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The Reroute Existing Underground Services Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Unexpected utility lines
- Improper signage
- Unauthorised access
- 2. Survey Site
- Hidden obstacles
- Inadequate lighting
- Miscommunication with team
- 3. Identifying Utility Lines
- Electrical shock
- Struck by moving vehicle
- Explosions
- 4. Briefing Team
- Inadequate understanding of tasks
- Miscommunication
- 5. Setting Safety Barriers
- Handling heavy equipment
- Tripping over loose material
- 6. Excavation
- Collapse of excavation
- Inhalation of dust
- Slips and falls
- 7. Isolation of Services
- Exposure to live services
- Ignition of flammable substances
- 8. Pipe Rerouting
- Strain injuries
- Getting caught between objects
- 9. Connection Testing
- Leakages leading to hazardous exposure
- Electrical Shock
- 10. Backfilling
- Slips
- trips
- and falls
- Working with harmful materials
- 11. Compaction
- Operating heavy machinery
- Noise pollution
- 12. Reinstatement of Surface
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Falls from elevated areas
- 13. Clean Up
- Exposure to harmful substances
- improper disperse of waste
- 14. De-Briefing Team
- Miscommunication
- inadequate understanding of completed tasks
- 15. Post-Work Inspection
- Undetected errors
- hazardous conditions left unnoticed
- 16. Reporting to Management
- Incomplete or incorrect data
- miscommunication
- 17. Records and Document Filing
- Mistakes in documentation
- Loss of documents
- 18. Restoring Site Access
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Unauthorised access
- 19. Reviewing Incident reports
- Inadequate reporting
- miscommunication
- 20. Debrief Client
- Incorrect or incomplete information
- Miscommunication