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The Bending And Shaping Materials Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Manual handling injuries
- Exposure to harmful dusts or aerosols
- 2. Material selection
- Falling objects
- Cuts from sharp edges
- 3. Machine set-up
- Entanglement in machine
- Electrical hazards
- 4. Machine operation
- Noise exposure
- Flying particles
- 5. Material shaping
- Cuts or abrasions
- Hand-arm vibration syndrome
- 6. Quality checking
- Eye strain
- Repetitive motion injuries
- 7. Waste disposal
- Hazardous waste
- Heavy lifting
- 8. Maintenance
- Electrical hazards
- Trapped fingers
- 9. Product packing
- Manual handling injuries
- repetitive strain injury
- 10. Unloading and storage
- Falls from height
- Falling objects
- Manual Handling injuries
- 11. Incident reporting
- Psychological stress
- Paper cut
- 12. Break time
- Foodborne illnesses
- Slips and falls
- 13. Machine cleaning
- Chemical exposure
- Slippery surfaces
- 14. End of shift cleanup
- Manual handling injuries
- Chemical exposure
- 15. Emergency procedure practice
- Psychological Stress
- Physical strain
- 16. Training new worker
- Inadequate training leading to misuse of equipment
- Psychological Stress
- 17. Equipment check before shutdown
- Electrical hazards
- Unexpected start-up
- 18. Records and documentation
- Paper cut
- Psychological pressure from overwork
- 19. Vehicle loading
- Manual handling injuries
- Slips and falls forklift overturning
- 20. End of day debrief
- Psychological stress
- Lack of attention to safety information