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The Column Erection Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trips
- falls
- cuts from sharp objects
- exposure to harmful dusts or fumes
- 2. Marking out
- Incorrect measurements
- slips with tools
- back strain from bending
- 3. Inspection of columns
- Falls from heights
- crushing injuries from falling materials
- 4. Installation of temporary bracing
- Struck by moving objects
- falls
- manual handling injuries
- 5. Moving the column into position
- Crushing injuries
- strain injuries
- slips
- trips and falls
- getting hit by moving objects
- 6. Levelling the column
- Miscalculations leading to instability
- working at height hazards
- 7. Installing column splice
- Cuts from sharp objects
- falls from heights
- injury from power tool use
- 8. Welding column splice
- Exposure to harmful dusts and fumes
- fires
- burns from hot materials
- eye damage from welding arc
- 9. Bolt tightening
- Hand and finger injuries
- repetitive strain injuries from excessive force
- 10. Stripping away temporary bracing
- Falls
- struck by falling objects
- overexertion injuries
- 11. Cleanup and waste disposal
- Trips and falls over scattered materials
- cuts from sharp waste
- 12. Post-installation inspection
- Falls from heights
- being struck by retained energy when releasing tensioned components
- 13. Finalising connections
- Injury from use of power tools
- risk of object fall
- overexertion injuries
- 14. Making adjustment if necessary
- Falls from height
- injuries from use of power tools
- manual handling injuries
- 15. Quality checks and report
- Miscommunication leading to fatal errors
- stress-related hazards
- 16. Demobilisation and site clearance
- Tripping hazards
- back injury or other strain-related issues due to lifting heavy equipment