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The Cope With Harmful Dust Exposure Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Dust inhalation
- trip and fall hazards
- 2. Setting up dust extraction equipment
- Improperly installed equipment
- electrical hazards
- 3. Equipment testing
- Noise exposure
- machinery-related injuries
- 4. Personal protective equipment fitting
- Incorrect fit
- ineffective protection against dust
- 5. Work commencement
- Prolonged dust exposure
- eye injury from flying particles
- 6. Regular breaks
- Fatigue
- persistent dust exposure even during rest periods
- 7. Site clean-up
- Exposure to remaining dust particles
- strain from heavy lifting
- 8. Decontamination processes
- Skin irritation
- eye injury due to improper handling of cleaning solutions
- 9. Equipment storage
- Incorrect storage leading to damage
- trip and fall hazards
- 10. Dust level monitoring
- Continuous dust exposure
- inaccurate reading leading to insufficient safety measures
- 11. Equipment maintenance
- Electrical hazards
- unexpected equipment failure
- 12. Training on dust control&EHS rules
- Inadequate training
- misunderstandings of procedures
- 13. Health monitoring of employees
- Overlooking health complications due to irregular checks
- privacy concerns
- 14. Work site inspection
- Inaccurate hazard identification
- overlooked risk areas
- 15. Emergency Plan
- Lack of understanding of emergency evacuation route
- panic in emergency situations
- 16. Review and update EHS plans
- Inadequate updates leading to outdated safety measures
- complacency in regular checks
- 17. Reporting procedure
- Miscommunication
- delayed or insufficient reporting of incidents
- 18. Work termination
- Improper debriefing
- overlooked follow-up on employee's health
- 19. Debriefing and evaluation
- Inadequate feedback
- miscommunication
- 20. Documentation and recordkeeping
- Loss of important documents
- data privacy breaches