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Key Features:
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The Excavation and Trenching Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Unstable ground
- Falling materials
- 2. Excavation planning
- Lack of proper equipment
- Inadequate skills
- 3. Setting up site
- Road traffic
- Pedestrian movement
- 4. Implementing controls
- Incorrect isolations
- Failing to follow procedures
- 5. Excavating soil
- Working near utilities
- Ground collapse
- 6. Soil placement
- Risk of falling
- Dust exposure
- 7. Installing supports
- Heavy lifting
- Structural collapse
- 8. Inspection
- Inadequate lighting
- Lack of expertise
- 9. Working in the excavation
- Falling materials
- Trips and slips
- 10. Backfilling
- Entrapment
- Dust exposure
- 11. Site clean-up
- Incorrect disposal methods
- Lifting injuries
- 12. Demobilisation
- Road traffic
- Pedestrian movement
- 13. Reviewing SWMS
- Lack of experience
- Non-compliance of workers
- 14. Reporting and Recording
- Miscommunication
- Inaccurate documentation
- 15. Emergency procedures
- Inadequate training
- Unclear evacuation paths
- 16. Follow-up actions
- Delays in action
- Miscommunication
- 17. Safety audits
- Inaccuracy in reporting
- Negligence
- 18. Documentation and Reporting
- Incorrect information
- Delay in reporting
- 19. Weather contingencies
- Failure to check weather report
- Ignoring severe weather alerts
- 20. Machine maintenance
- Wear and tear left unchecked
- Improper handling of equipment