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The Controlling Indoor Air Quality During Application Of Solvents Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Uncontrolled release of solvent vapours
- inadequate ventilation
- 2. Supply and Storage
- Spillage
- incorrect handling and storage of solvents
- 3. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Selection
- Inadequate PPE
- misuse of PPE
- 4. Application of Solvent
- Exposure to airborne particles
- skin or eye contact
- 5. Ventilation Setup
- Poor ventilation leading to build up of fumes
- 6. Air Quality Testing
- Faulty equipment
- lack of proper training
- 7. Emergency Procedures
- Absence of emergency plans
- untrained staff
- 8. Monitoring
- Inaccurate readings
- not following monitoring protocols
- 9. Maintenance
- Unclear maintenance schedules
- poor record keeping
- 10. Decontamination
- Improper cleaning techniques
- improper disposal of waste
- 11. Records Management
- Incomplete audits
- inadequate documentation
- 12. Waste Disposal
- Incorrectly disposing solvents
- lack of abiding recycling requirements
- 13. Post Operative Clean-up
- Remaining pollutants on surfaces
- inadequate cleaning procedures
- 14. Review Processes
- Infrequent process revisions
- outdated processes
- 15. Required Training
- Insufficient training
- non-adherence to necessary retraining
- 16. Hazardous Substances Management
- Improper use of solvents
- not abiding by safety data sheets
- 17. Health Surveillance
- Not conducting regular health check-ups for exposed workers
- incorrect medical records
- 18. Facility Inspection
- Infrequent inspections
- overlooking lacunas during inspection
- 19. Reporting
- Failure to report incidents/accidents
- not maintaining incident logs properly
- 20. Evaluation
- Failure to evaluate SWMS periodically
- lack of understanding for improvement areas RE:SWMS