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The Wheel Out Heavier Equipment Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Inadequate training
- equipment failure
- 2. Preliminary Inspection
- Electrical faults
- slipping/tripping hazards
- 3. Positioning Equipment
- Collision
- musculoskeletal injuries from lifting
- 4. Connect the Equipment
- Electric shock
- tripping over cords
- 5. Operation of Equipment
- Equipment malfunction
- excessive noise
- repetitive motion injury
- 6. Maintenance
- Electrocution
- exposure to harmful substances
- non-isolation of energy
- 7. Material Handling
- Slips
- trips and falls
- manual handling injuries
- 8. Deactivation of Equipment
- Equipment malfunction
- electrical hazards
- 9. Disconnection and Removal
- Electric shock
- musculoskeletal injuries from lifting
- 10. Post-Inspection
- Electrical faults
- inadequate inspection procedures
- 11. Clean-up
- Exposure to hazardous cleaning chemicals
- slips and falls from wet floor
- 12. Storage
- Heavy equipment falling over
- poor housekeeping
- 13. Emergency Procedures
- Lack of emergency personnel
- lack of PPE in case of an emergency
- 14. Record Maintenance
- Lack of record keeping
- missing or inaccurate data
- 15. Training Of Staff
- Untrained staff
- lack of supervision
- 16. Regular Auditing
- Inadequate auditing procedures
- misidentified risks
- 17. Health Monitoring
- Inadequate health monitoring protocols
- lack of regular check-ups
- 18. Discard Damaged Equipment
- Inadequate disposal practices
- exposure to hazardous substances
- 19. Area Clearance and Verification
- Tripping hazards
- inadequate clearance procedures
- 20. Final Review
- Omission of important details
- uncorrected recommendations