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The Unpacking Shipment Cargo Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Failure to wear appropriate clothing
- Ignorance of safety guidelines
- 2. Loading Dock Arrival
- Vehicle collision
- Slips and trips
- manual handling injuries
- 3. Shipment Inspection
- Falling objects
- cutting injuries
- 4. Document Verification
- Eye strains
- ergonomic risks from poor posture
- 5. Equipment Usage checking
- Faulty equipment
- manual handling injuries
- 6. Forklift Operation
- Machinery accident
- noise pollution
- 7. Palette Unloading
- Manual handling injuries
- falling objects
- 8. Cargo Breakdown
- Falling cargo
- trapped fingers or limbs
- 9. InspectingIndividual Items
- Cutting injuries
- dust inhalation
- 10. Disposal of Packing Materials
- Cut/puncture wounds from sharp edges
- manual handling injuries
- 11. Materials Sorting
- Manual handling injuries
- clutter causing trip hazards
- 12. Stock Replenishment
- falling objects
- manual handling injuries
- working at height risks
- 13. Cleanup
- Slips and falls due to wet or cluttered floors
- 14. Reporting Any Issues
- Ergonomic risks from computer use
- stress
- 15. Site Exit
- Slips and trips on uneven ground
- vehicle collision
- 16. Review and Update Risk Assessment
- Changes in process not updated
- out dated control measures
- 17. Training of Staff
- Risks not effectively communicated
- inadequate training leading to accidents
- 18. Compliance Auditing
- Non-adherence to safety guidelines
- ineffective protocols
- 19. Emergency Response Planning
- Unprepared for emergencies
- lack of knowledge on evacuation plan
- 20. Periodic Maintenance Checks
- Faulty machinery
- omitting maintenance tasks