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The Baling Hay Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Unorganised work area
- poor handling of equipment
- 2. Checking Equipment
- Faulty machinery
- lack of machine guard
- 3. Positioning Baler
- Awkward postures during manoeuvring
- collision with other objects
- 4. Loading Hay
- Manual handling injuries
- dust exposure
- 5. Operating Baler
- Entanglement in moving parts
- noise exposure
- 6. Monitoring Operation
- Inattention to operation
- slips and trips due to loose hay
- 7. Unloading Bales
- Strains from heavy lifting
- being struck by falling bales
- 8. Stacking Bales
- Falls from heights
- toppling stacks of bales
- 9. Maintenance
- Incorrect or improper use of tools
- unsafe work practices
- 10. Cleaning Area
- Slips
- trips and falls from residual material and waste
- 11. Transporting Bales
- Collision or rollover accidents
- overexertion
- 12. Emergency Procedures
- Inadequate knowledge of procedures
- panic or confusion
- 13. Defect Reporting
- Ignorance about the process
- inadequate training
- 14. Equipment Storage
- Incorrect storage leading to damage or hazard
- 15. Debriefing Team
- Communication gaps
- lack of feedback