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Key Features:
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The Mini Excavator Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Manual handling
- Noise exposure
- 2. Delivery of equipment
- Traffic Collision
- Loading incidents
- 3. Pre-Start Inspection
- Slips and falls
- Contact with Hand Tools
- 4. Refuelling
- Explosion
- Chemical burns
- 5. Operation
- Mechanical failure
- Tipping Over
- 6. Digging activity
- Underground utilities
- Ground collapse
- 7. Loading trucks
- Struck by moving objects
- Falling materials
- 8. Maintenance works
- Electric shock
- Unexpected machine movement
- 9. Manoeuvring in tight spaces
- Collision
- Mechanical error
- 10. Excavation next to buildings and structures
- Building collapse
- Falling debris
- 11. Working on inclined site
- Roll overs
- Slipping
- 12. Offloading soil/materials
- Dumping accidents
- Spillage
- 13. Dismounting excavator
- Falls from height
- Loose clothes caught
- 14. Transportation
- Traffic accidents
- Incorrect loading
- 15. Storage and clean up
- Manual handling
- Electrical hazards