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The Handling Awkward Shaped Items Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect manual handling
- Slip/Trip Hazard
- 2. Identifying Items
- Awkward shape causing handling difficulties
- Sharp edges
- 3. Choosing Equipment
- Mismatch with task
- Equipment malfunction
- 4. Lifting Equipment
- Muscular strain
- Back injury
- 5. Clearing Pathway
- Trip hazards
- Obstruction in pathway
- 6. Transportation
- Collisions
- Falling objects
- 7. Placing Item Down
- Crush injury
- Muscular strain
- 8. Wrapping Items
- Poor ergonomics
- Cuts from sharp objects
- Materials slipping
- 9. Weighing Items
- Incorrect load distribution
- Poor ergonomics
- 10. Labelling
- Awkward postures
- Repetitive movement
- 11. Initial Inspection
- Manual handling
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- 12. Loading delivery vehicle
- Falling objects
- Collisions
- 13. Delivery to client
- Traffic incidents
- Contact with hazardous substances
- 14. Unloading at site
- Struck by moving object
- Falls from height
- 15. Final Inspection
- Contact with sharp objects
- Incorrect manual handling