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The Working With Cutting And Grinding Tools Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Tripping over loose objects
- electrical shock from faulty equipment
- 2. Pre-inspection
- Coming into contact with sharp edges
- risk of falling tool parts
- 3. Setup
- Incorrect setup and calibration leading to mishandling
- electrical shock from improper grounding
- 4. Operation
- Flying debris causing eye injuries
- noise-induced hearing loss
- 5. Maintenance
- Cutting skin on sharp edges
- electrical shock
- 6. Breakdown
- Injury from leftover debris
- electrical shock during power-down
- 7. Storage
- Tripping over improperly stored tools
- injury from falling tools
- 8. Training
- Ignorance leading to misuse
- sporadic training sessions leading to forgotten information
- 9. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Usage
- Skin irritation due to ill-fitting PPE
- insufficient protection due to worn-out PPE
- 10. Emergency Procedures
- Lack of knowledge on procedures in case of injury or accident
- Panic during time of crisis
- 11. Cleaning
- Exposure to harmful cleaning chemicals
- injury from sharp tool parts
- 12. Disposal
- Risks of environmental contamination
- injury during manual handling of waste
- 13. Shutdown
- Injury from residual heat
- electrical shock
- 14. Documentation
- Incorrect or incomplete filing leading to procedural error
- loss of data
- 15. Compliance
- Non-compliance penalties
- worker injuries due to non-compliance