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The Working Close To Buried Services Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Unclear marking of buried services
- inefficient personal protective equipment (PPE)
- 2. Equipment check
- Malfunctioning equipment
- lack of necessary tools and accessories
- 3. Excavation planning
- Inadequate isolation of work area
- improper communication among workers
- 4. Locating buried services
- Unmarked service lines
- improper use of locator device
- 5. Digging using hand tools
- Ergonomic injuries
- striking buried services
- exposure to harmful substances
- 6. Machine Digging
- Striking buried services
- noise hazards
- machine malfunctions
- 7. Verification of located services
- Element exposure
- inaccuracy in detection methods
- 8. Temporary closure of the workplace area
- Exposure to traffic hazards
- inadequate signage installation
- 9. Backfilling the digging site
- Physical hazards due to heavy lifting
- dust inhalation
- 10. Site Clean Up
- Slip
- trip and fall hazards
- improper waste disposal methods
- 11. Reporting and documentation
- Improper reporting or recording practices
- miscommunication among team members
- 12. Equipment decontamination
- Chemical hazards
- risk of contamination spread
- 13. Work site restoration
- Risk of incompletely restored site causing accidents
- uneven surface hazards
- 14. Review of completed work
- Missed hazards during work process review
- inaccurate assessment methods
- 15. Completion and sign-off
- Incorrect or incomplete work sign-off procedures
- overlooked site hazards