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The Lifeboat Operations Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Inadequate training
- improper equipment
- 2. Briefing
- Miscommunication
- unclear roles and responsibilities
- 3. Deployment
- Mechanical failure
- adverse weather conditions
- 4. Onboarding
- Tripping
- falling overboard
- 5. Navigation
- Collisions
- equipment malfunctions
- 6. Communication
- Device malfunction
- lack of signal
- 7. Lifeboat Operations
- Capsize
- crew overboard
- 8. Equipment Usage
- Unmaintained equipment
- wrong equipment usage
- 9. Weather Monitoring
- Sudden change in weather
- lightning
- high waves
- 10. Emergency Procedures
- Panic
- poor decision making
- 11. Debriefing after Operation
- Emotional trauma
- fatigue
- 12. Maintenance
- Poorly maintained equipment
- neglect of safety standards
- 13. Storage of Equipment
- Unorganized inventory
- damage to equipment due to improper storage
- 14. Training and Drills
- Injury during drills
- lack of seriousness
- 15. Documentation
- Incomplete logging
- misreporting
- 16. Recreational Activities
- Insufficient rest
- forced labour
- 17. End of Operation
- Negligence to follow procedure
- errors in operation setup
- 18. Incident Response Preparedness
- Delayed response
- uncoordinated instructions
- 19. Safety Audit and Inspections
- Incomplete inspection
- negligence in following protocol
- 20. De-embedding from operation
- Emotional distress
- burnout