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The Fixing Top And Bottom Rails Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Manual handling
- Trip/Fall hazards
- 2. Site check
- Uneven surfaces
- Hidden utilities
- 3. Setting out
- Incorrect measurements
- Equipment failure
- 4. Cutting rails
- Noise
- Vibration
- Dust
- Cuts
- 5. Positioning Bottom rails
- Working at height
- Manual handling
- 6. Fixing Bottom rails
- Splinters
- Noise
- Hand injury
- 7. Checking alignment
- Eye strain
- Incorrect readings
- 8. Positioning Top rails
- Working at height
- Manual handling
- 9. Fixing Top rails
- Splinters
- Noise
- Hand injury
- 10. Ensuring secure fit
- Ineffective guard rails
- Fall from height
- 11. Final inspection
- Missed defects
- uneven surfaces
- 12. Site clean up
- Rubbish trip hazards
- sharps and splinters
- 13. Exchange communication
- Miscommunication
- Inaccurate instructions given/received
- 14. Apply safe working practices
- Violation of safety protocols
- Non-adherence to PPE use
- 15. Safe storage and transportation
- Vehicle accident
- improper storage causing spills/leaks
- 16. Emergency response
- Improper knowledge of emergency procedures
- 17. Maintenance and Repair
- Faulty equipment causing accidents
- 18. Proper disposal of waste materials
- Environmental hazards due to improper waste disposal
- 19. Reporting and documentation
- Missed defects
- incomplete records
- 20. Debriefing and Feedback
- Incorrect or misunderstood feedback
- non-compliance with regulations