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The Lower Masts Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Falling objects
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Manual handling injuries
- 2. Site Inspection
- Environmental hazards
- Vehicle movement
- 3. Lowering of Mast
- Crush injuries
- Falls from height
- Equipment failure
- 4. Disconnecting Cables
- Electrical shocks
- Burns
- 5. Removal of Mast
- Manual handling injuries
- Falling objects
- Crush injuries
- 6. Transportation of Mast
- Vehicle movement
- Collision
- Load instability
- 7. Storage of Mast
- Poor stacking
- Incorrect lifting techniques
- 8. Maintenance
- Contact with hazardous substances
- Equipment failure
- 9. Re-erection of Mast
- Crush injuries
- Falls from height
- Equipment failure
- 10. Cable Reconnection
- Electrical shocks
- Fires
- 11. Testing of Equipment
- Failure of equipment
- Electric shocks
- Burns
- 12. Clean Up
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Hazardous materials exposure
- 13. Waste Disposal
- Exposure to harmful substances
- Poor manual handling practices
- 14. Documentation
- Human error in recording or reporting
- Miscommunication
- 15. Training
- Inadequate training methods
- Misunderstanding
- Information overload
- 16. Supervision
- Insufficient supervision
- Miscommunication
- 17. Emergency Response Plan
- Non-compliance
- Inadequate training on emergency procedures
- 18. Review of Task
- Information loss or distortion
- Incomplete feedback loops
- 19. Reporting and Communicating Hazards
- Miscommunication
- Delay in reporting
- Failure to report
- 20. Feedback Mechanism
- Miscommunication
- Inadequate procedures for receiving feedback