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The Installing Overhead Power Lines Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Tripping hazards
- Electrical hazards
- 2. Site Inspection
- Falling from height
- Exposure to sun
- 3. Equipment Check
- Risks of faulty equipment
- Electrocution
- 4. Setting Perimeter
- Mistaken trespassing
- Tripping over equipment
- 5. Digging Holes
- Physical injury due to manual labour
- Equipment related injuries
- 6. Erection of Poles
- Crushing injury
- Falling item
- Muscle strain
- 7. Installing Cross Arms
- Falls from height
- Struck by falling object
- 8. Stringing the Lines
- Electrocution
- Tripping/falling from height
- 9. Connecting Transformers
- Electrocution
- Heat burns
- Fires
- 10. Grounding Installation
- Misgrounding
- Electrical shock
- 11. Performing Insulator Tests
- Electrical shock
- Burns
- 12. Clean-up
- Tripping hazards
- Sharp objects
- 13. Testing Overhead Power Lines
- Electrical hazards
- Falls from height
- 14. Regular Monitoring and Maintenance
- Electric shock
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- 15. Emergency Preparedness
- Fire hazards
- Inadequate escape routes
- 16. Equipment Dismantling
- Injury due to improper handling
- Electrocution
- 17. Final Inspection
- Mistakes overlooked
- Undetected damages
- 18. Documenting and Reporting
- Missed documentation
- Miscommunication of changes
- 19. Debriefing and Evaluation
- Inadequate information exchange
- Missed improvements
- 20. Review and Updating of Safety Plan
- Unsafe procedures
- Missed hazard controls