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The Unsafe Stacking And Storage Handling Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Improper lifting technique
- possible trip or fall hazard from misplaced items
- 2. Evaluation of materials
- Incorrect material evaluation
- staff not aware of load’s weight causing potential harm
- 3. Proper stacking and storing
- Potential of falling objects from incorrect stack
- unstable stacks collapsing
- 4. Staff Training
- Inadequate safe manual handling training
- lack of knowledge to handle hazards
- 5. Regular inspection
- Missed identification of potential risks due to lack in regular checks
- negligence
- 6. Correct handling equipment use
- Improper use of handling equipment leading to injuries
- 7. Reporting procedure
- Failure in reporting
- lack of proper channels for communication
- 8. Housekeeping
- Cluttered pathways increasing risk of tripping
- poor lighting
- 9. Maintenance of equipment
- Faulty equipment
- lack of regular maintenance
- 10. Worker protection gear
- Lack of correct PPE usage
- inadequate supply of PPE
- 11. Safe stacking principle
- Overloading parameters
- stacking on uneven ground
- 12. Load shifting
- Moving load unsafely
- shift without due observation
- 13. Emergency procedures
- Unawareness of emergency/evacuation plan
- lack of training
- 14. Review and improvement
- Compliance deficiencies unchecked
- no review strategies in place
- 15. Waste management
- Mishandling hazardous waste
- improper disposal
- 16. Fire safety
- Ignorance of fire safety measures
- lack of fire extinguishers in storage area
- 17. Safe unloading procedure
- Unsafe or hurried unloading methods
- staff not adhering to unloading safety measures
- 18. Train for new technologies
- Inadequate awareness on how to use new tech equipment
- not upgrading skills
- 19. Chemical handling
- Incorrect chemical identification
- lack of knowledge regarding chemical hazards
- 20. Dealing with hazardous goods
- Improper storage of flammable products
- untrained staff handling dangerous goods