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The Face Brickwork Tasks Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trip hazards
- Unsafe equipment
- 2. Site set up
- Falling objects
- Poor lighting conditions
- 3. Marking out the brickwork layout
- Miscalculations
- Incorrect marking
- 4. Mixing mortar
- Dust inhalation
- Chemical burns
- 5. Laying first course of bricks
- Struck by bricks
- Repetitive strain injury
- 6. Checking level and alignment
- Incorrect measurements
- Falls from height
- 7. Spreading mortar
- Manual handling injuries
- Splashes to eyes
- 8. Positioning brickwork
- Incorrect positioning
- Crushed fingers/hands
- 9. Tapping bricks into place
- Hand-arm vibration syndrome
- Struck by tools
- 10. Removing excess mortar
- Repetitive strain injury
- Dust inhalation
- 11. Re-checking level and alignment
- Inaccurate readings
- Falls from height
- 12. Repeating process for subsequent courses
- Cumulative strain injuries
- Fatigue
- 13. Corner building
- Falls from height
- Errors in construction
- 14. Wall ties insertion
- Structural failure
- Cuts or laceration
- 15. Application of finishing techniques
- Chemical exposure
- Respiratory problems
- 16. Clean up
- Slips trips and falls
- incorrect waste disposal
- 17. Inspection
- Failure to identify defects
- fall hazards
- 18. Repair and maintenance
- Improper use of tools
- handling hazardous substances