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The Marine Biology Sampling Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trip hazards
- Inadequate training
- 2. Equipment Loading
- Manual handling injuries
- Equipment falling
- 3. Travel to Site
- Traffic accident
- Sea sickness
- 4. Arriving at Site
- Slips and falls
- Dehydration
- 5. Setting Up Equipment
- Risk of entanglement in ropes
- Faulty diving equipment
- 6. Sample Collection
- Marine life attacks
- Drowning
- Decompression sickness
- 7. Storage of Collected Samples
- Chemical spillage
- Biohazard exposure
- 8. Equipment Breakdown
- Power losses
- Equipment failure leading to injury
- 9. Return from Diving
- Fatigue
- Hypothermia
- 10. Unloading Equipment
- Injuries due to manual handling
- Slip/Trip/Fall risks
- 11. Cleaning Equipment
- Exposure to harmful chemicals
- Cuts & Scratches
- 12. Sample Analysiation
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- Eye injury
- 13. Data Reporting
- Repetitive strain injuries
- Eye fatigue from computer screens
- 14. Review & Report
- Miscommunication
- Misinterpretation of data
- 15. Evaluation
- Failure to identify improvements/learning
- Overlooking mistakes
- 16. Planning for Next Trip
- Inadequate preparation causing potential accidents
- 17. Equipments Restocking
- Cuts and bruises from sharp objects
- Manual handling injuries
- 18. Maintenance of Vessel
- Falling objects
- Slips
- and Falls on wet decks
- 19. Waste Disposal
- Exposure to harmful substances
- Injuries due to improper disposal
- 20. Debriefing
- Psycho-social risks (stress)
- Lack of knowledge transfer