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The Working Near Roads Or Busy Areas Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Traffic hazards
- Manual handling risks
- Environmental hazards (weather
- visibility)
- 2. Setting up work area
- Risk of collision with pedestrians or vehicles
- Slips/trips/falls
- 3. Implementing traffic control measures
- Incorrect implementation
- Communication breakdowns
- 4. Operating machinery/equipment
- Mechanical failure
- Noise
- Vibration
- 5. Manual labour tasks
- Ergonomic risks
- Overexertion
- Repetitive strain injuries
- 6. Loading/unloading materials
- Manual handling risks
- Collision with moving vehicles
- Object falling from height
- 7. Moving around the site
- Risk of being hit by vehicles
- Slips/trips/falls
- 8. Road repairs
- Machinery/Equipment malfunctioning
- Exposure to harmful substances
- Hot works hazards
- 9. Line marking
- Chemical exposure
- Trips over equipment
- Fire/Explosion due to flammable paints
- 10. Clearing work area
- Risk of being hit by vehicles
- Manual handling risks
- Environmental hazards
- 11. Packing and storing equipment
- Machinery malfunction
- Manual handling risks
- 12. Traffic management removal
- Incorrect removal process
- Communication breakdowns
- 13. Site clean-up
- Exposure to harmful substances
- Manual handling risks
- Slips/trips/falls
- 14. Debrief and check-up
- Incomplete communication
- Forgotten equipment
- Fatigue
- 15. Reporting and record-keeping
- Data breaches
- Incomplete record keeping
- 16. Emergency procedures
- Lack of knowledge about procedures
- Panic or confusion in an emergency situation