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The Use Of Wheelbarrows Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Injury from improper lifting
- Slipping or tripping over equipment
- 2. Transporting Load
- Collision with others
- Hand injury due to repetitive strain
- 3. Loading Wheelbarrow
- Overloading
- Back injury from improper lifting
- 4. Navigating Worksite
- Falling objects
- Uneven ground causing tip-over
- 5. Unloading Wheelbarrow
- Finger pinch points
- Hazardous substances contact
- 6. Returning Wheelbarrow
- Struck by moving machinery
- Trip hazard from incorrect storage
- 7. Clean-up
- Exposure to chemicals
- Incorrect disposal of waste
- 8. Maintenance Check
- Pinch points
- Inefficient brakes causing roll-away accidents
- 9. Reporting Incidents
- Job site safety oversight
- inadequate training
- 10. Emergency Procedures
- Unprepared for emergency
- Injury during evacuation
- 11. Quality Checks
- Substandard equipment
- Faulty wheel attachment
- 12. Rest and Breaks
- Fatigue
- Lack of hydration
- 13. Park & Secure Wheelbarrow
- Wheelbarrow rolling away
- Improperly secured loads
- 14. End of Day Checks
- Oversight of maintenance needs
- Forgotten tools / parts on job site
- 15. Decommissioning
- Incorrect disposal
- Chemical residue remaining