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The Alter Metalwork Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Manual handling injuries
- exposure to hazardous substances
- 2. Setting Out
- Falls from height
- Hand-arm vibration syndrome (HAVS)
- 3. Cutting Metal
- Airborne contaminants
- noise induced hearing loss
- 4. Welding Operations
- Exposure to weld flash
- burns
- 5. Grinding Operations
- Eye injuries
- airborne dust
- 6. Drilling Operations
- Noise pollution
- repetitive motion injuries
- 7. Assembling Components
- Crushing injuries
- manual handling injuries
- 8. Painting/Finishing
- Exposure to paint fumes
- skin irritation
- 9. Quality Inspection
- Slips and trips
- eye strain
- 10. Clean-up Activities
- Risk of cuts from metal debris
- slip and fall hazards
- 11. Waste Disposal
- Handling sharp objects
- contamination risk
- 12. Maintenance Work
- Electrical hazards
- working at height risks
- 13. Power Tool Use
- Electric shock
- falling objects
- 14. Material Handling
- Manual handling injuries
- struck by moving object
- 15. Site Inspection
- Tripping hazards
- exposure to sun/heat
- 16. Loading/Unloading Equipment
- Crush injuries
- back injuries
- 17. Availing First Aid
- Spread of infections
- deteriorating health due to delayed treatment
- 18. Emergency Evacuation Plan
- Panic during evacuation
- injuries due to stampede
- 19. Safety Training Sessions
- Misunderstanding of instructions leading to accidents
- 20. Use of Personal Protective Equipment
- Inadequate protection
- misuse of equipment