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The Working On Live Roads Or Railways Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trips and falls
- Exposure to traffic
- Exposure to weather conditions
- 2. Signage Installation
- Working at height
- Manual handling
- Struck by moving vehicles
- 3. Traffic Management
- Exposure to traffic
- Noise pollution
- Dust inhalation
- 4. Excavation
- Collapse of excavation
- Contact with utilities such as water
- gas
- electricity
- 5. Trenching
- Trench collapse
- Fall into trench
- Noise and vibration
- 6. Pipe Laying
- Manual handling
- Trapped fingers or limbs
- 7. Backfilling
- Fall into trench
- Struck by moving plant
- 8. Compaction
- Noise and vibration
- Dust inhalation
- Manual handling
- 9. Surface Reinstatement
- Trips and falls
- Manual handling
- Dust inhalation
- Exposure to traffic
- 10. Line Marking
- Exposure to fumes
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Exposure to traffic
- 11. Demobilisation
- Manual handling
- Struck by moving plant
- Exposure to traffic
- 12. Site Clean Up
- Trips and falls
- Cuts and abrasions
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- 13. Equipment Dismantlement
- Manual handling
- Falling objects
- Exposure to traffic
- 14. Vehicle Loading & Unloading
- Falls from height
- Crush injury
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Struck by moving vehicle
- 15. Travel to and from Worksite
- Road accident
- Fatigue
- 16. Emergency Procedures
- Panic
- inadequate response
- Exposed to weather conditions
- 17. Review & Monitoring
- Incorrect assessment of risks
- Failure in control measures
- Ignorance towards safety protocols