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The Welding Sails Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Inadequate workspace
- Incorrect personal protective equipment (PPE)
- 2. Set up welding equipment
- Electric shock
- Burns from hot components
- 3. Inspect welding tools and machinery
- Mechanical failures
- Inadequate preventive maintenance
- 4. Positioning of sails
- Manual handling injuries
- Falls from heights
- 5. Start Welding process
- Exposure to ultraviolet radiation
- Burns from arc rays
- fire hazard due to spark
- 6. Finishing Weld
- Sharp edges
- Eye damage from slag chips and grinding fragments
- 7. Cleaning welded areas
- Chemical exposure from cleaning agents
- Inhalation of fumes
- 8. Quality control check
- Mechanical hazards
- Thermal burns from hot surfaces
- 9. Movement of finished sails
- Manual handling injuries
- Collision injuries during movement
- 10. Packing and dispatching
- Manual handling injuries
- Struck by falling objects
- 11. Machine and Tool maintenance
- Electrical hazards
- Slip
- trip and fall hazards
- 12. Formulating reports
- ergonomic hazardsdue to awkward posture
- eye strain
- 13. Lunch breaks
- food poisoning
- slip
- trip
- and fall in canteen
- 14. Teardown and Clean-up
- Chemical exposure from cleaning agents
- Puncture injuries from sharp tools
- 15. Emergency Drills
- Real emergencies during drills
- Panic or anxiety among workers
- 16. Inventory check
- Falling objects
- manual handling injuries
- 17. Waste management
- Exposure to hazardous waste
- Inadequate disposal procedures leading to environmental damage
- 18. End-of-Day reporting
- Long hours leading to fatigue
- Stress-induced health conditions
- 19. Shutdown and lockout
- Electrical hazards
- Memory failure to recall lockout processes
- 20. Security check before leaving
- Criminal activities such as theft
- Personal safety/security concerns during late hours