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The Fume Cupboard Use Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Electric shock
- chemical burns
- 2. Checking Fume Cupboard Functioning
- Electrical faults
- gas leaks
- 3. Assembling Needed Materials
- Risks from radiation
- biohazards
- 4. Donning PPE
- Incorrect fitting
- tripping over
- 5. Starting Fume Cupboard
- Electric shock
- exposure to residues
- 6. System Testing
- Ineffective extraction
- equipment failure
- 7. Sample Introduction
- Chemical spillage
- fume exposure
- 8. Material Manipulation
- Burns
- cuts
- 9. Pack Down Procedure
- Exposure to harmful substances
- physical injury
- 10. Cleaning and Maintaining
- Risk of chemical exposure
- skin irritation
- 11. Unloading materials
- Injury from heavy lifting
- exposure to hazardous material residue
- 12. Waste Disposal
- Chemical exposure
- sharp object injuries
- 13. Equipment Shutdown
- Equipment malfunction
- electrical shock
- 14. Final inspection
- Fume exposure
- faulty equipment
- 15. Cataloguing and Reporting
- Data misinterpretation
- lack of record keeping
- 16. Equipment storage
- Misplacement leading to accidents
- poor handling
- 17. End-of-day process
- Substance exposure
- leftover hazard
- 18. Emergency procedures dealing
- Inadequate training
- human error
- 19. Regular Maintenance
- Not following maintenance schedules
- usage of unsafe tools
- 20. Staff Training
- Risks due to lack of knowledge
- misuse of equipment