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The Mulching Vegetation Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Hazardous manual tasks
- Exposure to harmful substances
- 2. Site Assessment
- Falling objects
- Trip hazards
- 3. Equipment Selection
- Incorrect use of equipment
- Unmaintained machinery
- 4. Material Handling
- Hazardous manual tasks
- Slips and falls
- 5. Loading Mulch
- Dust generation
- Eye injury due to flying debris
- 6. Transporting mulch
- Moving machinery
- Traffic hazards
- 7. Mulching Application
- Noise exposure
- Dust exposure
- 8. Manual Spreading
- Manual handling injuries
- Sharp object injuries
- 9. Machine Assisted Spreading
- Equipment Malfunction
- Moving parts injury
- 10. Leveling the Multch
- Slips and falls
- Back injuries from bending
- 11. Clean-up and waste disposal
- Exposure to harmful substances
- Tripping over leftover materials
- 12. Inspection and Repairing
- Improper inspection procedures
- Unmaintained machinery
- 13. Storage of equipment and mulch
- Fire hazard
- improper storage
- 14. Review Work
- Inadequate safety systems
- unchecked procedures
- 15. Record-keeping and Reporting
- Incomplete documentation
- Lack of incident reporting