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The Installing Cattle Grids Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Inadequate training
- Incorrect handling of tools/materials
- 2. Site Assessment
- Falling from a height
- Encountering hazardous substances
- tripping over
- 3. Delivery of materials
- Manual handling injuries
- Struck by moving vehicle
- 4. Mark out area
- Eye Injury (Debris/Dust)
- Tripping over
- 5. Excavate trench
- Machine malfunction
- Trench collapse
- underground services
- 6. Assemble grid
- Cuts and abrasions
- Sprains and strains
- 7. Locate grid in trench
- Clipping/being squashed
- spring or other forces
- 8. Backfilling around grid
- Overexertion
- Dust inhalation
- 9. Levelling work site
- Slips and falls
- Machines/tools mishandling
- 10. Fences and signs installation
- Dangers of machinery use
- Hazards at height
- 11. Concreting grid into place
- Chemical spills/burns
- Falls into open trenches
- 12. Inspecting installed grid
- Slips/Falls/Trips
- Eye injuries
- 13. Cleaning up worksite
- Mismanagement of waste material
- Slippery surfaces
- 14. Final quality checks
- Faulty grid installation
- Accidents due to debris
- 15. Documentation
- Incorrect documentation
- Miscommunication