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The Landscaping Jobs Including Digging And Planting Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Burns from hot equipment
- Cuts from sharp tools
- 2. Site Assessment
- Tripping over uneven ground
- Falling objects
- 3. Tool Handling
- Risks of injury from improper use or handling of tools
- 4. Digging
- Interacting with underground services (gas
- electricity)
- Sprains and strains due to manual handling
- 5. Plant Preparation
- Chemical exposure (fertilisers
- pesticides)
- Pricks and cuts from plants
- 6. Planting
- Back injury from bending or heavy lifting
- Bites or stings from insects in soil
- 7. Irrigation Installation
- Electrocution from live wires
- Tripping over hoses or other equipment
- 8. Mulching
- Eye injuries from flying debris
- Allergic reactions to mulch materials
- 9. Landscaping Design
- Falls from height when installing features
- Electrical hazards during lighting installation
- 10. Clean-up
- Manual lift of heavy waste bags
- Slips
- trips and falls on cleaned up area
- 11. Machine Operation
- Injury from mechanical parts
- Noise induced hearing loss
- 12. Trees Cutting
- Falling objects (branches
- trees)
- Cuts from the chainsaw
- 13. Grass Mowing
- Objects being thrown by mower
- Noise induced hearing loss
- 14. Maintenance
- Contact with hazardous substances
- Fire hazard from stored fuels
- 15. Inspection
- Falls from height
- Interaction with hazardous plants or substances
- 16. Waste Management
- Risk of infection from waste and plant material
- Fire hazard from stored wastes
- 17. Debriefing
- Trip and fall over equipment left out
- Injury from moving heavy objects
- 18. Emergency Procedures
- Not knowing correct procedures
- Injury or trauma during evacuation