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The Scraping Tasks Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Injuries from using tools
- electrical hazards
- 2. Scraping-Setup
- Manual handling injuries
- Noise exposure
- Dust/fume exposure
- 3. Area-Isolation
- Trips and slips from clutter
- Segregation hazards
- 4. Equipment-Check
- Electric shock
- Faulty equipment incidents
- 5. Scraping-Begin
- Flying debris
- Sharp object injury
- Dust/fume inhalation
- 6. Material-Removal
- Manual handling injuries
- Slips and falls from loose materials
- 7. Scraping-Continue
- Musculoskeletal disorders
- Continuous noise exposure
- 8. Breaks/Rest
- Mental fatigue
- Trips from unorganised area
- 9. Cleanup/Disposal
- Cutting or puncture wounds
- Manual handling injuries
- 10. Tool Maintenance
- Hand Arm Vibration Syndrome
- Electrical hazards
- 11. Final Inspection
- Manual handling injuries
- Inadequate lighting risking incomplete task
- 12. Documentation
- Ergonomic related issues
- Stress from excessive administrative work
- 13. Area De-isolation
- Trips and slips from ineffective area clearing
- 14. Equipment-Store
- Injury from improper storage
- Slips and falls from equipment protruding
- 15. Reporting
- Stress from overly rigorous procedures
- Inadequate training
- 16. Post-task review
- Mental fatigue
- Stress from post-audit activities
- 17. Shift Handover Communication
- Miscommunication leading to incidents
- Fatigue-related errors
- 18. Work Completion and Exit
- Falls from elevation due to poor access egress
- Unattended equipment causing injury
- 19. Periodic Monitoring/Inspection
- Mistakes due to lack of understanding
- Stress from continuous monitoring
- 20. Emergency Evacuation Plan
- Injury from hurried evacuation
- Panic related incidents