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The Dowelling Work Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Manual handling injuries
- noise emission
- 2. Assess Job Site
- Slips
- trips
- and falls
- injury from falling objects
- 3. Equipment Set-up
- Crush or pinch points
- falling equipment
- 4. Drilling
- Noise induced hearing loss
- flying debris
- 5. Dowelling Insertion
- Splinters
- repetitive strain injuries
- 6. Levelling and Tightening
- Struck by moving object
- muscular strain
- 7. Quality Check
- Eye strain
- ergonomics related issues
- 8. Clean Up
- Exposure to dust
- injury from cleaning tools
- 9. Transport
- Manual handling injuries
- struck by moving vehicle
- 10. Storage
- Crush injuries from incorrectly stacked materials
- dust inhalation
- 11. Emergency Procedures
- Inadequate training
- lack of appropriate response equipment
- 12. Maintenance
- Electric shock
- noise induced hearing loss
- 13. Breakdowns
- Injury due to unexpected start-up
- inadequate isolation
- 14. Decommissioning
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- manual handling injuries
- 15. Record Keeping
- Poor ergonomics
- eye strain
- 16. Review of Processes
- Poor communication
- misunderstanding procedures
- 17. Staff Training
- Inadequate training
- misunderstandings
- 18. Regular Checks
- Muscular strain
- repetitive motion injury
- 19. Updating Regulations
- Miscommunication
- misunderstanding new regulations
- 20. Compliance and Monitoring
- Non-compliance issues
- legal implications