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Key Features:
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The Working Around Rotating Equipment Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- contact with moving parts
- 2. Machine Operation
- Machinery entanglement
- mechanical injury
- 3. Maintenance and Cleaning
- Exposure to harmful substances
- cuts and bruises from using tools
- 4. Slowing or Shutting Down Equipment
- Potential machinery malfunction
- unexpected starting of the machine
- 5. Emergency Stop Execution
- Electric shock
- fires due to short circuits
- 6. Repair Works
- Contact with sharp edges
- exposure to loud noises
- 7. Periodic Inspection
- Risk of falling objects
- improper lockout/tagout
- 8. Lubrication Tasks
- Machinery entanglement
- chemical burns from lubricants
- 9. System Checks
- Electrical hazards
- slips
- trips and falls
- 10. Parts Replacement
- Manual handling injuries
- trapped fingers/toes
- 11. Equipment Testing
- Noise and vibration
- electrical hazards
- 12. Aligning Moving Parts
- Mechanical injury
- pinched fingers
- 13. Documenting Processes
- Strain injuries from repetitive movements
- eye strain from computer screens
- 14. Training and Supervision
- Incorrect operation leading to machine damage
- not wearing PPE
- 15. Decommissioning
- Hazardous materials leaks
- poor visibility
- 16. Waste Disposal
- Exposure to hazardous waste
- sharp objects
- 17. Audit and Report
- Repetitive strain injuries
- paper cuts
- 18. Electrical checks
- Electrical shock
- burns
- 19. Temperature Checks
- Burns from hot machinery
- frostbite from cold machinery
- 20. Final Sign Off
- Risk of unauthorised use
- missed safety checks