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The Battery Replacement Procedures Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Mishandling of tools
- Electric shock
- 2. Inspection
- Electrical sparks
- Faulty equipment
- 3. Disconnecting the battery
- Acid spill
- Electric shock
- 4. Removing old battery
- Heavy lifting injury
- Acid exposure
- 5. Preparing new battery
- Chemical exposure
- Incorrectly connecting terminals
- 6. Installing New Battery
- Incorrect installation
- Electric shock
- 7. Connect to power supply
- Power surge
- Equipment damage
- 8. Testing new battery
- Equipment failure
- Injury from faulty equipment
- 9. Finishing up/Cleaning the workplace
- Slip
- trip and fall hazards
- Leftover chemical hazard
- 10. Waste Management
- Incorrect disposal of old battery
- Fire hazard from old battery
- 11. Documenting the process
- Data mismanagement
- Incomplete documentation
- 12. Post-Operation Equipment check
- Faulty equipment unnoticed
- Chance of repeat faults
- 13. Work space inspection
- Missed hazards
- Repeat work due to missed errors
- 14. Reporting any issues
- Failure in communication
- Missing vital information
- 15. Conducting final risk assessment
- Overlooking of minor factors
- Misjudging the severity of remaining hazards