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The Cleaning And Clearing Area Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Injury due to improper equipment handling
- tripping over materials
- chemical exposure
- 2. Site Inspection
- Risk of falls or trips from clutter
- unexpected interaction with machinery
- 3. Setting Up Cleaning Equipment
- Contact with electricity
- physical strain due to lifting heavy equipment
- 4. Initial Clearing
- Sharp objects causing injury
- slips or falls due to untidy area
- 5. Sorting Materials
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- cuts or abrasions from handling waste
- 6. Using Cleaning Chemicals
- Chemical burns
- eye injury
- inhalation of toxic fumes
- 7. Deep Cleaning
- Heat exhaustion
- slips on wet surfaces
- electrical shock from cleaning equipment
- 8. Drying Area
- Accidental falls on still-wet floors
- 9. Disposal of Wastes
- Cuts or punctures from sharp objects
- disease transmission from biological wastes
- 10. Equipment Re-stowage
- Muscle strains due to lifting heavy equipment
- trip hazards from equipment left out
- 11. Final Inspection
- Trip hazards from missed debris
- exhaustion due to long work period
- 12. Administrative Tasks
- Paper cuts
- stress from workload
- 13. Debriefing
- Miscommunication leading to future risks
- fatigue from prolonged standing
- 14. Clean-Up and Close-Out
- Repetitive motion injuries
- lifting heavy objects
- slips
- trips
- and falls
- 15. Incident Review
- Stress from incident reporting
- potential for not identifying all hazards if conducted too quickly