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The Hand Shear Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slippery floor
- sharp tools
- 2. Equipment setup
- Electric shock
- equipment failure
- 3. Material handling
- Manual handling injuries
- falling objects
- 4. Operating hand shear
- Hand injury
- noise exposure
- 5. Changing shear blade
- Sharp edges
- improper installation
- 6. Cutting process
- Flying debris
- cuts and punctures
- 7. Inspecting finished product
- Defective material
- ergonomic strain
- 8. Offcut removal
- Tripping hazards
- manual handling injuries
- 9. Machine maintenance
- Unintended machine start
- chemical exposure
- 10. Clean-up
- Slips
- trips
- and falls
- improper disposal of waste
- 11. Power down equipment
- Electric shock
- improper shutdown procedure
- 12. Reporting incidents
- Insufficient reporting
- inadequate communication