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The Work With Rubber Roofing Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Mishandling tools and materials
- Tripping or slipping over objects
- 2. Assessing work area
- Risk of falling from height
- Exposure to extreme weather conditions
- 3. Setting up scaffolding
- Falling from height
- Incorrect setup causing instability
- 4. Using ladder
- Falling from height
- Misplacement leading to instability
- 5. Safely handling roofing materials
- Manual handling injuries
- Sharp object injuries
- 6. Cutting rubber roofing
- Hand injury
- Eye injury from flying debris
- 7. Applying adhesive
- Skin and eye contact with hazardous substances
- Inhalation of fumes
- 8. Positioning rubber roofing
- Manual handling injuries
- Trips and slips
- 9. Attach roof using tools
- Misuse of hand tools
- Noise induced hearing loss
- 10. Applying adhesive to seams
- Skin and eye contact with hazardous substances
- Inhalation of fumes
- 11. Seam rolling
- Strains and sprains due to repetitive motion
- Slip and trips
- 12. Trim excess rubber
- Cutting fingers
- Hand strain
- 13. Inspection of installed roof
- Falling from height
- Slips and trips
- 14. Cleaning up site
- Slips
- trips
- falls; inappropriately disposed waste
- 15. Remove scaffolding
- Mishap during disassembly
- residual risks from height exposure
- 16. Work completion review
- Mishandling of tools
- Unresolved safety issues
- hazards left behind
- 17. Documentation of work done
- Null (no hazard as it's administrative)
- 18. Post-project maintenance checks
- Improper use of tools and equipment
- Fall from height
- 19. Disposal of waste material
- Injury from mishandling disposal materials
- Cuts from sharp objects
- Skin or eye exposure to hazardous substances
- 20. Restoring premises to pre-work condition
- Mishap during removal of temporary structures
- Mishandling heavy loads