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The Stacking Hay Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trip hazards
- Manual handling injuries
- Exposure to dust
- 2. Transporting hay to stacking area
- Vehicle accident
- Overloading
- Falling objects
- 3. Lifting and piling hay bales
- Back injury
- Falling objects
- 4. Installing Hay stack safety net
- Falling from height
- Trip hazards
- 5. Securing stack with ties
- Cutting hazard
- Falling objects
- 6. Operate lifting equipment
- Machinery malfunction
- Crushing hazard
- 7. Load stacked hay onto trailers
- Manual handling injuries
- Falling objects
- 8. Tying down loads on trailer
- Falls from height
- Twisting/sprain injuries
- 9. Transportation of hay stacks
- Traffic hazards
- Toppling loads
- 10. Unloading and final placement
- Risks when descending from cab
- Dropping loads
- 11. Selection and use of PPE
- Incorrect selection or misuse of PPE
- Faulty PPE
- 12. Regular safety checks
- Missed risk factors
- Neglected maintenance protocols
- 13. Decommissioning and clean up
- Improper waste disposal
- Slip/trip hazards
- 14. Inspecting for pests
- Bites
- Infection risks
- Exposure to allergens
- 15. Fire safety control
- Risk of ignition if hay is too dry
- Poor visibility due to smoke
- 16. Emergency evacuation planning
- Inadequate escape routes
- Poor communication
- 17. Operator training and supervision
- Injury due to lack of knowledge/training
- Failure to comply with rules
- 18. Equipment maintenance
- Machinery malfunction
- Electrical hazards
- 19. Post-operation report documentation
- Missed risk factors
- Incomplete data recording
- 20. Incident reporting procedures
- Failure to report incidents
- Miscommunication