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The Excavating Below Ground Level Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Unstable ground conditions
- Falling into trench
- 2. Machinery Deployment
- Striking fixed structures
- Unexpected machinery movement
- 3. Marking out Digspot
- Trip falls
- Struck by moving objects
- 4. Excavation
- Collapse of excavation
- Underground services (electricity
- gas)
- 5. Shoring Installation
- Falls from height
- Entanglement in equipment
- 6. Materials Handling
- Manual handling injuries
- Struck by moving objects
- 7. Access provision
- Trips and falls
- Unsecured ladder
- 8. Inspections
- Exposure to airborne dusts
- Noise exposure
- 9. Back Filling
- Inadequate compaction
- Struck by moving vehicle/machine
- 10. Compaction
- Equipment malfunction
- Strikes against unseen objects
- 11. Finishing/Pavement
- Trips and falls
- Manual handling injuries
- 12. Clean Up
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Contact with hazardous substances
- 13. Maintenance Operations
- Falls from height
- Electrical hazards
- 14. Checking & Sign off
- Faulty safety devices
- Untrained workforce
- 15. Post Task Review
- Insufficient feedback
- Ignorance of procedure changes