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The Stacking And Unstacking Loads Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trip and fall hazards
- dropped objects
- 2. Equipment Check
- Incorrect equipment used
- faulty equipment
- 3. Materials Assessment
- Inadequate labelling
- unstable loads
- 4. Safe Lifting Techniques
- Muscloskeletal injury
- back injury
- 5. Stacking Loads
- Crushed by load
- falling materials
- 6. Unstacking Loads
- Falling materials
- musculoskeletal injury
- 7. Load Transportation
- Manual handling injuries
- trip and falls
- 8. Handling Various Sizes
- Unstable stack
- awkward postures
- 9. Using Mechanical Aids
- Equipment failure
- crushing injuries
- 10. Stacking Heights
- Falling materials
- overreaching
- 11. Route Planning
- Collisions
- trip and fall hazards
- 12. Communication
- Miscommunication leading to accidents
- 13. Regular Inspections
- Missed hazards
- machinery malfunction
- 14. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Inadequate PPE
- misuse of PPE
- 15. Clean Up
- Strains from bending
- slips and falls
- 16. Incident Reporting
- Incomplete reporting
- delayed response
- 17. Emergency Procedures
- Delayed evacuation
- inadequate first aid
- 18. Load Securement
- Loose items
- trip and fall hazards
- 19. Dealing with Spills
- Chemical exposure
- slips and falls
- 20. Training & Supervision
- Inadequate training leading to accidents