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The Hydraulic Pruner Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- falls from heights
- 2. Pre-operation inspection
- Crush injuries
- hydraulic leaks
- 3. Operation setup
- Entanglement with machinery
- falling objects
- 4. Approach work area
- Collision with other equipment
- uneven ground
- 5. Positioning the pruner
- Unexpected movement of the boom
- overhead obstructions
- 6. Starting the pruner
- Hand contact with cutting blades
- unexpected machinery movement
- 7. Cutting operations
- Accidental cuts
- falling branches
- 8. Debris removal
- Struck by falling branches
- manual handling injuries
- 9. Emergency stop activation
- Panic during emergency
- disconnected e-stop
- 10. Machine maintenance
- Mechanical or hydraulic entanglements
- cuts from sharp edges
- 11. Periodic inspections
- Risk of overlooking damaged components
- exposure to noise and vibration hazards
- 12. Shut down and storage
- Incorrect shut down procedure
- unauthorised access to equipment