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The Welding Enclosure Barriers Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect use of equipment
- exposure to toxic fumes
- 2. Setting up welding barriers
- Tripping over wiring or equipment
- fire hazards
- 3. Lighting the torch
- Burns or eye damage from sparks
- improper ignition
- 4. Welding
- Inhalation of toxic gases
- physical burns
- 5. Handling hot workpieces
- Handle burns
- dropping heavy materials
- 6. Finishing and quenching
- Thermal burns due to overheating
- inhalation of steam or smoke
- 7. Inspection and cleaning
- Hand injuries from sharp edges
- eye injury from debris
- 8. Maintenance and storage
- Improperly stored flammable materials
- lax security leading to unauthorized access
- 9. Gas cylinder handling
- Explosive hazards
- Heavy object lifting related injuries
- 10. Shielding application
- Incorrect use of shields
- Physical strains
- 11. Metal preparation
- Cuts from sharp metal
- Eye injuries from flying particles
- 12. Voltage regulation
- Electrocution
- electrical fires
- 13. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) usage
- PPE failure
- Inadequate PPE
- 14. Arc creation
- Burns from arc flash/blast
- Vision impairment/Hearing loss
- 15. Wire feeding
- Wire entanglement
- electrical shocks
- 16. Dismantling
- Falls from heights
- cuts or abrasions
- 17. Ventilation check
- Mild to severe respiratory problems due to poor ventilation
- Fire hazards
- 18. Dealing with waste materials
- Environmental hazard
- fire hazard
- 19. Consumable replacement
- Burns
- cuts
- inhalation of harmful dust
- 20. Safety checks
- Misunderstanding or neglecting safety protocols