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The Abrasive Blasting of Signwriters and Sign Manufacturing Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Dust and noise emission
- tripping over equipment
- 2. Setting Up Equipment
- Electric shock
- trapped fingers in machinery
- 3. Pre-Blasting Checks
- Eye injury due to flying debris
- Improper handling of blasting equipment
- 4. Abrasive Blasting
- Inhalation of dust
- Noise induced hearing loss
- 5. Moving Materials
- Manual handling injuries
- object falling from height
- 6. Adjusting Equipment
- Contact with moving parts
- electric shock
- 7. Starting Machine
- Sudden loud noises
- flying particles
- 8. During Operation
- Exposure to silica dust
- long period of standing
- 9. Shut Down Procedure
- Hot surfaces causing burns
- trapping fingers during dismantling
- 10. Breakdowns & Maintenance
- Electric shock
- fire hazard
- 11. Post Operation Clean Up
- Exposure to dust
- Chemical exposure from cleaning solutions
- 12. Storing Equipment
- Trapping fingers
- trip hazards
- 13. Waste Disposal
- Incorrect manual handling
- sharps injury from waste debris
- 14. Quality Check
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- strain injuries from repetitive motions
- 15. Wrap Up and Evaluation
- Connection with hot surface
- wrong manual handling procedures
- 16. Incident Reporting
- Stress
- incorrect data documentation
- 17. Training and Development
- Misunderstanding of process
- incorrect use of equipment
- 18. Emergency Procedures
- Panic during emergency situations
- injuries due to uncoordinated actions
- 19. Review of Safety Systems
- Any overlooked potential hazards
- complacency
- 20. Shift Handover
- Lack of continuity in operations
- verbal miscommunications