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The Ploughing Fields Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Poor weather conditions
- faulty equipment
- 2. Checking machinery
- Incorrect operation
- lack of maintenance
- 3. Soil preparation
- Repetitive strain injury
- dust exposure
- 4. Calibration of plough
- Misalignment
- improper settings
- 5. Ploughing process
- Overturning machinery
- noise exposure
- 6. Identifying obstacles
- Risk of collision
- hidden dangers
- 7. Handling plough
- Manual handling injuries
- slips and trips
- 8. Plough adjustment
- Unexpected movement
- crush injury
- 9. Maintenance of plough
- Improper use of tools
- stored energy
- 10. Fuelling machinery
- Spillages
- flammability risks
- 11. Dealing with breakdowns
- Working at height
- unattended equipment
- 12. Grading field
- Struck by objects
- uneven terrain
- 13. Removing plough
- Manual handling injuries
- falls from height
- 14. Post-ploughing inspection
- Rollover dangers
- entanglement hazards
- 15. Plough storage
- Crushing injuries
- trip hazards
- 16. Documenting work
- Sedentary lifestyle risks
- poor lighting
- 17. Field marking
- Chemical exposure
- incorrect marking
- 18. Ground smoothing
- Repetitive strain injury
- dust exposure
- 19. Crop planting
- Allergen exposure
- machinery hazards
- 20. Field monitoring
- Exposure to wildlife
- harsh weather conditions