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The Wire Wheel Brush Operations Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- Poorly maintained equipment
- 2. Pre-operational inspection
- Incorrect use of equipment
- Trip and fall hazards
- 3. Setting up
- Incorrect installation
- Hand injuries from improper handling
- 4. Operation
- Misuse of equipment
- Noise hazard
- Flying debris
- 5. Machine maintenance
- Equipment malfunction
- Exposure to lubricants
- 6. Error recovery
- Improper shutdown
- Electric shock
- 7. Shutting down
- Burns from hot equipment
- Energy not properly isolated
- 8. Cleaning up
- Cut injuries from cleaning tools
- Inhalation of dust
- 9. Waste management
- Injury from lifting heavy waste
- Hazardous waste exposure
- 10. Machine storage
- Collapse of lopsided storage piles
- Slips and falls due to cluttered area
- 11. Workshop ventilation Check
- Prolonged exposure to airborne contaminants
- Confined space hazard
- 12. Post Operation Inspection
- Overlooking minor damages leading to major breakdown
- Physical injury due to negligence
- 13. Inventory Stock Check
- Injury from lifting heavy stock
- Exploding or falling items
- 14. Training new employees
- Imperfect knowledge transmission
- Accidents due to poor training
- 15. Safety briefings
- Neglecting safety rules post briefing
- False sense of security after briefings
- 16. Periodic Safety Drills
- Accidents during drills
- Complacency
- 17. Incident/Damage reporting
- Failure to properly assess extent of damage
- Incomplete injury assessment
- 18. First Aid Kits Check
- Lack of medical supplies in the event of accident
- Non-compliance with standards
- 19. Equipment Upgradation
- Upgradation not carried out regularly resulting in inefficiency and accidents
- Extra cost burden due to regular upgrading
- 20. Emergency Evacuation Plan Review
- Not all employees aware of emergency exists/evacuation plan
- Delayed evacuation in case of urgency