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The Accessing High Stock Areas Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Tripping over object
- Electrical shock from power cords
- 2. Site assessment
- Inadequate lighting
- Unstable stock placement
- 3. Equipment check
- Falls due to faulty ladders
- Inadequate personal protective equipment
- 4. Positioning ladder
- Fall from height
- Struck by moving vehicle
- 5. Deposing old stock
- Exposure to dust and allergens
- Manual handling injury
- 6. Climbing up ladder
- Falling from height
- Slipping on ladder rung
- 7. Accessing high stock
- Falling objects
- awkward postures while reaching for stock
- 8. Handling high stock
- Manual handling injury
- falling objects
- 9. Moving stock down
- Falling objects
- manual handling injuries
- 10. Stock placement
- Incorrect stacking
- unstable stacks
- 11. Descending ladder
- Fall from height
- Slip or trip from ladder
- 12. Stock take
- Incorrect count causing overload
- manual handling injuries
- 13. Removal of waste/old stock
- Trip hazard from accumulated waste
- manual handling injury from lifting heavy waste
- 14. Site cleanup
- Dehydration if not regularly drinking water
- Trip hazards from untidy area
- 15. Reporting and reviewing
- Miscommunication leads to unsafe practices
- Incomplete information causing future problems