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The High-Voltage Switching Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Electrical shock
- lack of awareness
- 2. Obtain Permits
- Incomplete documentation
- unclear authorisation
- 3. Pre-Work Inspection
- Faulty equipment
- inadequate PPE
- 4. Isolation of Equipment
- Live equipment exposure
- incorrect lockout
- 5. Access Work Area
- Slips/trips/falls
- poor lighting
- 6. Identify Switching Sequences
- Incorrect sequence
- haste
- 7. Confirm Voltage Present
- Meter malfunction
- human error
- 8. Place Earths
- Inadequate earthing
- equipment breakdown
- 9. De-Energise Equipment
- Unexpected energisation
- circuit failure
- 10. Test Dead Circuit
- False readings
- wrong test procedures
- 11. Energise Equipment
- Electrical flashover
- equipment overload
- 12. Confirm System Stability
- Frequencies anomaly
- overheating components
- 13. Remove Earthing and Barriers
- Potential energy release
- physical obstruction
- 14. Final System Check
- Oversight
- incomplete checks
- 15. Worksite Restoration
- Leftover materials
- unlabelled barriers
- 16. Documentation and Reporting
- Lost records
- miscommunication
- 17. Debrief and Review
- Lack of feedback
- neglected improvements