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The Navigating Roadworks Safely Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Tripping over tools
- Unfit equipment use
- 2. Equipment check
- Faulty equipment
- Inadequate training
- 3. Implement Traffic management
- Inadequate signs
- Poor visibility
- 4. Starting work site operation
- Machinery malfunction
- Excessive noise
- 5. Setting up barriers
- Improper installation
- Slipping or tripping
- 6. Clear road markings
- Incorrect marking use
- Slips and falls
- 7. Use of heavy machinery
- Untrained operators
- Equipment Failure
- 8. Work zone illumination
- Poor Visibility
- Trip hazards
- 9. Pedestrian traffic control
- Uncontrolled access
- Inadequate signage
- 10. Emergency response
- Delayed response time
- Lack of training
- 11. Weather considerations
- Wet surfaces
- Winds causing falling debris
- 12. Breakdown procedures
- Machinery breakdown
- Accidental restarts
- 13. Loading/unloading materials
- Falls from height
- Collisions with equipment
- 14. Waste disposal
- Unclear waste station location
- Improper handling
- 15. Completion and clean up
- Leftover material hazards
- Tripping over remaining equipment
- 16. Daily team debrief
- Missed communication
- Lack of knowledge transfer
- 17. New worker induction
- Poor information delivery
- Miscommunication
- 18. Training following incident
- Mishandling of equipment
- Inadequate training
- 19. Observing work operations
- Miscalculations
- Negligence of safety procedures
- 20. Regular tool maintenance
- Tool malfunction
- Improper handling