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The Edging Footpath Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Tripping over materials
- Harm from manual lifting
- 2. Site Inspection
- Fall from heights
- Slip and trip hazards
- 3. Setting Out Footpath
- Poor posture from constant bending
- Collision with moving equipment
- 4. Digging Trench
- Hand arm vibration syndrome from handheld tools
- Struck by flying debris
- 5. Installing Formwork
- Cutting injury from sharp objects
- Struck by falling object
- 6. Concrete Mixing
- Dust Inhalation
- Skin Irritation from cement mix
- 7. Pouring Concrete
- Chemical burns from wet cement
- Eye damage from splash back
- 8. Levelling Concrete
- Back Injury from awkward positions
- Heat stress in hot weather
- 9. Installing Joint Expansion
- Pinch points causing crush injuries
- Tripping over unlevelled concrete
- 10. Edging Footpath
- Back pain from repetitive bending
- Hand-Arm vibration from power edger
- 11. Applying Sealer
- Inhalation of toxic fumes
- Slip on wet surface
- 12. Making Safe Work Environment
- Electrocution from damaged power cords
- Tripping over left tools and equipments
- 13. Cleaning Up
- Eye injuries from flying debris
- Slips
- trips and falls
- 14. Inspecting Completed Footpath
- Falling objects during inspection
- Tripping over uneven footpath
- 15. Reporting and Documentation
- Strains from poor ergonomics
- Eye strain from screen glare