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The Manoeuvring Through Narrow Spaces Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slip and fall hazards
- improper lifting techniques
- 2. Inspecting Passageway
- Risks from protruding objects
- insufficient lighting
- 3. Moving Equipment to Narrow Space
- Collision or trip hazard
- manual handling risk
- 4. Positioning for Manoeuvre
- Risk of entrapment
- incorrect positioning
- 5. Manoeuvring through the narrow space
- Incoming vehicle traffic
- hitting stationary objects
- 6. Setting Down Loads
- Falling object hazards
- slip and trip risks
- 7. Returning to Start
- Traffic hazards
- repetitive motion injuries
- 8. Maintenance of equipment
- Electrical hazards
- unguarded machinery
- 9. Refuelling Equipment
- Chemical spill risk
- fire risk
- 10. Operations Cleanup
- Chemical exposure
- inappropriate disposal of waste material
- 11. Performing emergency procedures
- Inadequate access to exits
- injury due to panic
- 12. Communication with team members
- Miscommunication leading to incidents
- lack of situational awareness
- 13. Inspecting completed task
- Overlooking of hazards
- complacency
- 14. Reporting and documentation
- Misreporting incidents
- overlooking hazard reports
- 15. Follow-up procedures
- Inadequate follow-up causing recurrences
- missed hazard identification
- 16. Compliance with site safety rules
- Non-compliance penalties
- inadequate safety equipment
- 17. Rest and recuperation
- Fatigue leading to carelessness
- lack of hydration
- 18. End of day procedures
- Inadequate securement of work area
- missed reporting of hazards
- 19. Start of day procedures
- Overeagerness leading to overlooking of safety procedures
- fatigue
- 20. Incident Investigation
- Unprotected exposure to hazards during investigation
- overlooking of corrective measures