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The Sanding And Painting Tasks Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trip hazards
- Inhalation of dust
- 2. Set up safety barriers
- Falling object hazard
- Trip hazard
- 3. Sanding
- Dust inhalation
- Noise hazard
- Vibration hazard
- 4. Dust Disposal
- Skin irritants
- Inhalation of dust
- 5. Clean surfaces
- Chemical splash to eyes
- skin irritation
- 6. Preparation of paint
- Inhalation fumes
- Chemical exposure
- 7. Painting
- Exposure to toxic fumes
- Fire or explosion
- Slip hazard
- 8. Paint disposal
- Hazardous waste handling
- Fire or explosion
- 9. Dry painting
- Contact with skin
- Inhalation of fumes
- 10. Handle painted sections
- Manual handling injuries
- Cut or scrape hazards
- 11. Clean up equipment
- Exposure to chemical residue
- Skin irritation
- 12. Store painting materials
- Fire or explosion
- Chemical exposure
- 13. Dispose of used PPE
- Skin and eye contact with hazardous substance
- Inhalation of hazardous substance
- 14. Cleaning site
- Manual handling injury
- Objects falling from heights
- Exposure to cleaning chemicals
- 15. Maintain storage area
- Manual handling injuries
- Falling objects
- Slips
- trips
- and falls
- 16. Document work practices
- Distraction risk
- Ergonomic stress
- 17. Training of employees
- Miscommunication hazard
- Confusion and lack of understanding
- 18. Emergency procedures practice
- Confusion and panic during a real emergency
- Inability to access necessary safety equipment quickly
- 19. Regular inspections and audits
- Unidentified risks
- Non-compliance with safety regulations
- 20. Feedback and review process
- Ignorance of potential improvements
- Persistence of unidentified or ineffectively addressed hazards