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The Welding Rebar And Other Metal Elements Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect equipment selection
- improperly secured work location
- 2. Equipment Set-Up
- Electrical shocks
- burns from hot surfaces
- 3. Material Identification
- Inhalation of hazardous fumes
- eye injury from particles
- 4. Cutting Metal
- High noise levels
- potential for cuts and amputations
- 5. Assembling Elements
- Slips
- trips
- falls from heights
- 6. Welding Rebar
- Exposure to UV radiation
- electric shock
- 7. Finishing Cut Ends
- Eye injury from flying particles
- hand injuries
- 8. Inspecting Work
- Cumulative trauma disorders from repetitive inspections
- slips and falls
- 9. Cleaning Up
- Lacerations from debris
- tripping or slipping on spills
- 10. Equipments Dismantling
- Burns from handling hot equipment
- electrocution from improper shutdown
- 11. Loading and Unloading Material
- Strains and sprains from manual lifting
- striking or being struck by objects
- 12. Hazardous Waste Disposal
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- skin contact with corrosive materials
- 13. Ventilation Verification
- Lack of oxygen
- inhalation of harmful gases
- 14. Job Completion Check
- Trip hazards from loose material
- falling objects during final check
- 15. Reporting Unsafe Conditions
- Communication problems that lead to mishandling of safety issues
- complacency
- 16. Area Securing After Work
- Inadequate lighting leading to injuries
- unobserved spillages causing slips
- 17. Routine Maintenance of Equipment
- Electric shock from faulty equipment
- injuries from malfunctioning safety features
- 18. Regular Safety Training
- Lack of knowledge leading to injuries
- inability to respond properly in emergencies
- 19. Fire Safety Checks
- Burns and smoke inhalation due to fires
- explosions from inappropriate storage of flammable materials
- 20. First Aid Kit Availability Check
- Delayed treatment of wounds due to lack of supplies
- infection risk