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The Working Around Ceiling Cavities Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Injury from incorrect manual handling
- exposure to asbestos
- 2. Equipment setup
- Electrical shocks
- trips and falls due to messy workspace
- 3. Clean up the access area
- Falls from height
- injuries from exposed roofing nails
- 4. Identify wiring arrangements
- Electric shock
- burns from exploded circuit
- 5. Verify isolation of power
- Electrocution
- fires due to spark
- 6. Safety harness and ladder setup
- Falls from inadequate safety equipment
- muscle strain from improper use
- 7. Physical examination of the cavity
- Cuts from sharp objects
- inhalation of dust or harmful substances
- 8. Examine electrical installations
- Electric shock
- eye injury from debris
- 9. Implement control measures
- Incorrect fitting or damage of protection equipment
- incomplete installation of barriers
- 10. Conduct work within cavity
- Electric shock
- confinement-related stress or injuries
- 11. Cleaning the site
- Injury from handling heavy rubbish
- slips
- and trips due to wet surfaces
- 12. Isolate electrical system
- Electric shock
- fire incident
- 13. Dispose of waste materials
- Cuts from handling sharp objects
- injury while lifting heavy items
- 14. Post-work reporting
- Repetitive strain injuries from computer usage
- mental stress
- 15. Routine maintenance
- Electric shock
- falls from height while replacing equipment
- 16. Emergency procedures briefing
- Miscommunication of safety procedures
- panic during emergencies
- 17. Final Site Clean-Up
- Exposure to hazardous materials
- injury due to improper lifting
- 18. Debriefing and Review
- Psychological strain from debriefing
- miscommunication of updates or changes
- 19. Updating documentation
- Repetitive strain injuries from writing/computer use
- mental stress from completing paperwork
- 20. Archiving of records
- Loss of important data due to improper storage
- manual lifting of heavy file boxes