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The Deep Freezer Cleanings Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect manual handling
- Slips
- trips and falls
- 2. Inspect Deep Freezer
- Electrocution
- Injury from moving parts
- 3. Assembling Cleaning Equipment
- Chemical burns
- Allergic reactions to cleaning chemicals
- 4. Unloading Freezer Contents
- Muscular strain
- exposure to harmful bacteria
- 5. Defrosting the Freezer
- Possible electrocution
- Frostbite from quick thawing
- 6. Cleaning the inside of Freezer
- Inhalation of strong cleaner fumes
- injuries due to slips
- 7. Checking the Thermostat
- Risk of electric shocks
- 8. Scrubbing and wiping walls and doors
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Strain injuries
- 9. Cleaning the outside of Freezer
- Inhalation of cleaning products’ fumes
- Skin irritations
- 10. Loading Freezer Content
- Repetitive stress injuries
- exposure to potential spoiled food
- 11. Applying sanitising agents
- Direct contact with skin causing irritations
- Eye irritations
- 12. Drying the cleaned area
- Injuries due to slips on wet surface
- Mildew formation
- 13. Disposing waste
- Trip hazards
- Exposure to contaminants
- 14. Checking and Testing Freezer operation
- Electric shocks
- Burns from hot parts
- 15. Reporting findings
- Paper cuts from handling report files
- Eye strain from computer glare
- 16. Storage and care of cleaning equipment
- Mishandling of sharp tools
- Exposure to residual chemicals
- 17. Disconnection and reconnection of power appliances
- Electric shocks
- Burns from hot parts
- 18. Personal Hygiene after Cleanup
- Soap allergies
- Slips on the bathroom floor
- 19. Communication with team and management
- Data misinterpretation
- Miscommunication
- 20. Inspection for any further exigencies
- Unventilated working environment
- Inadequate lightning