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The Animal Bite Prevention Strategies Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Inadequate training
- Bite from animals
- 2. Transportation to Site
- Traffic accidents
- Handling large or aggressive animals
- 3. Setup of Workplace
- Poor housekeeping
- Unhygienic environment
- 4. Routine Inspection
- Neglecting personal protective equipment
- Sudden attack by animals
- 5. Animal Handling
- Unsafe lifting or handling techniques
- Deficient animal restraint means
- 6. Feeding Animals
- Slip/Trip/Fall hazards
- Allergic reactions to animal feed
- 7. Animal Treatment
- Misuse of medical tools
- Exposure to harmful medications
- 8. Cleaning the Environment
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Contact with harmful chemicals or biological hazards
- 9. Waste Disposal
- Improper waste disposal
- Contact with contaminated waste
- 10. Dealing with Aggressive Behaviour
- Injury due to sudden attack
- Stress due to constant vigilance
- 11. Health Monitoring
- Biological transmission of diseases
- repeated or prolonged exposure to noise
- 12. Shutdown/End of Day procedures
- Fatigue leading to human error
- Accident while operating machines and tools
- 13. Personnel Training
- Insufficient knowledge of animals
- Maladjustment of PPE
- 14. Safety Equipment Maintenance
- Inappropriate
- damaged
- or non-use of safety equipment
- Accidents due to faulty rescue equipment
- 15. Emergency Response
- Inadequate first aid measures
- Lack of trained personnel in case of emergency
- 16. Documenting Incidents
- Failure to record or report incidents
- Ineffective communication during crisis situations
- 17. Audit and Review
- Unforeseen risks
- Failure in risk identification
- Poor execution of preventive measures
- 18. Disseminating Informative Material
- Inadequate hazard warnings
- Miscommunication of safety protocols
- 19. Implementing Improvement Strategies
- Resistance to change
- Inefficient implementation of strategies
- 20. Veterinary Support
- Delays in treatment
- Misdiagnosis