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The Wear Full Body Harness While Working Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect fitting of harness
- slips and trips
- inadequate inspection of equipment
- 2. Fitting Harness
- Inadequate training
- poor fit causing discomfort or injury
- entanglement in machinery if too loose
- 3. Climbing
- Falling
- object dropping from a height
- 4. Working at Height
- Fall from height
- struck by falling object
- 5. Harness Usage
- Misuse leading to fall
- failure due to improper storage/maintenance
- 6. Equipment Inspection
- Overlooking damage/wear and tear
- insufficient attention to report hazards
- 7. Emergencies & Rescue Planning
- Panic in emergency leading to further danger
- incorrect handling of injured colleague
- 8. Dealing with Hazards
- Physical strain
- exacerbating existing medical condition
- 9. Dismantling & Cleaning harness
- Exposure to chemicals/ hazardous substances
- sharp objects
- 10. Emergency Action Plan
- Failure to understand plan
- panic during implementation
- quicker risks escalation
- 11. Training
- Risk of incomplete/complacent adherence to safety measures
- injuries due to misuse
- 12. Regular Inspection/Fault Reporting
- Failure to report faults
- inattention leading to overlooking issues
- 13. Safe Storage & Maintenance
- Bag snags on other equipment
- wrong maintenance procedures
- loss or theft of equipment
- 14. Site Clearing
- Failure to check area leading to left behind dangerous items
- 15. Final Review and Reporting
- Overlooking issues
- incorrect or inadequate reporting
- complacency