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The Care Of Houseplants And Indoor Trees. Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect handling of equipment
- Exposure to plant allergens
- 2. Equipment selection
- Improper choice of tools
- Equipment malfunction
- 3. Watering
- Overwatering leading to structural damage
- Slips due to water spills
- 4. Fertilizer application
- Skin irritation from fertilizers
- Ingestion/ Inhalation of poisonous substances
- 5. Pruning small houseplants
- Cuts and injuries
- Plant stress
- 6. Handling indoor trees
- Manual Handling injuries
- Falls when reaching for upper branches
- 7. Soil replacement
- Dust inhalation
- Bacterial infections
- Back strain from lifting heavy soil bags
- 8. Pest control
- Exposure to toxic pesticides
- Insect bites
- 9. Cleaning up
- Trips and falls over tools left out
- Aggravated dust allergies
- 10. Waste Disposal
- Handling sharp debris
- Exposure to harmful organic materials
- 11. Re-positioning plants
- Manual handling injuries
- Plant health risk from shock
- 12. Checking structural stability
- Falls from unstable furniture while placing the plants higher
- Pot tipping over injury
- 13. Light assessment
- Eye strain from strong lights
- Electric shock from light fittings
- 14. Temperature and humidity check
- Mold exposure
- Burns or chills from checking heating equipments
- 15. Observing plant health changes
- Contact with infected plants (infections or allergies)
- Mental stress from unhealthy plants
- 16. Periodic maintenance schedule set-up
- Eye strain from computer work
- Mental stress from scheduling complications
- 17. Emergency procedures practice
- Stress and anxiety during practice
- Physical injures from inadequate practice of procedures