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Key Features:
• Uniform Structure: Each template includes clearly defined sections for job steps, potential hazards, risk matrices, control measures, and emergency procedures.
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• Regulatory Compliance: Built to align with Australia’s WHS legislation and Codes of Practice, these templates include guidance notes and reference links to help you stay compliant.
• Emergency Preparedness & Documentation: Integrated sections for emergency response planning and thorough documentation review ensure all critical safety information is captured and easily accessible.
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The Vacuum Excavator Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slip
- trip and falls
- Inadequate lighting
- 2. Site assessment
- Incorrect site information
- Inadequate safety procedures
- 3. Vehicle setup
- Rollover or tip-over
- Failure of equipment
- 4. Equipment check
- Faulty equipment
- Lack of protective gear
- 5. Excavation work
- Contact with utilities
- Cave-ins
- Dust generation
- 6. Loading and unloading materials
- Drop objects
- Unstable loads
- 7. Inspecting excavation
- Failure to identify hazards
- Collapse
- 8. Backfilling
- Entrapment
- Exposure to harmful substances
- 9. Clean up activities
- Disposal of waste
- Contamination
- 10. Demobilising Equipment
- Faulty equipment
- No isolation procedure
- 11. Document control
- Loss of documents
- Incorrect recording
- 12. Traffic management
- Collisions
- Inadequate traffic control
- 13. Work near overhead powerlines
- Electric shock
- Fire
- Electrocution
- 14. Work in public area
- Public injury
- Property damage
- 15. Emergency preparation
- No emergency plan
- Delays to emergency response
- 16. Hazardous chemicals handling
- Skin contact
- Inhalation
- Ingestion
- Fires
- 17. Noise control
- Hearing damage
- Communication difficulty
- 18. Site security
- Trespassing
- Vandalism
- Theft
- 19. Public liability
- Injury to public
- Damage to property
- 20. Plant safety check
- Collapse of plant
- Loss of control
- Explosion