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The Working With Asbestos-Contaminated Soil Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Inadequate planning
- lack of PPE
- 2. Site Assessment
- Misidentification of asbestos
- insufficient hazard identification
- 3. Access Control
- Unauthorised entry
- exposure to airborne fibres
- 4. Notification
- Failure to notify relevant authorities
- delayed emergency response
- 5. Mobilisation
- Equipment failure
- traffic hazards
- 6. Establishment of Barricades
- Insufficient barriers
- accidental contact with contaminated material
- 7. Air Monitoring Setup
- Malfunctioning equipment
- incorrect usage
- 8. Preliminary Excavation
- Dust generation
- spread of contaminants
- 9. Wetting Down Soil
- Inadequate dust suppression
- water runoff
- 10. Asbestos Identification
- Misidentification
- improper handling
- 11. Contamination Removal
- Exposure to fibres
- ineffective decontamination
- 12. Decontamination Procedures
- Ineffective cleaning
- personal contamination
- 13. Waste Handling
- Improper packaging
- disposal issues
- 14. Final Excavation
- Dust and fibre release
- unexpected finds
- 15. Backfilling
- Trapping of dust
- equipment malfunction
- 16. Site Restoration
- Damage to surrounding areas
- inadequate stabilization
- 17. Demobilisation
- Equipment removal accidents
- incomplete decontamination
- 18. Record Keeping
- Loss of information
- inaccurate records
- 19. Post-Work Air Monitoring
- Delayed results
- unreliability
- 20. Final Inspection
- Overlooked asbestos presence
- inadequate sign-off
- 21. Worker De-Brief
- Communication gaps
- misunderstanding future precautions