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The Long Hours Driving Heavy Machinery Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Manual handling injuries
- 2. Traffic Management
- Accidents with other vehicles
- Collisions with pedestrians
- 3. Machinery Checks
- Entanglement
- Crushing
- 4. Route Planning
- Fatigue
- Traffic congestion
- 5. Loading
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Crush injuries
- 6. Unloading
- Dropped loads
- Personnel struck by falling objects
- 7. Journey Commencing
- Driver fatigue
- Accidents due to impaired visibility
- 8. Rest Breaks
- Inadequate rest facilities
- Fatigue from insufficient breaks
- 9. Incidents Reporting
- Incomplete or inaccurate information
- Lack of reporting
- 10. Maintenance & Repairs
- Unauthorized repairs
- Inadequate training
- 11. Journey Completion
- Parking on unsafe surfaces
- Inadequate vehicle security
- 12. Fuel Handling
- Fire and explosion
- chemical exposure
- 13. Night Driving
- Fatigue
- Impaired visibility
- Wildlife crossing roads
- 14. Adverse Weather
- Accidents due to poor control in adverse weather
- Visibility issues
- 15. Hazardous Materials Transport
- Spills
- Fires and explosions
- 16. Returning Machine to Depot
- Unsecured depot area
- Loss or theft of machine
- 17. Emergency Procedures
- Inadequate training
- Inadequate escape routes
- 18. Health Monitoring
- Long term health effects undetected
- Staff not reporting health issues
- 19. PPE Use
- Non-compliance with PPE use
- Inadequate training in PPE use
- 20. Driver Training & Competency
- Untrained driver
- Language barriers in training