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The Handle Frozen Food Items Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- Trips and Falls
- Manual Handling Injuries
- 2. Transporting Frozen Food Items
- Struck by Moving Vehicles
- Slips
- Trips and Falls
- 3. Retrieving Frozen Food from Storage
- Cold Burns
- Frostbite
- Slippery Surfaces
- 4. Sorting and Classifying Products
- Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI)
- Musculoskeletal Disorders
- 5. Packaging Frozen Food
- Sharps Injuries
- Contact with Cold Surfaces
- RSI
- 6. Storing Packaged Food in Freezer
- Collision with Objects
- Crush Injuries
- 7. Maintaining Refrigeration Equipment
- Electrical Shocks
- Chemical Spills
- 8. Inventory Checks
- Eye Strain
- Poor Posture
- 9. Labelling the Packages
- RSI
- Skin Contact with Adhesives
- 10. Loading for Dispatch
- Manual Handling Injuries
- Struck by Moving Objects
- 11. Cleaning Work Area
- Exposure to Cleaning Chemicals
- Slips on Wet Floors
- 12. Waste Management
- Cut or Lacerations
- Exposure to Harmful Microorganisms
- 13. Emergency Procedures Training
- Psychological Stress
- Failure to Respond Correctly to Emergencies
- 14. Daily Safety Checks
- Failure to Detect Health & Safety Hazards
- Complacency
- 15. Regular Equipment Servicing
- Electrical Shocks
- Crush Injuries
- 16. Regular Staff Training
- Knowledge Gaps
- Skill Deficits
- 17. Periodic Auditing
- Complacency
- Undetected Safety Hazards
- 18. Improvement of Work Procedures
- Resistance to Change
- Miscommunication
- 19. Safety Meetings
- Poor Participation
- Apathy towards Safety Measures
- 20. Exit Procedure
- Inadequate Lighting
- Obstructions in Pathway