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The Working With Pedestal Paving Support System Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Potential trip hazards
- manual handling injuries
- 2. Survey Site
- Trip over cords/pipes
- inhaling dust and other particulates
- 3. Mark out area
- Incorrect measurements
- repetitive strain injuries
- 4. Pedestal selection
- Incorrectly sized pedestal
- manual handling injuries
- 5. Installing baseplates
- Uneven surfaces causing instability
- manual handling injuries
- 6. Leveling pedestals
- Falling objects
- straining/overexertion from adjustments
- 7. Laying pavers
- Manual handling accidents
- dropping pavers
- 8. Aligning and securing pavers
- Wrong alignment causing uneven surface
- tripping over unsecured pavers
- 9. Cutting pavers
- Dust inhalation
- cutting into hands or fingers
- 10. Grouting joints
- Inhalation of grout dust
- chemical burns
- 11. Cleaning up residual grout
- Skin/Eye irritation from grout particles
- manual handling strains
- 12. Tidying work area
- Slips
- trips and falls from left over debris
- manual handling strains
- 13. Inspecting completed work
- Trips/slips on uneven ground
- bad ergonomics
- 14. Storing tools and equipment
- Collision due to cluttered storage area
- manual handling strains
- 15. Maintenance of system
- Falls from height
- hand injuries and abrasions
- 16. Deconstructing paving system (if required)
- Falling objects
- strains from manual handling
- 17. Post job clean up
- Manual handling issues
- slips trips and falls
- 18. Maintenance of tools and equipment
- Electrical shocks
- cuts and scrapes
- 19. Equipment sign off and storage
- Incorrect handling/storage of tools leading to damage
- 20. Reporting and documenting job completion
- Ergonomic issues from long term desk/computer use