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The Remove Wild Animals From Premises Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Exposure to animal-borne diseases
- risk of bites or scratches
- 2. Assessment of situation
- Unpredictable animal behaviour
- lack of visibility in dark areas
- 3. Tools and equipment selection
- Misuse of tools
- incorrect equipment for the task
- 4. Approach animals
- Aggressive animal reaction
- sudden scares leading to injuries
- 5. Capture animals
- Physical strain from handling animals
- possibility of zoonotic infection
- 6. Handling wild animals
- Animal stress leading to aggressive actions
- potential allergen exposure
- 7. Animal transportation
- Escaping animals causing accidents
- injuries from stressed animals
- 8. Release animals
- Potential for attack upon release
- difficulties finding suitable habitats
- 9. Sanitisation of work area
- Allergen exposure
- chemical hazards from cleaning agents
- 10. Report and review
- Paper cut hazard
- eye strain from computer use
- 11. Equipment maintenance
- Injury from improperly maintained tools
- faulty equipment hazards
- 12. Emergency response preparedness
- Shock from unforeseen incidents
- possibility of inadequate emergency responses
- 13. Personal protective equipment (PPE) use
- Inadequate PPE leading to injury
- exposure to harmful substances
- 14. Training for difficult situations
- Accidents during training exercises
- mental stress from confronting difficult scenarios
- 15. Review of safety measures
- Overlooking important safety details
- complacency leading to accidents
- 16. Health follow up
- Exposure to animal-borne diseases
- lack of timely treatment for cuts or scratches
- 17. Documentation and communication
- Miscommunication leading to accidents
- data entry errors
- 18. Disposal of biological waste
- Pathogenic exposure
- incorrect disposal method
- 19. Follow-up site visits
- Unidentified hazards during visit
- surprise encounters with returnee animals
- 20. Post-operation de-briefing
- Mental strain from reliving difficult incidents
- overlooked injuries or health issues