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The Manual Labour Tasks Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- injury from lifting heavy objects
- 2. Equipment set-up
- Incorrect operation
- equipment malfunction
- 3. Material handling
- Falling object
- overexertion injury
- 4. Excavation
- Unstable surfaces
- accidental contact with buried utilities
- 5. Tie reinforcement steel
- Caught-in or between hazards
- cuts from sharp objects
- 6. Place concrete
- Chemical exposure
- noise hazard
- musculoskeletal disorders
- 7. Finish concrete surface
- Repetitive motion injuries
- chemical burns
- 8. Clean up
- Trip and slip hazards
- ergonomic injuries
- 9. Storing & disposing materials
- Rolled ankles
- improper storage leads to falling objects
- 10. Machine upkeep
- Risky maintenance practices
- fire hazards from oil leaks
- 11. Ensuring good ventilation
- Dust inhalation risks
- poor airflow in space
- 12. Load out
- Falling loads
- vehicular incidents
- 13. Heat Moulding
- Burn risks
- inhaling toxic fumes
- 14. Abrasive Blasting
- Noise and vibration damage
- silica dust exposure
- 15. Paint application
- Exposure to dangerous chemicals
- flammable material handling
- 16. Demolition work
- Exposure to hazardous materials
- uncontrolled collapses
- 17. Roof work
- Falling from height
- sun exposure
- 18. Foundation casting
- Risk of trench collapse
- contacts with rebar
- 19. Electrical system installation
- Risk of electrocution
- fire hazards
- 20. Plastering and rendering
- Mould exposure risks
- risk of falling from height