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The Banding And Strapping Tasks Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Poor housekeeping
- Inadequate training
- 2. Equipment set-up
- Equipment malfunction
- Incorrect setup
- 3. Material handling
- Manual lifting
- Slips and trips
- 4. Banding process
- Cutting injuries
- Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)
- 5. Strapping process
- Impact injuries
- Crushing injuries
- 6. Machine operation
- Mechanical hazards
- Noise exposure
- 7. Adjustment of machine settings
- Electrical shock
- Unintentional starting of equipment
- 8. Performing maintenance tasks
- Exposure to chemicals
- Unclear safety procedures
- 9. Cleaning up the area
- Hazards from cleaning products
- Manual handling injuries
- 10. Waste disposal
- Incorrect waste segregation
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- 11. Coil loading
- Falling objects
- twine breakage
- 12. Band tension adjustment
- Pinching injury
- Twisting injury
- 13. Seal application
- Sharp edge injuries
- Pressure injuries
- 14. Band cut-off & Sealing
- Cutting injuries
- Eye injuries from sudden band release
- 15. Final inspection
- Working at height risk
- Moving machinery injury
- 16. Coil unloading
- Manual handling injuries
- Falling objects
- 17. Coordinating with other sections
- Communication issues
- Collision injuries
- 18. Troubleshooting
- Exposure to live parts
- Kinking of banding wire
- 19. Reporting incidents or defects
- Inadequate training
- Ignorance about reporting procedures
- 20. End of shift procedures
- Fatigue
- Poor housekeeping