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The Working Near Old Or Unstable Buildings Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Exposure to harmful substances
- risk of falling debris
- 2. Safety briefing
- Lack of knowledge
- inadequate safety gear
- 3. Site inspection
- Risk of collapsing structures
- uneven walking surfaces
- 4. Equipment set-up
- Equipment malfunction
- inadequate safety features
- 5. Area cordoning
- Risks associated with crowd control
- traffic management
- 6. Building stabilisation
- Structural instability
- risk of collapse
- 7. Debris removal
- Risk of injury from falling or loose debris
- exposure to hazardous materials
- 8. Salvaging operations
- Risk of instability
- exposure to hazardous materials
- 9. Testing stability
- Inadequate testing equipment
- structural instability
- 10. Structural repair
- Falling from heights
- exposure to harmful dust
- 11. Disposal of waste materials
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- improper waste disposal methods
- 12. Final site assessment
- Overlooking critical damage
- inadequate assessment
- 13. Regular maintenance
- Risks associated with improper procedures
- overlooking areas in need of repair
- 14. Emergency procedures
- Inadequate training
- lack of emergency equipment
- 15. Review and Reporting
- Improper data recording
- overlooking critical findings
- 16. Safety debriefing
- Lack of understanding
- inadequate PPE
- 17. Equipment storage
- Inadequate storage conditions
- damage to equipment
- 18. Site clean-up
- Exposure to harmful substances
- injury from handling waste materials
- 19. Follow up inspections
- Risk of overlooked damage
- inadequate inspection
- 20. Documentation and Reporting
- Risks associated with overlooking critical data
- incorrect documentation