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The Running Jigsaw Machines Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Inappropriate use of equipment
- Unsafe workplace environment
- 2. Pre-Operational Inspection
- Inadequate training
- Machine malfunction
- 3. Setting Up the Machine
- Machine entanglement
- Electrical hazards
- 4. Running the Jigsaw Machine
- Noise and vibration
- Dust inhalation
- Kickback from machine
- 5. Material Handling
- Manual lifting
- Slips and trips
- Cuts and abrasions
- 6. Cutting Process
- Kick back from machine
- Body injury from cutting objects
- Noise and Vibration
- 7. Changing Blades
- Cuts or pinches
- Unintended start-up
- 8. Maintenance
- Unexpected startup
- Contact with sharp/hot surfaces
- 9. Cleaning up the Machine
- Exposure to chemicals
- Slips and trips
- 10. Machine Storage
- Mishandling leading to damage
- potential for slips
- trips and falls
- 11. Emergency Procedures
- Fire
- Electrical shock
- Faulty machinery
- 12. Stopping/Shutdown Procedure
- Uncontrolled release of energy
- Inadequate safeguarding
- 13. Waste Management
- Chemical exposure
- Injury from disposal of sharp materials
- 14. Training and Supervision
- Inadequate training
- Careless operations
- Incorrect technique/ operation
- 15. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Review
- Poorly fitting PPE
- Inadequate PPE
- 16. Reporting and Documentation
- Misinformed operations
- Unreported incidents leading to hazards
- 17. Health and Safety Policies and Standards Review
- Non-compliance to regulations
- Unclear instructions
- 18. Machine Checks Before Operation
- Mechanical failure
- Electric shock
- 19. Material Evaluation
- Inappropriate material for task
- Potential for incorrect cuts
- 20. Post-Operation Assessment
- Undetected fault in machine
- Untreated injury due to lack of review