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The Life Raft Deployment Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect manual handling
- Inadequate instruction
- 2. Equipment Check
- Ineffective raft
- Defective equipment
- 3. Area Inspection
- Slip/trip falls
- Obstructions
- 4. Positioning Raft
- Poor positioning
- Entrapment hazards
- 5. Inspecting safety gear
- Faulty life jackets
- Missing whistles and lights
- 6. Deploying Life Raft
- Inadequate training
- Possible entanglement
- 7. Boarding the Life Raft
- Falling into water
- Overcrowding
- 8. Checking Emergency Provisions
- Insufficient provision
- Expired food & medicine
- 9. Use of Distress Signals
- Inappropriate signal
- Failure to use properly
- 10. Paddling Lessons
- Lack of coordination
- Exhaustion
- 11. Safety Briefing
- Missed information
- Non-compliance
- 12. Rescue Practice
- Physical injuries
- Lack of success in rescue operation
- 13. Life Raft Repacking
- Improper repacking
- Forgotten items
- 14. Debrief & Corrective Actions
- Unresolved issues
- Non-compliance with action plans
- 15. Equipment Storage
- Inappropriate storage
- Possible damage to life raft