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The Stacking Boxes Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect manual handling techniques
- Fall from height
- 2. Transporting boxes to stacking area
- Struck by moving object
- Slips
- Trips
- and Falls
- 3. Checking box conditions
- Manual handling injuries
- Exposure to hazardous substances within boxes
- 4. Sorting Boxes
- Incorrect manual handling
- Strain and sprain injuries
- 5. Lifting boxes for stacking
- Back or other musculoskeletal injury
- Falling objects
- 6. Positioning Boxes on stack
- Falling objects
- unstable stack of boxes
- Manual handling injuries
- 7. Securing stacked boxes
- Falls from height
- Falling objects
- 8. Cleaning up the work area
- Exposure to cleaning chemical
- Slippery surfaces due to wet cleaning methods
- 9. Disposing of empty boxes
- Rubbish-related injuries
- improper waste disposal methods
- 10. Regular box stack checks
- Unstable stacks
- tripping over missed boxes
- 11. Reporting any safety concerns
- Mental stress if concerns are not taken seriously
- 12. Periodic re-stacking
- Falls from height
- Falling materials
- 13. Loading transport vehicle
- Collision with vehicle
- manual handling injuries
- 14. Unloading at destination point
- Crushing between the truck and loading dock
- falling objects
- 15. Final clean-up
- Slip
- trip and fall hazards due to not properly cleaned-up area
- 16. Final safety check
- Risk of overlooking safety issues
- complacency
- 17. Completion paperwork
- Ergonomic injuries from improper posture
- eye strain
- 18. Dissemination of documentation
- Risk of lost or incomplete documentation distribution
- 19. De-briefing team
- Mental stress if concerns are not addressed
- 20. Review SWMS adherence
- Risk of overlooking non-adherence incidents
- complacency