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The Fixing Switchboard Problems Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Risk of electric shock
- Material handling hazards
- 2. Identification of Problem
- Incorrect identification leading to greater damage
- Risk of electrical sparks
- 3. Isolation of Power
- Risk of electric shock
- Incorrect isolation
- 4. Testing for Dead
- Arc flash
- Electric shock
- 5. Protective Equipment Use
- Risks associated with inappropriate PPE use
- 6. Removal of Faulty Components
- Risk of electric shock
- Handling heavy equipment
- 7. Installation of New Parts
- Electric shock
- Incorrect installation
- 8. Verification and Testing
- Electrical faults
- Damage to new components
- 9. Re-energising Circuit
- Arc flash
- Electric Shock
- 10. Final Test and Verification
- Potential remaining hazard if error made in previous steps
- Electrical faults
- 11. Clean Up
- Manual handling injuries
- Slip/trip/fall hazards on clean up
- 12. Recommissioning
- Inadequate testing
- External factors causing hazards (weather etc.)
- 13. Documentation
- Paperwork inaccuracies
- Information lost/carried over incorrectly
- 14. Waste Disposal
- Inappropriate disposal causing hazards
- Manual handling injuries
- 15. Reviewing Processes
- Missing potential hazards
- Non-compliance to procedures