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The Vibration Induced By Heavy Machinery Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Fall from heights
- Struck by moving equipment
- 2. Work Area Establishment
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Inadequate lighting
- 3. Equipment Inspection
- Electric shock
- Cut or piercing injury
- 4. Operational Training
- Inexperience leading to accidents
- Confusion in operating heavy machinery
- 5. Machine Start-up
- Machine explosion
- Unintentional machine start
- 6. Actual Operation
- Excessive noise
- prolonged vibration exposure
- 7. Load Handling
- Erroneous load handling
- Load falling
- 8. Machine Clean Up
- Chemical spills
- Cleaning equipment failure
- 9. Maintenance Works
- Sudden machine start
- Incorrect part assembly
- 10. Breakdown Management
- Incorrect problem diagnosis
- Electrical shock
- 11. Emergency Evacuation
- Confusion
- Failure of emergency systems
- 12. Refuelling
- Fuel Spillage
- Fire/ Explosion risk
- 13. Spare Parts Storage
- Incorrect storage leading to damage
- Tripping hazard
- 14. Machine Shut Down
- Unexpected energy release
- Loose parts falling off
- 15. Reporting
- Paper cut
- Miscommunication of information
- 16. Waste Disposal
- Hazardous waste exposure
- Inadequate disposal facilities
- 17. Tool returns
- Tool damage
- Incorrect tool storage
- 18. Review of Work Area
- Undetected spills
- unnoticed damage to equipment
- 19. Debrief and Feedback
- Miscommunication of feedback
- Not acknowledging feedback
- 20. Pack up and Return
- Heavy lifting injuries
- Hazards in transit