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The Underground Services Strike Prevention Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Unidentified underground services
- Inadequate protective gear
- 2. Pre-Excavation Survey
- Improper handling of tools and equipment
- Inaccurate data
- 3. Planning and Design
- Lack of proper planning
- Insufficient risk assessment
- 4. Excavation
- Striking of underground services
- Inadequate shoring
- 5. Shoring Installation
- Unintended fall of workers
- Structural failure
- 6. Trenching
- Collapse of trench
- Unsafe access/egress
- 7. Pipe Laying
- Manual handling injuries
- Pipe bursting
- 8. Backfilling
- Inaccurate compaction
- Trench collapse
- 9. Clearing Site
- Falling objects
- Slips and trips
- 10. Post-Excavation Survey
- Incorrect readings
- Late identification of hazards
- 11. Reporting and Documentation
- Incorrect reporting
- Incomplete documentation
- 12. Training Evaluation
- Ineffective training
- Inadequate safety understanding
- 13. Materials and Equipment Inspection
- Faulty equipment
- Unsound materials
- 14. Housekeeping
- Cluttered workspace
- Poor hygiene
- 15. Regular Safety Audit
- Ineffective audit
- Missed inspection rounds
- 16. Emergency Preparedness
- Inadequate response plan
- Lack of safety equipment
- 17. Encapsulation and Isolation
- Exposure to hazardous gases/dust
- Insufficient encapsulation/isolation
- 18. Equipment Maintenance
- Unscheduled downtime
- Machine failure
- 19. Use of Micro-tunneling
- Misalignment
- Breakage in the equipment
- 20. Finalization of work process
- Late detection of problem areas
- Neglect of minor damages