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The Use Pole Saws Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Unsuitable PPE
- Lack of training
- 2. Pre-Start Inspection
- Poor equipment condition
- Unexpected start-up of equipment
- 3. Setting Up
- Falls from height
- Struck by falling objects
- 4. Site Evaluation
- Slips
- trips
- and falls
- Hit by moving vehicles
- 5. Operating Pole Saw
- Kickback
- Cut injuries
- 6. Refuelling
- Fire and explosion
- Spillages
- 7. Cutting Overhead Branches
- Electrocution
- Falls from heights
- 8. Lowering Cut Limbs
- Impact injuries
- Snagging on other limbs
- 9. Breakdown Maintenance
- Crushing injuries
- Uncontrolled release of energy
- 10. Replacement of Chains
- Hand injuries
- Eye injuries from flying particles
- 11. Cleaning
- Contact with hazardous substances
- Lacerations
- 12. Storage
- Trip hazards
- Unauthorized access
- 13. Waste Disposal
- Hazardous waste
- Manual handling injuries
- 14. Emergency Procedures
- Inadequate response to emergencies
- Panic situations
- 15. Sign Off/Closure
- Incomplete documentation
- Miscommunication