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The Bench Drill Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Unsecured equipment
- trip hazards
- 2. Inspection
- Faulty equipment
- inadequate guarding
- 3. Setting up
- Incorrect spindle speed
- improper chuck key use
- 4. Material selection
- Incorrect material size
- unidentified hazards related to materials
- 5. Clamping workpiece
- Poorly secured workpiece
- finger entrapment
- 6. Drilling
- Inefficient drilling
- flying swarf
- 7. Press stop
- Sudden equipment stop
- overload
- 8. Deburring
- Metal shards
- sharp edges
- 9. Quality check
- Faulty measuring tools
- inaccurate measurements
- 10. Clean-up
- Slips on fluid spills
- cuts from metal shards
- 11. Maintenance
- Improper tool storage
- faulty wiring
- 12. Electrical safety
- Electrical shock
- damaged cords
- 13. Noise control
- Excessive noise
- hearing damage
- 14. Vibration control
- Hand-arm vibration
- repetitive strain injuries
- 15. Emergency procedures
- Inadequate emergency planning
- inaccessible fire extinguishers