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The Working Near Traffic Or Mobile Plant Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Unprepared work site
- Inadequate worker training
- 2. Traffic Control Set-up
- Error in setting up control measures
- Impatient drivers
- 3. Plant Operation
- Operator error
- Mechanical failure of plant equipment
- 4. Loading & Unloading of Materials
- Dropping of materials
- Crush or impact injuries from heavy loads
- 5. Worker Placement
- Inadequate provision for safety zones
- Incorrect positioning of workers
- 6. Maintenance of traffic control measures
- Poor maintenance routines
- Road conditions changing unexpectedly
- 7. Communication between team
- Miscommunication
- Lack of clear signage
- 8. Use of Mobile Plants
- Collision risk
- Operator error
- 9. Night Work
- Poor visibility conditions
- Fatigue
- 10. Emergency Procedure Awareness
- Lack of knowledge on emergency procedures
- Panic
- 11. Manual Handling
- Musculoskeletal Injuries
- Slips and trips
- 12. Dismantling of work station
- Rushing
- Incorrect dismantling process
- 13. Packing up gear
- Incorrect lifting techniques
- Hitting objects
- 14. Evaluation and report
- Omission of crucial information
- misreporting
- 15. Post-operation cleanup
- Exposure to dangerous substances
- Inadequate disposal methods
- 16. Vehicle movement around work area
- Collision with workers
- collision with stationary objects
- 17. Pedestrian control
- Pedestrians entering work area
- interaction with machinery or vehicles
- 18. Travel to and from site
- Traffic accidents
- Fatigue
- 19. Handling of materials
- Manual handling injuries
- exposure to harmful substances
- 20. Work in varying weather conditions
- Dehydration
- Heat stress or Hypothermia
- Slips/falls due to wet conditions