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The Transportation Of Bagged Materials Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trips
- falls
- improper manual handling
- 2. Loading Materials
- Falling objects
- crush injuries
- manual handling injuries
- 3. Transporting Materials
- Vehicle accidents
- falling objects
- environmental hazards
- 4. Unloading Materials
- Falling objects
- crush injuries
- manual handling injuries
- 5. Storing materials
- Improper stacking
- manual handling injuries
- slips and trips
- 6. Inspection of Transport Vehicle
- Inadequate maintenance
- fire from faulty electrical wiring or fuel leakage
- 7. Securing Load
- Falls from height
- manual handling injuries
- crush injuries
- 8. Driving to Destination
- Vehicle accidents
- environmental hazards
- fatigue due to long hours driving
- 9. Material Delivery Confirmation
- Incorrect paper works
- language barrier causing misunderstanding
- 10. Return Journey
- Vehicle accidents
- environmental hazards
- fatigue due to long hours driving
- 11. Rest Breaks
- Inadequate rest area
- inadequate hygiene facilities
- 12. Emergency Procedures
- Inadequate training on emergency procedures
- non-functioning emergency equipment
- 13. End-of-shift Reporting
- Missing injury reports
- inadequate record keeping systems
- 14. Cleaning & Maintenance
- Improper handling of cleaning chemicals
- untagged broken equipment
- 15. Equipment Check & Storage
- Untidy storage spaces
- incorrect storage of equipment
- 16. Environmental stewardship
- Littering
- disposing of hazardous materials incorrectly
- 17. Documentation & Compliance
- Incomplete documents
- non-compliance to safety regulations
- 18. Incident Reporting
- Incorrect reporting
- delayed incident report submission
- 19. Health & Safety Training
- Inadequate training
- inadequate competency assessment
- 20. Reviewing Safe Work Methods
- Inconsistent safety reviews
- failure to update SWMS