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The Towing Malfunctioning Truck Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Untrained staff
- Inadequate equipment
- 2. Arrival at breakdown site
- Traffic hazards
- Poor visibility
- 3. Assessment of vehicle condition
- Cut/puncture injuries
- Falling objects
- 4. Positioning tow truck
- Contact with power lines
- Traffic hazards
- 5. Securing malfunctioning truck
- Ineffective brake system
- Uncontrolled movement
- 6. Lifting the truck
- Ruptured hydraulic lines
- Pinch/crush injuries
- 7. Towing process
- Wheel detachment
- Truck collision
- 8. Road travel with towed truck
- Traffic hazards
- Tyre puncture/loss of control
- 9. Arrival at destination
- Uncontrolled descent/release
- Traffic hazards
- 10. Detaching & parking malfunctioning truck
- Vehicle runaway
- Hand injuries
- 11. Completing paperwork
- Manual handling injuries
- trip and fall
- incorrect information recording
- 12. Customer communication
- Abuse/violence
- Miscommunication
- 13. Leaving breakdown site
- Traffic hazards
- Reversing accidents
- 14. Returning to depot
- Traffic hazards
- Vehicle malfunction
- 15. Post-operations check
- Hand injuries
- Trip and fall