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The Tunnelling Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Falls from height
- manual handling injuries
- 2. Site Inspection
- Vehicle movements
- slips
- trips and falls
- 3. Machine Check
- Mechanical faults
- noise
- 4. Workers Briefing
- Miscommunication
- ignorance of protocols
- 5. Excavation Start
- Collapse of sides
- falling materials
- buried services
- 6. Soil Assessment
- Incorrect classification of soil
- Contact with contaminants
- 7. Tunnel Boring
- Close proximity to rotating parts
- dust
- vibration
- noise
- 8. Muck Removal
- Struck by moving vehicle
- manual handling injuries
- 9. Tunnel Support Installation
- Falling objects
- entrapment
- collapse of ground
- 10. Ventilation Setup
- Fire or explosion
- Suffocation
- 11. Lighting Setup
- Trips
- falls
- Electrical shock
- 12. Safety Equipment Check
- Non-compliance
- equipment failure
- 13. Work Progress Monitoring
- Improper assessment
- ignoring safety procedures
- 14. Emergency Drills
- Panic in emergency
- lack of awareness in procedures
- 15. Site Cleanup
- Trip hazards
- improper waste disposal
- 16. Final Review
- Overlooking safety hazards
- non-compliance
- 17. Equipment Maintenance
- Caught in machinery
- electric shocks
- vibration
- 18. Waste Disposal
- Hazardous waste contamination
- manual handling injuries
- 19. Work Completion Report
- Inaccurate reporting
- non-compliance
- 20. Debriefing
- Miscommunication
- ignorance of protocols