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The Unloading Equipment From Trailers. Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Mishandling of equipment
- Improper Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- 2. Trailer Arrival
- Collision with other vehicles
- Slips
- trips and falls
- 3. Positioning of trailer
- Risks from moving vehicles
- Falls from height
- 4. Commercial Vehicle Security check
- Electrical hazards
- incorrect handling of tools
- 5. Unloading Process: Disconnecting Goods
- Crush injuries
- Caught between vehicle and load
- 6. Unloading Process: Lifting Goods
- Manual handling injuries
- Falling objects
- 7. Setting down load
- Musculoskeletal disorders
- Struck by moving object
- 8. Repositioning after unloading
- Vehicle movement risks
- Collisions
- 9. Inspection of unloaded goods
- Cuts and abrasions
- incorrect handling of goods
- 10. Storage of unloaded equipment
- Incorrect storage positioning
- Slips
- trips and falls due to cluttered area
- 11. Movement of equipment to storage area
- Collisions
- manual handling injuries
- 12. Recording and reporting of unload execution
- Data errors
- misinformation
- 13. Post-unloading clean-up
- Slips
- trips and falls due to cluttered area
- exposure to hazardous substances
- 14. Post-Unload Vehicle Check
- Mechanical faults leading to injuries
- fire hazard from vehicle problems
- 15. Safely disposing of any waste materials
- Exposure to harmful substances
- manual handling injuries
- 16. Departure of trailer
- Collisions
- struck by moving vehicle
- 17. Review and update of unloading procedures
- Miscommunication
- outdated procedures leading to hazards being overlooked
- 18. Trailer Maintenance
- Mechanical faults leading to injuries
- exposure to hazardous substances during maintenance
- 19. Personal decontamination
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- 20. End of shift procedures
- Fatigue due to long shifts leading to errors in procedure adherence