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Key Features:
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• Regulatory Compliance: Built to align with Australia’s WHS legislation and Codes of Practice, these templates include guidance notes and reference links to help you stay compliant.
• Emergency Preparedness & Documentation: Integrated sections for emergency response planning and thorough documentation review ensure all critical safety information is captured and easily accessible.
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The Emergency Rescue From Confined Spaces Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips or falls
- hazardous substances exposure
- 2. Pre-work briefing
- Miscommunication
- misinformation
- 3. Equipment check
- Equipment failure
- inappropriate use of equipment
- 4. Entry into confined space
- Entrapment
- oxygen deficiency
- harmful gases
- 5. Work in confined space
- Risk from hazardous substances
- risk of falling objects
- 6. Managing environmental factors
- Fire or explosion
- physiological stress due to heat or cold
- 7. Emergency rescue procedures
- Incorrect handling of injured person
- inadequate first aid
- 8. Exit confined space
- Risk of falling while exiting
- slips
- trips or falls
- fatigue
- 9. Debriefing and report writing
- Miscommunication
- misinformation
- 10. Cleanup and decontamination
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- improper waste disposal
- 11. Equipment inspection and maintenance
- Potential for undetected faults in equipment
- injuries during inspection
- 12. Identifying future risks
- Inaccurate risk assessment
- overlooking potential hazards
- 13. Training and skill development
- Inadequate training leading to accidents
- repetition of mistakes due to lack of learning opportunities
- 14. Reviewing and updating safety procedures
- Inadequate adherence to updates
- overlooking changes in standards or regulations
- 15. Post-emergency review
- Miscommunication
- lack of follow-up on identified issues