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The Climbing Stairs With Heavy Loads Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Inadequate fitness
- poor footwear
- 2. Lifting Load
- Musculoskeletal injury
- foot injury from dropped loads
- 3. Ascending Stairs
- Tripping or falling
- heavy load displacement
- 4. Pause for Rest
- Load causing imbalance
- fatigue
- 5. Resuming Climbing
- Loss of balance
- excessive strain
- 6. Reaching the Top
- Dizziness
- fall hazards
- 7. Putting Down the Load
- Foot injury from dropped loads
- back strain from improper lifting
- 8. Descending Stairs
- Falling while descending
- tripping
- 9. Lifting Load for Return Trip
- Musculoskeletal injury
- foot injury from dropped loads
- 10. Ascending Stairs Again
- Fatigue
- loss of balance
- 11. Pause for Rest
- Exertion
- potential for accident due to tiredness
- 12. Continuation of Climb
- Accidental drop of load
- physical exertion risks
- 13. Reaching the Top
- Dizziness
- potential for falling when tired
- 14. Setting Load Down at Destination
- Potential foot injury
- risk of straining muscles by incorrect posture
- 15. Break Time
- Over-exertion
- Dehydration
- 16. Resuming Work
- Fatigue
- repetitive strain injuries
- 17. Descending Stairs without Load
- Falling risk
- misstep due to tiredness
- 18. End of Task
- Cleanup hazards notably slipping/tripping over left objects and equipment