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The Maintaining Stable Ground Support Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Unstable ground
- slips and falls
- manual handling injuries
- 2. Planning & Surveying
- Incorrect measurements
- equipment faults
- 3. Ground Control Installation
- Risks from machinery operation
- falling objects
- noise exposure
- 4. Surface Drainage
- Drowning risk
- slip hazard
- 5. Scanning & Testing Ground Stability
- Improper use of equipment
- unstable ground
- scanning inaccuracies
- 6. Bolting & Netting
- Risks from power tools
- fall of material
- 7. Material transport
- Vehicle-related injuries
- lifting and handling injuries
- 8. Lateral Support Installation
- Machinery operation risk
- underground hazards
- falling materials
- 9. Debris Removal
- Trips and slips
- struck by moving/falling object
- 10. Ground Stability Inspection
- Fall from height
- faulty equipment
- poor lighting
- 11. Backfilling
- Buried utilities
- machine operation hazards
- 12. Grouting & Concreting
- Chemical burns
- skin irritations from cement
- slipped disc
- 13. Ventilation System installation
- Defective equipment
- falls from heights
- improper training
- 14. Electrical works
- Electrocution
- Fire
- Explosion
- 15. Finishing & Cleanup Process
- Slips
- trips and falls
- strains and sprains during manual cleaning process
- 16. Documentation and Reporting
- Miscommunication
- inaccurate data recording
- 17. Work Site demobilisation
- Machinery dismantling hazards
- manual handling injuries
- falling objects
- 18. Waste Management & disposal
- Improper handling of waste
- cut or puncture wounds from sharp debris
- 19. Emergency Procedures training
- Inadequate knowledge
- lack of focus during training
- 20. Equipment storage
- Equipment misuse
- Injuries from improperly stored resources