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The Buffing and Metal Polishing Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips
- and falls
- Inadequate lighting
- 2. Material handling
- Manual handling injuries
- Disorganization
- 3. Buffing Machine Setup
- Contact with moving parts
- Electrocution
- 4. Metal Polishing Pre-treatment
- Chemical exposure
- Eye irritation
- 5. Buffing
- Flying debris
- Noise exposure
- 6. Metal Polishing Application
- Entanglement in machinery
- Repetitive strain injuries
- 7. Waste Disposal
- Incorrect waste storage
- Fire hazard
- 8. Equipment cleaning
- Machinery entrapment
- Chemical burns
- 9. Inspection and Quality Control
- Poor ergonomics
- Inadequate tools
- 10. Packaging and Storage
- Material lifting
- Stored materials collapse
- 11. Maintenance and Repair
- Inadequate lockout-tagout
- Exposure to sharp objects
- 12. Emergency Preparedness
- Lack of emergency exits
- Insufficient training