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The Well Drilling Operation Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Manual handling injuries
- Exposure to noise
- Slip
- trip and fall hazards
- 2. Site Inspection
- Contact with moving machineries
- Exposure to extreme weather conditions
- 3. Equipment Set-up
- Struck by moving equipment
- Electrical hazards
- 4. Commencing Drilling Operation
- Contact with high-pressure fluid/gas
- Machine entanglement
- 5. Installing Casing
- Falling objects
- Confined spaces hazards
- 6. Cementing and Pressure Testing
- Exposure to hazardous chemicals
- High pressure fluid or gas release
- 7. Drilling Next Section
- Exposure to noise
- Manual handling injuries
- 8. Well Completion
- Explosion risk
- Fire hazards
- 9. Rig Release
- Eye injury from dust or particles
- Manual handling injuries
- 10. Transporting Drilling Tools
- Road accident
- Manual handling injuries
- 11. Decommissioning and Restoration
- Falling from height
- Lacerations or puncture wounds
- 12. Waste Materials Disposal
- Environmental contamination
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- 13. Emergency Plan Familiarisation
- Non-compliance to safety procedures
- Unawareness of emergency exits
- 14. Safety Checks and Maintenance
- Electrical hazards
- Faulty equipment accidents
- 15. Staff Training
- Risks not sufficiently communicated
- Lack of operator competency
- 16. Equipment Cleaning and Checks
- Contact with hazardous substances
- Eye injuries from dust or particles
- 17. Reporting and Documentation
- Failure to report hazards/risks
- Incomplete documentation leading to safety negligence
- 18. Review of Safety Procedures
- Non-compliance to safety procedures
- 19. Incident Response Preparedness
- Insufficient preparedness leading to escalated harm during incidents
- 20. Final Site Clearance
- Physical injury from heavy lifting
- Exposure to residual hazardous materials