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The Forklift Tipping Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Falling from forklift
- Running into pedestrians
- 2. Pre-operational inspection
- Ignoring evident faults
- Failure to report defects
- 3. Forklift positioning
- Tipping over due to misguided manoeuvre
- Collision with other vehicles or structures
- 4. Pallet load lifting
- Load falls off forks
- 5. Carrying the load
- Obstruction of view
- Limited ability to manoeuvre
- 6. Lowering the load
- Unsecured loads can fall
- 7. Reverse parking
- Striking hoarding
- walls or parked vehicles
- 8. Dismounting the forklift
- Slip and Fall injuries
- getting caught between forklift and fixed structure
- 9. Battery charging operation
- Acid spills can cause burns
- electric shock risk
- 10. Fuel Refuelling (Diesel/LPG)
- Fire or explosion
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- 11. Forklift maintenance
- Mechanical failure
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- 12. Existing traffic management plan
- Pedestrian struck by forklift
- collision risk
- 13. Parking
- Potential for accidental movement if braking system is not engaged
- 14. Reporting hazards/incidents
- Overlooking hazard reporting may lead to catastrophic injury
- 15. Post operational checks
- Overlooking evident defects
- Failure to report defects
- 16. Secure work area and lock up vehicle
- Unauthorised use of forklift
- Vandalism or theft
- 17. Cleaning work area
- Slips
- trips and falls
- 18. Review of safe work procedures
- Adoption of unsafe work habits due to unnoticed procedural errors
- 19. Emergency response training
- Inadequate response during emergency
- High tier risk situations ignored
- 20. Ensuring all workers hold correct licences
- Non-adherence to protocols can lead to accidents