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The Torch Down Application Hazards Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect handling of materials
- Trips and falls
- 2. Safety gear check
- Inadequate safety gear
- Improper use of safety gear
- 3. Setting up workspace
- Crowded work area
- Obstructed pathways
- 4. Pre-application surface cleaning
- Slippery surfaces
- Exposure to strong cleaning substances
- 5. Heating torch
- Fire risk
- Burns from hot equipment
- 6. Surface primer application
- Fume inhalation
- Eye irritation from splashes
- 7. Torch down application
- Fire risk
- Burns from hot asphalt
- Fall from height
- 8. Cooling period
- Thermal burns from hot surfaces
- Impatient behaviour
- 9. Inspection
- Trips over equipment
- Heat exposure
- 10. Post-application cleanup
- Cut hazards from sharp tools
- Trips over debris
- 11. Waste disposal
- Improper waste handling
- Sharp waste objects
- 12. Gear storage
- Inappropriate storage
- Wear and tear of gear
- 13. Tool maintenance
- Injury from sharp tools
- Mismanaged maintenance activity
- 14. Task debriefing
- Stress
- Fatigue
- 15. Reporting
- Missed reporting
- Incomplete information