedback
- Repetition of mistakes
- 20. Final site inspection
- Improper barricade removal
- Unattended hazards