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The Chemical Hazards Mitigation Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Chemical spills
- Contaminated equipment
- 2. Material Handling
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- Manual handling injuries
- 3. Storage and Transportation
- Spills during loading/unloading process
- Broken containers leaking
- 4. Use of Personal Protective Equipments (PPE)
- Inadequate PPE used
- Damaged or faulty PPE
- 5. Mixing Chemicals
- Mistakes in measurement
- Wrong combination of chemicals
- 6. Cleaning work area
- Poor contraction design
- Insufficient cleaning materials
- 7. Waste disposal
- Inappropriate waste disposal
- Lack of training on correct procedures
- 8. Reporting any hazards identified
- Failure to report potential chemical hazards
- Inappropriate risk management
- 9. Regular inspection
- Failure to identify risks
- Inadequate records of inspections
- 10. Equipment shutdown & securing
- Non-compliance with shutdown procedures
- Untrained staff
- 11. Emergency response
- Lack of trained personnel
- Inadequate emergency response procedure and planning
- 12. Regulatory compliance
- Lack of updated regulatory information
- Non-compliance to regulations
- 13. Training and orientations
- Lack of worker's knowledge about safety measures
- Negligence towards safety guidelines and procedures
- 14. Hazardous chemical labelling & signage
- Mislabelling or non-labelling of hazardous materials
- Ignorance of potential hazards due to poor signage
- 15. Inventory and Maintenance
- Inadequate stock management system
- Poor maintenance of storage areas and equipment
- 16. Regular health assessment
- Lack of medical checks on workforce
- Health conditions going unnoticed and untreated
- 17. Review of safety procedures
- Outdated safety procedures
- Non-compliance to safety guidelines
- 18. Accident investigation
- Improper or lack of accidents investigation
- Failing to implement corrective measures after an investigation
- 19. Documentation and record keeping
- Poor record maintenance
- Inaccurate documentation about safety measures
- 20. Dealing with visitor
- Visitors unaware of safety procedures
- Possible contamination from visitors