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The Sawmill Operation Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Flying debris
- Noise exposure
- 2. Log Infeed
- Machine trapping
- Falls from height
- 3. Basic Sawing
- Kickbacks
- Noise exposure
- Dust inhalation
- 4. Edging & Trimming
- Cut injuries
- Noise exposure
- Hand-arm vibration syndrome
- 5. Removal of Sawdust
- Inhalation of dust
- Fire from sawdust accumulation
- 6. Log Outfeed
- Trapping between equipment
- Slips trips and falls
- 7. Blade Maintenance
- Cut injuries
- Eye injury from flying fragments
- 8. Batten Stacking
- Manual handling injuries
- Struck by moving object
- 9. Waste Disposal
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Manual handling injuries
- 10. Machine Adjustment
- Entanglement
- Electric shock
- 11. Quality Inspection
- Eye strain
- Dust inhalation
- 12. Stock Movement
- Collision
- Overexertion
- 13. Emergency Procedures
- Psychological stress
- Injury during evacuation
- 14. Equipment Shutdown
- Electric shock
- Energy release
- 15. Clean-up
- Exposure to harmful substances
- Injury from cleaning tools
- 16. Reporting & Documentation
- Ergonomic hazards
- Psychological stress
- 17. Staff Breaks
- Burns from hot drinks
- Food borne illnesses
- 18. End of Shift Procedures
- Fatigue
- Nighttime driving hazards
- 19. Transporting Logs
- Collision
- Load shift
- 20. Training and Supervision
- Inadequate training leading to various hazards