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The Reinforcing Structures Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Manual handling injuries
- 2. Transporting steel
- Vehicular accidents
- Load falling incidents
- 3. Unloading materials
- Crushing injuries
- Struck-by moving objects
- 4. Steel cutting
- Noise exposure
- Eye injuries from sparks/flying debris
- 5. Bending/straightening steel bars
- Musculoskeletal disorders
- Issues due to repetitive work
- 6. Assembling reinforcement cages
- Cut injuries
- Tripping over material remnants
- 7. Placing reinforcement in formwork
- Struck by falling objects
- Slipping on wet surfaces
- 8. Tying reinforcement
- Musculoskeletal issues
- Cuts from sharp edges of rebar
- 9. Hoisting assembled cages
- Moving objects striking workers
- Falling from height
- 10. Checking reinforcements
- Risk of protruding reinforcing bars
- Tripping hazards
- 11. Using concrete vibrator
- Noise exposure
- Hand-arm vibration syndrome
- 12. Pouring concrete
- Contact with skin or eyes
- Musculoskeletal disorders
- 13. Finishing concrete surface
- Manual handling injuries
- Exposure to wet cement
- 14. Curing concrete
- Mist exposure causing breathing problems
- Skin exposure to chemicals
- 15. Demobilising worksite
- Struck by moving vehicles
- Lagging injuries from handling equipment
- 16. Waste disposal
- Cut or puncture hazards
- Hazardous chemical exposure
- 17. Inspection post-construction
- Tripping over materials
- Fall from height
- 18. Maintaining tools/equipment
- Contact with electricity
- Cuts or abrasions
- 19. General housekeeping
- Slips
- Trips and Falls
- Struck by moving objects
- 20. Emergency procedures
- Inability to evacuate efficiently
- Inadequate first aid