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The Angle Grinding Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Electric shock
- eye injury from flying debris
- 2. Angle grinder selection
- Incorrect use of tool
- equipment malfunction
- 3. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Inspection
- Damage to PPE
- Inadequate protection due to unfit or wrong PPE
- 4. Work area setup
- Inadequate workspace
- improper grounding
- 5. Pre-use safety testing
- Equipment malfunction
- unforeseen hazards
- 6. Positioning the workpiece
- Improper mounting
- unstable workpiece
- 7. Grinding Operation
- Sparks and spatters
- noise levels
- flying particles
- 8. Inspecting the finished product
- Sharp edges
- possible quality defects
- 9. Post-operation maintenance
- Faulty cleaning
- tool wear and tear
- 10. Power outages
- Unexpected restart of machinery
- electrical faults
- 11. Emergency Procedures
- Insufficient training
- non-adherence to procedure
- 12. Clean-up tasks
- Tool disposal issues
- manual handling injuries
- 13. Defective Tools Disposal
- Unsafe handling
- inappropriate disposal
- 14. Tool storage
- Careless handling
- incorrect storage
- 15. Recording and Documentation
- Missing entries
- error in documentation
- 16. Debriefing / Reporting
- Insufficient information
- lack of communication
- 17. Rest and Recovery
- Fatigue
- repetitive strain injury
- 18. Safety Audits
- Incomplete inspections
- disregard for procedure
- 19. Ongoing Training
- Poorly structured training
- loss of knowledge retention
- 20. Review and Improvement
- Inadequate review process
- lack of corrective actions