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The Corrosives Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect storage
- Spillage of corrosive materials
- 2. Material handling
- Manual handling injuries
- Exposure to chemicals
- 3. Personal protective equipment selection
- Inadequate PPE
- Failure of PPE
- 4. Equipment inspection and maintenance
- Faulty equipment
- Lack of maintenance
- 5. Application of corrosive materials
- Uncontrolled reactions
- Accidental ingestion
- 6. Ventilation and extraction system installation
- Inadequate ventilation
- Inappropriate extraction systems
- 7. Hazardous waste management
- Contamination of environment
- Improper disposal
- 8. Employee training
- Inadequate training
- Miscommunication
- 9. Emergency procedures
- Lack of emergency planning
- Ineffective response
- 10. Transportation of corrosives
- Vehicle accidents
- Environmental hazards
- 11. First aid procedures
- Inability to provide first aid
- Untrained first-aiders
- 12. Usage of gas monitors
- Incorrect use of gas monitor
- Malfunction of gas detectors
- 13. Health monitoring
- Inadequate monitoring
- Undetected health issues
- 14. Risk assessment
- Inaccurate risk assessment
- Misidentified hazards
- 15. Permit-to-work systems
- Forgery or misuse of permits
- Inadequate monitoring
- 16. Safety communication
- Lack of hazard communication
- Misinformation
- 17. Job rotation and rest breaks
- Insufficient breaks
- Worker fatigue
- 18. Spill response procedures
- Inadequate spill kit
- Inefficient response
- 19. Monitoring and review
- Lack of ongoing assessment
- Failure to act on findings
- 20. Incident reporting and investigation
- Delayed reporting
- Incomplete investigations