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The Bunsen Burner Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Chemical spill
- inhalation of harmful fumes
- 2. Bunsen Burner setup
- Burns from flame
- incorrect installation
- 3. Lighting the flame
- Explosion
- skin burns
- 4. Heating materials
- Unsafe handling
- overheating
- flammable materials igniting
- 5. Adjusting flame
- Uncontrolled flame
- thermal burns
- 6. Conducting experiment
- Incorrect procedure
- harmful reactions
- 7. Monitoring experiment
- Failure to detect hazardous conditions
- improper supervision
- 8. Shutting off flame
- Inadequate extinguishing
- burns
- gas leaks
- 9. Cooling down process
- Thermal burns
- equipment damage
- 10. Cleaning up
- Spills
- chemical exposure
- broken glassware
- 11. Storage of chemicals and Bunsen Burner
- Improper storage
- mislabeling
- fire hazards
- 12. Emergency procedures
- Ineffective measures
- lack of training or knowledge