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The Maintenance of Excavator Buckets Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Poorly maintained equipment
- Incorrect use of PPE
- 2. Pre-start inspection
- Inadequate inspection
- Unnoticed defects
- 3. Loading excavator
- Struck by objects
- Overloading
- 4. Accessing work area
- Slips and falls
- Traffic accidents
- 5. Setting up work area
- Inadequate barricading
- Poorly positioned signage
- 6. Setting up excavation bucket
- Incorrect attachment
- Falling objects
- 7. Excavation process
- Contact with utilities
- Collapse of adjacent structures
- 8. Managing spoil heaps
- Heaps obstructing vision
- Loose materials falling
- 9. Working in confined spaces
- Reduced air quality
- Difficulty evacuating in emergency
- 10. Operating near overhead powerlines
- Electrocution
- Ineffective safety observer
- 11. Maintenance checks
- Inadequate maintenance
- Ignoring safety protocols
- 12. Refuelling
- Fire or explosion
- Contact with hazardous substances
- 13. Lifting loads
- Overloading equipment
- Load instability
- 14. Shutting down and securing site
- Unauthorised access
- Accidental activation of controls
- 15. Clean up and waste disposal
- Improper waste handling
- Excessive manual handling