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The Handling Caustic Baths Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Chemical spills
- Inhalation of fumes
- 2. Equipment Inspection
- Chemical contact with skin or eyes
- equipment failure
- 3. Safety Gear Check
- Inadequate protection
- damage to safety gear
- 4. Chemical Handling
- Accidental chemical splash
- improper handling
- 5. Filling the Bath
- Overfilling
- spillage
- splashback
- 6. Monitoring the Bath
- Prolonged exposure to fumes
- accidental ingestion
- 7. Maintenance Checks
- Ignition of chemicals
- contact with hot surfaces
- 8. Emptying the Bath
- Chemical splash
- incorrect disposal procedure
- 9. Cleaning the Bath
- Residual chemical contact
- physical injury from scrubbing
- 10. Equipment Storage
- Fire hazard from improperly stored chemicals
- trip and fall
- 11. Documenting Tasks
- Distraction leading to inadequate monitoring
- paper cuts
- 12. Reviewing Procedures
- Misinterpretation of safety procedures
- fatigue
- 13. Training Sessions
- Incorrect usage of gear
- misunderstanding of procedures
- 14. Briefings/Debriefings
- Miscommunication
- overlooking critical safety measures
- 15. Emergency Drills
- Insufficient knowledge of emergency procedures
- panic
- 16. Breaks
- Tripping
- cutlery injuries
- 17. End of Shift Procedures
- Inadequate tidying up
- missed safety checks
- 18. Reporting Incidents
- Delay in reporting
- incorrect logging of incident