11th June 2012, 02:37 PM
actually you can and should include troweling in your risk assessment, just as you should include every other risk such as shovelling and pushing barrows. anybody who has spent the day doing a repetative motion has the right to have the risk assessed and the hazard mediated if it cant be removed. if that means time limiting tasks then so be it. its the 21st century and there is no excuse for work related injuries on an archaeological excavation.
If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have to worry about answers