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The Excavation Inspections After Rains Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- contact with underground services
- 2. Site Setup
- Traffic hazards
- falling objects from excavation
- 3. Excavation Commencement
- Cave-in of excavation sides
- noise exposure
- 4. Inspection for Contaminants
- Exposure to harmful contaminants
- dust inhalation
- 5. Rainfall Assessment
- Flooding of excavation site
- unstable ground conditions
- 6. Reinforcement Installation
- Collapsing of the reinforcement
- hand injuries
- 7. Digging Trenches
- Struck by moving equipment
- cave-in
- 8. Soil Examination
- Chemical exposure
- hazardous substances in the soil
- 9. Drainage Establishment
- Mudslides
- water accumulation at workplace
- 10. Heavy Equipment Operation
- Equipment overturn
- struck-by accidents
- 11. Undercutting
- Collapse of excavation sides
- falling into trench
- 12. Surcharge Loads
- Structural failure
- trapped under falling material
- 13. Safety Inspections
- Falls inside trenches
- struck by fallen equipment
- 14. Clean Up
- Musculoskeletal disorders
- slips on wet surfaces
- 15. Site Disassembly
- Trapped under collapsing structures
- struck by moving objects
- 16. Waste Disposal
- Exposure to hazardous wastes
- infection risks
- 17. Restoration of Site
- Trapped under collapsing structures
- struck by heavy objects
- 18. Equipment Decontamination
- Chemical burns
- eye injuries from splashing chemicals
- 19. Final inspection
- Stuck-by hazards from equipment and vehicles
- fall hazards
- 20. Report Writing
- Ergonomic related disorders
- eye strain