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The Sewer and Drain Cleaner Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips
- and falls; hazardous chemicals
- 2. Equipment Setup
- Manual handling injuries
- equipment malfunction
- 3. Inspection & Assessment
- Blocked drains
- confined spaces
- 4. Drain Cleaning
- Chemical exposure
- high pressure water spray
- 5. Root Removal
- Machine entanglement
- noise levels
- 6. Pipe Repair & Replacement
- Struck-by incidents
- excavation hazards
- 7. Post-Cleaning Inspection
- Contaminated waste disposal
- air pollution
- 8. Equipment Breakdown
- Machinery hazards
- electrical hazards
- 9. Site Cleanup
- Trips over tools and equipment
- chemical spills
- 10. Waste Disposal
- Infection risk
- contaminated waste exposure
- 11. Equipment Maintenance
- Electric shock
- moving parts injury
- 12. Training & Understanding
- Misuse of equipment
- lack of crew communication