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The Silo Loading And Unloading Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Tripping
- falling objects
- mechanical hazards
- 2. Positioning vehicle
- Vehicle collision
- vehicle overturning
- 3. Silo inspection
- Falling from heights
- confined spaces
- 4. Connecting hoses
- Manual handling injuries
- tripping over hoses
- 5. Loading product
- Dust exposure
- noise
- 6. Unloading product
- Risk of engulfment
- dust exposure
- noise
- 7. Uncoupling hoses
- Manual handling injuries
- exposure to chemicals
- 8. Vehicle departure
- Vehicle collision
- pedestrian injury
- 9. Housekeeping and maintenance
- Slips
- trips and falls
- hazardous substances
- 10. Emergency procedures
- Injury from lack of procedure knowledge
- 11. Testing and repairing equipment
- Electric shock
- machinery hazards
- 12. Inventory management
- Manual lifting
- toppling stacks
- 13. Climbing silo ladders
- Falls from height
- ladder instability
- 14. Opening/closing hatches
- Pinch points
- fall hazards
- 15. Communicating with team
- Miscommunication leading to accidents
- 16. End of shift check
- Fatigue
- missed issues due to haste
- 17. Incident reporting
- Failure to report leading to future incidents
- 18. Safety equipment checks
- Faulty equipment leading to accidents
- 19. General training
- Inadequate knowledge leading to accidents
- 20. Workplace inspection
- Unidentified hazards
- accident-prone areas