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The Erecting Access Controls Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trip hazards
- Inadequate lighting
- Incorrect manual handling
- 2. Review site plans
- Falling objects
- slips or trips due to disorganised workspace
- 3. Set up safe work area
- Non-compliance with safety procedures
- injuries from tools
- 4. Erecting barriers
- Misjudgment of distances
- poor coordination
- 5. Mark out positions
- Strains and sprains
- injuries from sharp objects
- 6. Positioning posts
- Incorrect manual handling
- collapse of unstable objects
- 7. Attach rails
- Fall from height
- flying debris
- 8. Secure all fittings
- Cuts or punctures from sharp edges
- inappropriate use of tools
- 9. Final checks
- Overexertion
- failure to identify faulty equipment before use
- 10. Deconstructing access controls
- Incorrect methods of deconstruction
- inadequate disposal of waste materials
- 11. Clean up operations
- Sharps exposure
- contact with hazardous substances
- inadequate cleaning methods
- 12. Safety inspection
- Negligence in spotting hazards
- inadequate safety knowledge
- 13. Report any issues
- Ineffective communication
- incorrect information delivery
- 14. Review work performed
- Ignoring retrospective analysis
- non-observance/reaction to previous errors
- 15. End of shift procedures
- Fatigue
- neglect in end of shift procedures
- accident during shift changeover
- 16. Equipment storage
- Incorrect storage
- injury from moving heavy equipment
- 17. Maintenance check
- Inadequate maintenance of tools
- not following manufacturer’s instructions
- 18. Emergency drills and training
- Unprepared for emergencies
- lack of safety knowledge
- 19. Record keeping
- Incorrect data input
- non-compliance with records management regulations
- 20. Regular consultation and review
- Ineffective communication
- misinterpretation of safety updates