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The Changing Motor Belts And Pulleys Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Electrical hazards
- Manual handling injuries
- 2. Assessing workspace
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Contact with moving machinery
- 3. Gaining access to belts and pulleys
- Falls from height
- Entrapment in machinery
- 4. Removing old belt
- Trapped fingers
- Cuts and abrasions
- 5. Fitting new belt
- Manual handling injuries
- Trapped fingers
- 6. Adjusting tension
- Finger injuries
- Strains and sprains
- 7. Checking pulley alignment
- Eye injuries
- Contact with moving machinery
- 8. Testing operation
- Electric shock
- Caught in machinery
- 9. Final checks
- Stored kinetic energy
- Burn risk from hot components
- 10. Clean up
- Electrical hazards
- Slip
- trip and fall hazards
- 11. Record maintenance details
- Musculoskeletal injuries from poor ergonomics
- 12. Dispose of old parts
- Cutting injuries
- Exposure to harmful substances
- 13. Return machine to service
- Electrical shock
- Operation errors
- 14. Operator training
- Misuse of equipment
- Lack of knowledge or understanding
- 15. Regular follow-ups
- Inconsistent operation
- Unexpected failure
- 16. Emergency Plan
- Non-compliance to emergency procedures
- 17. Ongoing communication
- Inadequate information exchange
- 18. Ensuring safety
- Inadequate safety measures
- Non-compliance to safety regulations
- 19. Identify risks
- Lack of risk identification
- Missed hazards
- 20. Risk evaluation
- Incorrect analysis