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The Waste Water Treatment Activities Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips
- and falls
- Chemical exposure
- 2. Safety briefing
- Inadequate knowledge
- Non-compliance with safety procedures
- 3. Equipment setup
- Machinery injury
- Electrical shock
- 4. System inspection
- Exposure to pathogens
- Slips
- trips
- and falls
- 5. Cleaning
- Chemical burns
- Inhalation of toxic gases
- 6. Pump operation
- Mechanical failure
- Noise pollution
- 7. pH level testing
- Chemical exposure
- Incorrect readings
- 8. Chemical dosing system monitoring
- Chemical spillage
- Contact with hazardous chemicals
- 9. Chlorine disinfection process
- Chlorine leakage
- Chemical burns
- 10. Bio-solids handling
- Pathogen exposure
- Heavy lifting injuries
- 11. Effluent quality checking
- Contamination
- Inaccurate results
- 12. Filtration and clarification
- Exposure to untreated water
- Mechanical injury
- 13. Operating screenings equipment
- Machine entanglement
- Noise pollution
- 14. Maintenance work
- Electric shocks
- Falls from height
- 15. Troubleshooting and repairs
- Electrical shocks
- Exposure to high-pressure systems
- 16. Record keeping and reporting
- Repetitive strain injuries
- Poor ergonomics at workstation
- 17. Waste disposal
- Exposure to hazardous waste
- Manual handling injuries
- 18. Decontamination of work area
- Exposure to chemicals
- Biological hazards
- 19. End of day safety check
- Omissions in safety procedures
- Fatigue-induced errors
- 20. Shutdown procedures
- Unplanned system shutdown
- Electrical shocking