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The Maintenance Of Circuit Breakers Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Electrical shock
- manual handling injuries
- 2. Inspection of the circuit breaker
- Unexpected energy release
- exposure to harmful substances
- 3. Isolating the circuit breaker
- Unintended activation
- electrical shock
- 4. Application of lockout tagout
- Ineffective communication
- lockout tagout errors
- 5. Removal of circuit breaker cover
- Sharp objects
- slipped tool injuries
- 6. Visual check of internal parts
- Improper lighting
- missed defects
- 7. Tests and measurements
- Incorrect readings
- electrical shock
- 8. Cleaning internal parts with approved cleaning solvents
- Chemical hazards
- fume exposure
- 9. Replacing defective parts
- Incorrect installation
- unavailability of specific tools
- 10. Replacement of circuit breaker cover
- Pinching accidents
- incorrect fastening
- 11. De-energise and tie off circuit breaker
- Residual energy
- improper de-energising
- 12. Verification Test
- Incomplete tests
- incorrect results interpretation
- 13. Recording of results and documentation
- Information loss/misinterpretation
- unreported anomalies
- 14. Cleanup and disposal operations
- Chemical exposure
- wrong disposal method
- 15. Removal of lockout tagout and restoration of system
- Unintentional re-energisation
- lockout tagout errors
- 16. Post-maintenance checks and tests
- Missed defects
- incorrect results interpretation
- 17. Handover and briefing of maintenance reports
- Incomplete information transfer
- miscommunication
- 18. Evaluate and review Maintenance Work
- Overlooked hazards
- non-compliance to standards