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The Transport Scrap Metal With Forklifts Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trip hazards
- incorrect manual handling techniques
- 2. Equipment Inspection
- Faulty equipment
- inadequate training
- 3. Area Assessment
- Objects in pathway
- unstable loads
- 4. Loading Scrap Metal
- Overloading
- sharp objects
- 5. Transporting Load
- Collision with people or objects
- uneven surfaces causing load instability
- 6. Unloading Scrap Metal
- Falling materials
- sharp objects
- 7. Equipment Maintenance
- Failure of equipment
- mishandling during maintenance
- 8. Finalising Task
- Incorrect storage of equipment
- leftover scrap metal causing trip hazards
- 9. Emergency Procedures
- Inadequate emergency response
- lack of training/awareness
- 10. Reporting and Documentation
- Incomplete reporting processes
- misunderstanding or lack of communication
- 11. Clean-up of Work Space
- Loose debris
- spilled fluids
- unsafe disposal practices
- 12. Post-Operation Checks
- Unidentified damage to equipment
- careless inspection leading to overlooked risks
- 13. Waste Disposal
- Unsafe disposal practices
- injury from handling waste materials
- 14. Storage and Security
- Incorrect storage leading to damage or theft
- unauthorised access to equipment
- 15. Reviewing Job Process
- Miscommunication amongst team
- failure to identify potential risks