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The Container Handling Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Unsecured containers
- Improper personal protective equipment (PPE)
- 2. Machinery inspection
- Electrical hazards
- Tripping hazards
- 3. Container lifting and transportation
- Falling objects
- Injury due to heavy lifting
- 4. Positioning the container on truck
- Crushing hazard
- Slipping hazard
- 5. Driving to destination
- Vehicle accident
- Overturning of container
- 6. Arrival at destination
- Unauthorized access
- Vandalism
- 7. Offloading container
- Crushing hazard
- Falling object hazard
- 8. Container storage
- Toppling hazard
- Fire hazards
- 9. Container maintenance
- Chemical hazards
- Injury due to improper tools use
- 10. Waste disposal
- Health hazards from exposure to harmful substances
- Fire hazards
- 11. Periodic checks and servicing
- Electrocution
- slip
- trip
- and fall hazards
- 12. Emergency procedures learning
- Communication difficulty
- Inadequacy in emergency training
- 13. Documentation & Reporting
- Miscommunication
- Loss of documentation
- 14. Decontamination and clean-up
- Exposure to harmful substances
- Slippery surfaces
- 15. Final Inspection
- Missing potential hazards
- Ignoring safety protocols
- 16. Loader operation and control
- Trapped fingers or limbs
- Uncontrolled movements
- 17. Docking and undocking containers
- Struck by moving vehicle
- Falling from height
- 18. Container loading
- Incorrect manual handling
- Crush injury
- 19. Security protocols adherence
- Unauthorized access
- Loss or theft of assets
- 20. Container decommissioning
- Exposure to harmful substances
- High noise levels