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The Installing Garden Steps Or Stairs Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Injury from improper manual handling
- slips and trips on tools/equipment.
- 2. Site inspection
- Exposure to pests/vermin
- risk of slipping if site is wet.
- 3. Marking the step locations
- Risk of sharp tool injuries
- eye injuries due to dust/material particles.
- 4. Excavating the steps
- Injuries due to unstable pit sides
- noise and vibration hazards.
- 5. Shaping and smoothing steps
- Muskoskeletal injurues due to repetitive work
- dust inhalation.
- 6. Setting up edge restraint
- Injury from using hammer and nails
- back strain from bending.
- 7. Mixing concrete or mortar
- Skin irritation from cement powder
- injury from mechanical mixer.
- 8. Laying the first course
- Risk of sharp tool injuries
- back strain from heavy lifting.
- 9. Building additional courses
- Falls from height
- muscuskeletal injuries.
- 10. Filling the steps with gravel or soil
- Manual handling injuries
- dust inhalation.
- 11. Installing handrails
- Falls from height
- injury from power tools.
- 12. Completing the finishing touches
- Strains and sprains
- cuts and abrasions from hand tools.
- 13. Cleaning up the worksite
- Trips over leftover materials
- puncture injuries from discarded nails.
- 14. Inspecting the finished job
- Falls from garden steps
- injury from sharp edges.
- 15. Scheduled Maintenance check
- Muskoskeletal injuries
- falls from height.
- 16. Waste Disposal
- Manual handling injuries
- exposure to harmful substances.