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The Use Of Chainsaws For Habitat Construction Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips
- falls
- Cuts from sharp objects
- 2. Chainsaw Selection
- Incorrect equipment
- Inadequate training
- 3. Work Area Check
- Falling objects
- loose debris
- 4. Pre-start Inspection
- Faulty equipment
- Injury from moving/changing parts
- 5. Safe Start-Up of Chainsaw
- Start-up kickback
- Sound exposure
- 6. Cutting Technique
- Chainsaw kickback
- Material splintering
- 7. Post-use Maintenance
- Injury from blade
- Fire from hot chainsaw
- 8. Chain Sharpening
- Eye injury from flying particles
- cuts
- 9. Refuelling
- Fire
- chemical burns
- 10. Manual Handling
- Muscloskeletal strain
- Back injury
- 11. Habitat Positioning
- Falls from heights
- Habitat collapse
- 12. Equipment Transport
- Manual handling injuries
- vehicle collision
- 13. Tree Felling
- Falling trees
- Noise exposure
- 14. Damn/Wetland Building
- Drowning
- Hypothermia
- 15. Site Clean up
- Cuts from sharp objects
- manual handling injuries