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The Compact Loader Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Unauthorised access
- improper training
- 2. Pre-start Inspection
- Faulty equipment
- inadequate safety gear
- 3. Operating the Compact Loader
- Incorrect operation
- noise
- 4. Loading/Unloading Materials
- Fall from height
- object drop
- 5. Maintenance & Servicing
- Contact with moving parts
- chemical exposure
- 6. Fuelling
- Flammable liquids
- inhalation hazard
- 7. Clearing the Site
- Sharp objects
- trip hazards
- 8. Parking and Shut Down
- Rollover
- incorrect procedure followed
- 9. Emergency Procedures
- Failure in identifying emergency situations
- chaotic evacuation
- 10. Transporting Loader
- Unsecured load
- traffic accidents
- 11. Weather Conditions
- Slippery surfaces
- exposure to extreme weather condition
- 12. Stockpiling
- Unstable pile collapse
- dust emission
- 13. Excavating
- Unexpected ground conditions
- buried services struck
- 14. Backfilling
- Trench Collapse
- working too close to edge
- 15. Site Rehabilitation
- Improper waste management
- hazardous materials left onsite
- 16. Demobilisation of Equipment
- Equipment left switched on
- unsecured equipment transported
- 17. Communication Failure
- Misunderstanding instructions
- inadequate information sharing
- 18. Night Work
- Poor visibility
- fatigue
- 19. Manual Handling
- Improper lifting techniques
- over-exertion injuries
- 20. Breakdown and Recovery
- Hazardous rescue operations
- injury during repair