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The Potholing Excavation Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trip and fall
- Manual handling injuries
- 2. Setting up Site
- Falling objects
- Electrical shock
- 3. Initial Excavation
- Cave-ins
- Contact with utility lines
- 4. Identification of Underground Services
- Explosion from gas lines
- Electrical shock
- 5. Potholing
- Closure under load
- Falling into excavation
- 6. Extracting Soil
- Manual handling injuries
- Exposure to contaminants
- 7. Shoring installation
- Collapse of shoring
- Falling objects
- 8. Access & Egress
- Risky access
- Slips
- trips
- falls
- 9. Working in the Pothole
- Inhalation of harmful particles
- Poor lighting
- 10. Backfilling
- Cave-ins
- Machinery contact
- 11. Compaction
- Manual handling injuries
- Machinery contact
- 12. Cleanup
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Mishandling waste material
- 13. Inspection before leaving site
- Inadequate inspection leading to mishaps
- 14. Emergency Procedures
- Mishandling emergencies
- Delayed assistance
- 15. Dealing with Personal Protective Equipment
- Improper use
- Inadequate equipment