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The Replacing Water Pumps Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trip hazards
- improper use of tools
- incorrect manual handling
- 2. Isolating water supply
- Incorrect procedure
- insufficient training
- 3. Draining the system
- Risk of water spillage
- risk of equipment damage
- 4. Removing old pump
- Musculoskeletal injuries from heavy lifting
- exposure to electrical sources
- 5. Inspecting the fitting
- Working with defective equipment
- lack of personal protective equipment
- 6. Installing new pump
- Incorrect installation procedures
- lack of adequate training
- 7. Connecting the pipes
- Musculoskeletal strains from awkward postures
- exposure to harmful substances
- 8. Checking for leaks
- Slip hazards from water leaks
- electrical shock risk
- 9. Re-energising the system
- Faulty electrical connections
- risk of system overloading
- 10. Testing operations
- Failure of equipment
- electrical shock risks
- 11. Clean-up
- Risk of slips
- trips and falls
- improper waste disposal
- 12. Debriefing and reporting
- Incorrect communication
- inadequate debriefing procedures
- 13. Equipment maintenance
- Contact with harmful substances
- inappropriate handling of equipment
- 14. Training sessions
- Inadequate training procedures
- poor knowledge transfer
- 15. Regular inspections
- Inefficient inspection processes
- overlooked hazards
- 16. Emergency planning
- Inadequate emergency planning
- lack of incident response capability
- 17. Communication and consultation
- Poor communication channels
- unclear information dissemination
- 18. Personal Protective Equipment usage
- Incorrect PPE usage
- inadequate PPE supply
- 19. Incident reporting
- Inefficient reporting mechanisms
- missed incidents
- 20. Frequent audits
- Incomplete audits
- unregulated audit procedures