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The Handle Potentially Hazardous Materials Without Protection Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Chemical exposure
- contact with hazardous substances
- 2. Material Acquisition
- Heavy lifting
- accidental spillage
- 3. Truck Loading
- Fall from height
- collision
- 4. Transport to site
- Traffic accident
- explosive material ignition
- 5. Material Unloading
- Fall from height
- incorrect manual handling
- 6. Storage Arrangement
- Inadequate ventilation
- fire hazard
- 7. Usage of Material
- Incorrect usage
- unprotected exposure
- 8. Cleaning Process
- Direct exposure to chemicals
- inadequate disposal of materials
- 9. Accident Handling
- Lack of PPE
- insufficient training
- 10. Breakdown Maintenance
- Failure in machinery
- lack of procedural knowledge
- 11. Exposure Monitoring
- Inappropriate monitoring equipment
- inaccurate reporting
- 12. Material Repackaging
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- packaging failure
- 13. Delays and faults
- Extended exposure time
- unexpected accidents
- 14. Procurement and Disposal
- Improper waste management
- uncontrolled release into the environment
- 15. End of Day procedures
- Incomplete records
- breaches in protocols
- 16. Hazard Reporting
- Loss of communication
- misinterpretation of information
- 17. Failure Analysis
- Missed safety steps
- overlook on hazards
- 18. Quality Checks
- Inadequate safety measures
- chemical contamination
- 19. Equipment Faults
- Ignition of hazardous materials
- excessive noise
- 20. Emergency Procedures
- Inadequate emergency equipment
- lack of training