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The Work Near Flammable Materials Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Flammable materials exposure
- incorrect storage of flammables
- 2. Material Handling
- Spill risk
- manual handling injuries
- 3. Material Use
- Fire or explosion risk
- inhaling harmful fumes
- 4. Storage
- Leaks or spills
- improper labeling
- 5. Maintenance and Cleaning
- Exposure to flammable materials
- inadequate ventilation
- 6. Waste Disposal
- Combustion risks
- inappropriate disposal practices
- 7. Emergency Procedures
- Lack of safety equipment
- untrained staff in fire safety procedures
- 8. Equipment Check
- Malfunctioning equipment
- inadequate training for checks
- 9. Decommissioning
- Residue of flammable materials
- inadequate procedures
- 10. Site Clean-Up
- Leftover hazardous residues
- failure to segregate wastes properly
- 11. Staff Training
- Lack of knowledge about handling flammable materials
- untrained on emergency procedures
- 12. Periodic Audit
- Failure to identify hazards
- non-compliance with procedures
- 13. Revise Procedure
- Ignorance to changes
- non-compliant workers
- 14. Implement Changes
- Resistance to change
- ignoring new procedures
- 15. Feedback Collection
- Non-reporting of incidents
- ignorance to feedback
- 16. Follow-up Training
- Untrained personnel post-implementation
- laxity in adherence
- 17. Document Update
- Failure to capture changes in safety procedure documents
- non-distribution of the new document
- 18. Retirement and Decommissioning
- Disregard towards protocols
- inadequate procedures
- 19. Final Clearance
- Laxity during final checks
- unawareness towards hazards
- 20. Celebration
- Inappropriate behaviour near flammable materials
- neglecting safety measures out of relaxation