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The Roadside Repair And Maintenance Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trip hazards
- exposure to moving traffic
- unsuitable repair equipment
- 2. Equipment check
- Inadequate maintenance of equipment
- faulty equipment
- 3. Traffic management setup
- Accidents due to moving traffic
- manual handling injuries during setup
- 4. Site inspection and hazard identification
- Ignorance of potential dangers
- unexpected road conditions
- 5. Commence Repair
- Inadequate personal protective equipment
- improper tools use
- exposure to noise and heat
- manual handling injuries
- 6. Waste Handling
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- cuts from sharp objects or broken glass
- manual handling injuries
- 7. Breaks/Downtime
- Leaving machinery unattended
- forgetting to turn off equipment
- 8. Use of power tools
- Electric shock
- eye injuries from flying particles
- noise-induced hearing loss
- 9. Excavation (if required)
- Potential collapse
- exposure to buried services
- falling objects
- 10. Repair completion
- Improper piling of removed parts
- road blocking issues
- 11. Clean up
- Poor disposal of waste
- slip and trip hazards
- manual handling injuries
- 12. Safe Machinery operation
- Moving parts of machinery causing injuries
- vibration causing health issues
- 13. Change of work scope/change of conditions
- Unpredicted events/changes leading to accidents
- 14. Refuelling operations
- Fire or explosion risk
- inhalation of fumes or contact with skin
- 15. Packing up and leaving the site
- Manual handling injuries
- objects left causing a road hazard
- 16. Review of work and documentation
- Incorrect documentation leading to future mishaps
- 17. Regulatory compliance
- Failure to meet workplace health and safety standards adds legal risk
- 18. Emergency handling / First Aid
- Ignorance over first aid practices leads to increased severity of any injury which may occur
- 19. Public Interaction
- Potential accident involving public
- stress due to confrontation
- 20. Evaluation and report writing
- Mistakes in reports leading to future risks