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The Inserting Optical Fiber Cables Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Manual handling injuries
- 2. Assessing the worksite
- Failure to identify all services/hazards
- Contact with electricity
- 3. Work area set up
- Traffic interaction
- Slips and trips hazards
- Noise exposure
- 4. Optical fiber cable unpacking
- Struck by falling objects
- Cut or pierced by sharp edges
- 5. Cable pulling
- Strain and sprain injuries
- Entrapment of fingers
- 6. Fiber cable splicing
- Eye injury from heat and flash
- Exposure to laser light beams
- 7. Testing for connectivity
- Electrical shock
- Tripping hazard from Test leads
- 8. Securing the worksite post-installation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Obstruction hazards
- 9. Polishing the fiber ends
- Inhalation of fiber fragments
- Eye injury from tiny fiber particles
- 10. Fiber Optic Termination
- Chemical exposure - adhesive fumes
- Eye injury - laser exposure
- 11. Cleaning up work site
- Slips
- trips and falls from debris
- Cuts from discarded materials
- 12. Dealing with cable scraps and waste
- Manual handling injuries
- Sharp object injuries
- 13. Equipment and tools decontamination
- Skin contact with harmful chemicals
- Eye splash
- 14. Waste Disposal
- Manual handling injuries
- Exposure to hazardous waste
- 15. Documentation and reporting
- Eye strain from computer use
- Repetitive strain injuries
- 16. Demobilising from site
- Traffic accidents
- Slips
- trips and falls
- 17. Post-Installation Inspection
- Contact with sharp edges
- Slip and fall hazards
- 18. Troubleshooting
- Electrical shock
- Fire from faulty equipment
- Incorrect problem diagnosis
- 19. Repair actions
- Cuts or piercings by sharp objects
- Electric shock from powered appliances
- 20. Return to normal operation
- Incorrect reconfiguration - fire risk
- Missed opportunities in performance enhancement