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Key Features:
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The Working In Confined Spaces Within Excavation Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Inadequate setup
- Lack of personal protective equipment (PPE)
- 2. Ventilation Check
- Insufficient oxygen
- Presence of toxic gases
- 3. Access Check
- Unstable surfaces or structures
- Poorly maintained access routes
- 4. Entrapment/Hazard Identification Check
- Exposure to crumbling surfaces
- exposure to explosive conditions
- 5. Confined Space Entry
- Falling objects
- Slips
- trips and falls
- 6. Work inside confined space
- Lack of space
- Heat stress
- Noise
- 7. Emergency Evacuation Drills
- Incomplete emergency procedures
- lack of evacuation drills
- 8. Permits Checks
- Non-compliance to local laws
- absence of permit
- 9. Cleaning the site
- Slippery surfaces
- contact with hazardous materials
- 10. Completion of Work
- Manual handling risks
- Miscommunication
- 11. Safety gear removal
- Inadequate decontamination procedure
- Allergic reaction to safety gear
- 12. Hazardous waste disposal
- Improper handling of materials
- inadequate disposal
- 13. Tool check/Maintenance
- Cutting oneself
- electric shock
- 14. Documentation/Record keeping
- Misinterpretation of information
- loss of document
- 15. Feedback/Review meeting
- Overlooking safety concerns for future tasks,ppoor communication