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The Use Of Personal Life-Saving Appliances Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect handling
- Insufficient training
- 2. Equipment Test
- Failure of life-saving appliances
- Electrical hazards
- 3. Use of Life Jackets
- Improper fitment
- Drowning risk
- 4. Boarding Life Raft
- Falling into water
- physical injury due to incorrect boarding technique
- 5. Launching Life Raft
- Physical strain
- being struck by raft or other equipment
- 6. Rowing to Safety
- Fatigue
- hypothermia
- capsize risks
- 7. Emergency Beacon Activation
- Misuse leading to false alarm
- failure to activate in emergency
- 8. Food and Water Rationing
- Starvation/dehydration
- food contamination or choking risk
- 9. Emergency First Aid Application
- Improper application leading to worsened injuries
- failure to administer
- 10. Distress Calls
- Failure to correctly make call for help
- battery/power failure
- 11. Setting Off Flares
- Injury from flare or fire risk
- misfire or inappropriate use
- 12. Survive Until Rescue
- Hypothermia/rain/cold related risks
- sunstroke/heat related risks
- 13. Rescuer Approach
- Risk of collision with rescue craft
- drowning during transfer
- 14. Transfer to Rescue Craft
- Falling during transfer
- injury during hoisting to craft
- 15. Post-Rescue Procedures
- Post traumatic stress
- physical/metal health risks
- 16. Debriefing / Documentation
- Miscommunication or incorrect documentation
- 17. Equipment Repair and Restock
- Risk of inappropriate restocking
- failure to repair damage
- 18. Training Gap Analysis
- Misidentification of key learnings
- failure to train in areas identified.
- 19. Lessons Learned Sharing
- Failure to communicate or share lessons appropriately
- 20. Continuous Improvement
- Failure to make requisite safety improvements
- complacency in safety.