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The Working Around Water Bodies Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Lack of safety awareness
- Improper PPE usage
- 2. Site Assessment
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Snake and insect bites
- 3. Equipment Setup
- Inadequate equipment
- Electrical issues
- 4. Water Sampling
- Falling into water
- Eye irritation from water splash
- 5. Data Collection
- Incorrect data collection
- Fatigue
- 6. Equipment Break Down
- Potential injury
- Drowning risk
- 7. Emergency Evacuation
- Panic during evacuation
- Difficulty in locating people
- 8. Waste Management
- Exposure to harmful substances
- Manual handling injury
- 9. Staff Allocation & Coordination
- Miscommunication
- Job role confusion
- 10. Weather Conditions Awareness
- Natural hazards (temperature drop
- storms)
- 11. Training Staff
- Inadequate training
- Accidents occurring post training
- 12. Review of Safety Procedures
- Ignoring safety procedures
- Poor checklist compliance
- 13. Liaising with Local Authorities
- Non-adherence to rules
- Fines and penalties
- 14. Monitoring Environmental Impact
- Negative effects on local ecosystem
- Pollution
- 15. Evaluation and Reporting
- Missed reporting deadlines
- Data loss
- 16. Post-Project Clean Up
- Incomplete clean up
- Damage to property
- 17. Debriefing Session
- Miscommunication
- Not benefiting from lessons learned
- 18. Equipment Storage
- Damages during transit
- Inefficient storage causing functional issues
- 19. Staff Welfare and Motivation
- Ignored employee needs
- Demotivated staff
- 20. Documentation and Record Keeping
- Misplacement of important documents
- Errors in documentation