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The Installation Of Boreholes Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- handling heavy equipment
- 2. Site Inspection
- Contact with overhead lines
- untrained personnel on site
- 3. Drill Rig Setup
- Struck by moving
- flying
- falling objects
- noise exposure
- 4. Drilling Operation
- Dust inhalation
- drilling into underground services
- 5. Borehole Logging
- Falls from height
- confined space hazards
- 6. Sample Collection
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- manual lifting injuries
- 7. Decontamination
- Chemical burns
- eye injury from splash
- 8. Waste Disposal
- Improper waste disposal
- chemical spills
- 9. Break Down of Drill Rig
- Unsecured loads
- struck by moving
- flying or falling objects
- 10. Equipment Maintenance
- Electrical shocks
- caught in/between objects
- 11. Transport of Borehole Equipment
- Road accidents
- loading/unloading accidents
- 12. Documentation & Reporting
- Rushed work due to high workload
- incorrect reporting putting others at risk
- 13. Demobilisation
- Manual handling injuries
- slips
- trips and falls
- 14. Equipment Storage
- Stored energy from pressurised fluids
- object collapse
- 15. Emergency Response Planning
- Inadequate training leading to poor response
- escalation of incident due to slow response
- 16. Site Reinstatement
- Trips and falls
- underground services
- 17. Vehicle Maintenance
- Risk of working under vehicles
- unforeseen road accidents due to vehicle failures
- 18. Health Monitoring of Staff
- Long-term health issues not being identified in employees
- poor employee wellbeing
- 19. Training and Induction
- Untrained staff leading to accidents
- poor understanding of procedures putting others at risk
- 20. Regular Safety Meetings
- Non-compliance with safety measures due to lack of understanding or knowledge
- complacency increasing risk