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The Operating Remote Control Winches Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- incorrect manual handling
- 2. Risk Assessment
- Miscommunication
- inappropriate risk control measures
- 3. Pre-Use Inspection
- Faulty winch
- inadequate maintenance
- 4. Winch Operation Initiation
- Overloading
- unexpected start
- 5. Load Lifting
- load falling
- incomplete path clearance
- 6. Load Moving
- Contact with moving parts
- uncontrolled movement
- 7. Load Unhooking
- Incorrect unlatching
- falling objects
- 8. Winch Deactivation
- Sudden stop
- cable backlash
- 9. Post-Operation Checks
- Missed damages
- miscommunication
- 10. Maintenance
- Unqualified personnel
- missed irregularities
- 11. Emergency Handling
- Panic situations
- improper emergency response
- 12. Periodic Inspections
- Missed wearing parts
- poor recordkeeping
- 13. Decommissioning
- Inadequate safeguards
- environmental impacts
- 14. Knowledge Update
- Lack of continuous learning
- complacency
- 15. Training
- Inefficient training
- lack of understanding
- 16. Supervision
- Peer pressure
- inadequate supervision
- 17. Winch Upgradation
- Inadequate upgrades
- untrained personnel
- 18. Fault Reporting
- Delayed reporting
- inaccurate documentation
- 19. Compliance Review
- Unknown changes in legislation
- non-compliance penalties
- 20. Incident Management
- Inappropriate incident handling
- blame culture