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The Animal Handling Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Animal bites or scratches
- 2. Restraining animals
- Animal escapes
- Injuries from handling tools
- 3. Feeding animals
- Foodborne illnesses
- Allergic reactions
- 4. Cleaning enclosures
- Mould exposure
- Chemical burns from cleaning agents
- 5. Providing medical care
- Needlestick injuries
- Spread of zoonotic diseases
- 6. Transporting animals
- Injury during lifting
- Vehicle accidents
- 7. Monitoring animal behaviour
- Aggressive behaviour
- Noise-induced hearing loss
- 8. Training animals
- Unpredictable actions
- Repetitive motion strains
- 9. Animal waste disposal
- Biohazard exposure
- Lifting injuries
- 10. Facility maintenance
- Electric shock
- Falls from height
- 11. Record keeping
- Ergonomic issues
- Eye strain
- 12. Emergency response
- Panic or stampedes
- Ineffective communication