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Key Features:
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The Avoid Rear End Swing Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect positioning
- inadequate workspace layout
- 2. Machinery Inspection
- Risks from faulty equipment
- errors due to poor visibility
- 3. Positioning the Machinery
- Collision with other objects
- slips and trips
- 4. Operation Start-up
- Jammed machinery
- sudden machine movements
- 5. Loading/Unloading Tasks
- Falling loads
- manual handling injuries
- 6. Regular Operation
- Unexpected breakdowns
- poor ergonomics
- 7. Emergency Stop Procedures
- Inefficacy of emergency stop
- delay in response time
- 8. Maintenance Work
- Electrical hazards
- faulty equipment
- 9. Safety Checks
- Inadequate safety gear
- overlooked malfunctions
- 10. Dealing with Breakdowns
- Repeated equipment failure
- sharp edges on damaged parts
- 11. Shut Down Processes
- Ineffective shutdown mechanism
- residual energy risks
- 12. Cleaning up of Work Area
- Messy work area causing hazard
- chemical hazards
- 13. Equipment storage
- Improper storing of machinery
- obstruction
- 14. Reporting Incidents
- Delay in reporting
- Miscommunication of details
- 15. Post-Operation Review
- Mistakes missed during operation
- unidentified hazards
- 16. Training Staff for Future
- Poor knowledge transfer
- misconceptions about procedures
- 17. Equipment upgrade
- Upgrading without adequate training
- compatibility issues
- 18. Risk Management Planning
- Overlooking potential hazards
- inadequate safety measures
- 19. Documentation of Processes
- Errors in documentation
- lack of accountability
- 20. Conducting Regular Training
- Lack of ongoing training programs
- outdated safety procedures