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The Working In Contaminated Water Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- skin exposure to contaminated water
- 2. Site Assessment
- Exposure to harmful microorganisms
- accidental ingestion of contaminated water
- 3. Personal Protective Equipment Fitting
- Inadequate protection
- allergic reactions
- 4. Work Area Set up
- Falling objects
- electrocution from equipment
- 5. Decontaminating Water
- Chemical burns and splashes
- gas inhalation
- 6. Monitoring Contamination Levels
- Exposure to harmful substances
- eye injuries from equipment misuse
- 7. Breaks and Rest Periods
- Dehydration
- fatigue leading to accidents
- 8. Responding to Emergencies
- Physical injury during evacuation
- delayed response due to lack of training
- 9. Handling Materials and Equipment
- Back injuries from manual handling
- burns from hot surfaces
- 10. Clean up and Waste Disposal
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- cuts from sharp objects
- 11. Debrief and Reporting
- Miscommunication leading to potential future hazards
- complacency due to routine
- 12. Equipment Maintenance
- Unexpected equipment failure
- cuts from sharp edges
- 13. Hygiene Practices
- Spread of germs due to poor personal hygiene
- disease due to contaminated water
- 14. Storage and Control of Hazardous Chemicals
- Fire hazard due to improper storage
- chemical leaks leading to exposure
- 15. Training and Inspection
- Knowledge gaps leading to mishaps
- overlooked equipment faults
- 16. Health Monitoring
- Delayed detection of health issues
- prolonged exposure to hazards
- 17. Document Control and Record Keeping
- Loss or misuse of confidential data
- non-compliance with standards due to mismanaged files
- 18. Dissemination of Information
- Confusion due to inadequate information distribution
- non-compliance due to unawareness