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The Handle Recycled Materials Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Muscular strain
- Slip and trips
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- 2. Collection
- Heavy lifting
- Sharp objects
- Handling hazardous materials
- 3. Sorting
- Cutting injuries
- Infection from contaminated materials
- Dermatitis from touching certain materials
- 4. Cleaning
- Chemical burns
- Inhalation of vapours or dusts
- Eye splashes
- 5. Processing
- Noise
- Machinery entanglement
- Crushing injuries
- 6. Packaging
- Manual handling injuries
- Cuts from sharp edges
- Dust inhalation
- 7. Labelling
- Repetitive motion injuries
- Chemical exposure from label adhesives
- 8. Storage
- Fires from flammable materials
- Falling items in poorly stacked areas
- 9. Delivery
- Machinery accidents
- Road accidents in transportation
- Injuries from falling loads
- 10. Maintenance
- Electrical hazards
- Falls from height when maintaining equipment
- 11. Waste Disposal
- Exposure to harmful substances
- Cut by sharps
- Manual handling injuries
- 12. Training
- Inadequate training leading to multiple hazards
- 13. Emergency Response
- Incorrect action taken in emergency increasing likelihood of injury
- 14. End of Day Duties
- Fatigue leading to errors
- inadequate lockout procedures causing residual risks
- 15. Reporting
- Inadequate reporting neglecting significant risk factors