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The Unprotected Excavated Edge Work Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trip or Fall
- Unauthorised Access
- 2. Site Set-up
- Collision with Equipment
- Unexpected Soil Collapse
- 3. Edge Marking
- Fall from Height
- Improper Marking
- 4. Loading Excavation Equipment
- Equipment Failure
- Collision with Workers
- 5. Initial Ground Break
- Unstable Earth
- Unexpected Soil Collapse
- 6. Loading and Hauling
- Overturn of Vehicle
- Struck by Moving Material
- 7. Deeper Excavation Progression
- Fall into Excavation
- Cave-ins
- 8. Utility Location and Identification
- Collision with Underground Utilities
- 9. Weak Zone Identification
- Soil Collapse
- Fall of Person
- 10. Sloping and Benching
- Fall in excavation
- Falling loads
- 11. Shoring Installation
- Structural Failure
- Crush Injuries
- 12. Daily Inspection
- Unidentified risks
- Structural failure
- 13. Hazardous Atmosphere Control
- Gas leak
- Fire
- 14. Emergency Path Establishment
- Blocked escape route
- Confusion in emergency
- 15. Work Completion and Clean-up
- Struck by moving objects
- Lifting injuries
- 16. Edge Repair
- Fall from Height
- Unstable Earth
- 17. Site Demobilisation
- Collision with Equipment
- Fall from Height
- 18. Post-Work Inspection
- Missed hazards
- Incidental risks
- 19. Documentation and Reporting
- Data loss
- Missed reporting
- 20. Review and Improvement
- Poor feedback
- Inadequate Actions
- Missed hazards