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The Excavation Work Under 1.5 Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trip hazards
- Inadequate PPE
- 2. Excavation Marking
- Inaccurate measurements
- Slips and falls
- 3. Utility Location
- Striking utilities
- Electrocution
- 4. Pedestrian Management
- Pedestrian injury
- Traffic accidents
- 5. Equipment Inspection
- Equipment malfunction
- Hydraulic failures
- 6. Soil Classification
- Unstable soil
- Inaccurate classification
- 7. Trench Support Installation
- Collapse of trench
- Struck by materials
- 8. Excavation Work
- Falling objects
- Collapse of adjacent structures
- 9. Material Storage
- Stockpile failure
- Inaccessible materials
- 10. De-watering Operations
- Flood hazards
- Groundwater contamination
- 11. Inspections & Monitoring
- Inadequate supervision
- Inaccurate reporting
- 12. Backfilling & Compaction
- Poor compaction
- Uneven surface