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The Undertake Complex Tree Risk Assessments Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trip and fall hazards
- improper equipment use
- 2. Site Assessment
- Slips
- trips
- falls
- dangerous wildlife
- 3. Climbing Gear Check
- Equipment failure
- incorrect usage of gear
- 4. Ascent to Canopy
- Falls
- equipment failure
- 5. Canopy Assessment
- Falls
- branch failure
- wind
- 6. Descent from Canopy
- Falls
- gear failure
- fatigue
- 7. Ground level assessment
- Vehicle incident
- strikes from falling branches
- 8. Debarking Process
- Improper use of tools
- slips
- trips and falls
- 9. Tree Felling
- Falling trees or branches
- kickbacks
- 10. Branch Removal
- Struck by moving objects
- muscular stress
- 11. Wood Chipping
- Struck by wood chips or debris
- entanglement in machinery
- 12. Stump Grinding
- Flying debris
- entanglement in machinery
- 13. Clean up site
- Trips
- fallen branches
- heavy lifting strains
- 14. Equipment Decontamination
- Chemical exposure
- inappropriate handling of cleaning substances
- 15. Documentation & Reporting
- Miscommunication
- invalid documentation