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The Rescuing Trapped Wildlife Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Vehicle collision
- Inadequate training
- 2. Arrival onsite
- Unfamiliar terrain
- exposure to foreign substances
- 3. Site Assessment
- Bites or scratches from wildlife
- Falls from height
- 4. Equipment Setup
- Faulty equipment
- Incorrect use of equipment
- 5. Wildlife Capture
- Injury or stress to wildlife
- Bites or scratches from wildlife
- 6. Handling Wildlife
- Injuries from being scratched/bitten
- Zoonotic disease transmission
- 7. Transporting Wildlife
- Vehicle collision
- improper securing of wildlife
- 8. Veterinary Treatment
- Zoonotic disease transmission
- Allergic reaction to medication
- 9. Recovery and Rehabilitation
- Stress to wildlife
- Inadequate nutrition for wildlife
- 10. Release into Wild
- Injury to wildlife during release
- Inadequate monitoring post-release
- 11. Post-Release Monitoring
- Exposure to adverse weather conditions
- contact with harmful plants
- 12. Equipment Cleaning
- Mould growth on equipment
- cross-contamination if not cleaned properly
- 13. Record Keeping
- Loss of important data
- Unauthorized access to sensitive data
- 14. Training
- Inadequate training
- Miscommunication of procedures
- 15. Review and Evaluation
- Overlooked hazards
- Inefficient rescue procedures
- 16. Maintenance
- Equipment malfunction
- Inadequate inventory
- 17. Communications (internal & external)
- Miscommunication of important messages
- Unauthorised information disclosure
- 18. Emergency Procedures
- Inadequate familiarity with procedures
- Lack of emergency resources
- 19. Waste management
- Inadequate waste segregation
- Incorrect disposal methods
- 20. Hygiene and wellbeing
- Mental exhaustion
- Zoonotic disease transmission