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The Use Lawnmowers Or Other Gardening Equipment Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Untrained staff
- incorrect use of equipment
- 2. Equipment check
- Malfunction
- electrical faults
- 3. Mowing operation
- Pinched fingers
- flying debris
- 4. Manual handling
- Back injury
- slips
- trips and falls
- 5. Preventative maintenance
- Oil spills
- cuts from blades
- 6. Refuelling
- Fire
- fumes
- spillage
- 7. Blade replacement
- Cuts
- crush injury
- 8. Equipment storage
- Trip hazard
- unauthorized usage
- 9. Cleaning up
- Contact with hazardous substances
- cuts
- 10. Storing fuel
- Fire
- fumes
- 11. Loading/ Unloading equipment
- Manual handling injuries
- falling objects
- 12. Trimming Shrubs
- Cuts
- eye injury from flying debris
- 13. Pruning Trees
- Falls from height
- dropping branches
- 14. Clearing Leaves
- Slips and trips
- dust inhalation
- 15. Waste disposal
- Sharp objects
- heavy lifting
- hazardous material contact
- 16. Checking Garden Area
- Tripping over tools
- stepping on sharp objects
- 17. Edge Trimming
- Flying debris
- noise damage
- 18. Using Hedge Trimmer
- Noise
- vibration
- cuts
- 19. Using Leaf Blower
- Noise
- vibration
- dust inhalation
- 20. Final Inspection
- Falling objects
- trips and falls