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The External Façade Cleaning Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Lack of training
- Incorrect tools and equipment
- 2. Site inspection
- Loose debris fall
- Slip
- trip or fall
- 3. Setting Up
- Incorrect setup
- Equipment failure
- Falling from height
- 4. Chemical Mix
- Incorrect mix
- Chemical spill or splash
- Inhalation of chemical fumes
- 5. Application of Cleaning Solutions
- Chemical burns
- Slips and falls
- 6. External Facade Cleaning
- Falling from height
- Caught in/between machinery
- Ladder instability
- 7. Dealing with Saturation and Runoff
- Contamination of waterways
- Slip or trip hazards
- 8. Manual scrubbing and Brushing
- Repetitive strain injuries
- Slip or trip hazards
- Splashing in eyes
- 9. Pressure Washing
- Equipment failure
- Being struck by water under high pressure
- Noise
- 10. Window Cleaning
- Falling from height
- Glass breakage
- 11. Waste Disposal
- Inappropriate disposal of chemicals
- Hazardous material exposure
- 12. Dismantling and Packing Away
- Incorrect packing
- Falling objects
- slips
- trips or falls
- 13. Clean-up
- Exposure to cleaning chemicals
- slips
- trips
- and falls
- 14. Review and Feedback
- Overlooked hazards
- New unidentified risks
- 15. Maintenance of Equipment
- Equipment failure
- Incorrect storage