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The Work Near High Heat Or Fire Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Hot surface burns
- fire from ignition of flammable substances
- 2. Training
- Wrong handling due to lack of knowledge
- unconsciousness from heat exhaustion
- 3. Fire prevent- kit inspection
- Faulty extinguishers
- insufficient firefighting equipment
- 4. Area check & control
- Flammable substances left in the area
- poor ventilation causing overheating
- 5. Commencement of work near high heat/fire sources
- Sparks leading to fires
- inadequate safety gear
- 6. Regular monitoring
- Undetected fire starting
- staff becoming heat exhausted
- 7. Breaks during high heat activities
- Dehydration
- exhaustion due to not enough rest
- 8. Emergency procedures training
- Not knowing how to react during fire/overheating scenario
- panic during emergency situation
- 9. Cool down intervention steps
- Inadequate cooling measures
- delayed response to overheating
- 10. Wrapping up work
- Not properly extinguishing open flames
- burn injuries while handling equipment
- 11. Post-work health checks
- Delayed response to heat-related conditions
- lack of first aid provisions
- 12. Clean-up and storage
- Touching hot surfaces/tools
- improperly disposing of flammable waste
- 13. Equipment servicing
- Burn injuries during servicing
- faulty equipment causing a hazard next use
- 14. Regular site inspections for future work
- Hidden hazards left unchecked
- tools left near heat source causing potential fire hazard
- 15. Debrief and feedback
- Missed hazards due to lack of communication
- repetition of past mistakes due to not sharing information
- 16. Report and record keeping
- Lack of evidence for future risk assessment purposes
- unreported incidents leading to repeated hazards
- 17. Post-operation audit
- Misjudgement of residual risks
- overlooked hazards during operation
- 18. Continuous training & improvement
- Inadequate skill development leading to complacency over time
- ignorance towards new potential dangers
- 19. Hazard monitoring
- Unsafe conditions missed during regular inspections
- failure to implement additional controls as needed
- 20. Safety gear disposal
- Risk of contamination if not properly disposed
- injury during handling damaged safety gear