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The Handling Cement Bags Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect manual handling
- Exposure to dust
- 2. Loading onto vehicle
- Risk of falling objects
- Traffic accident risk
- 3. Unloading from vehicle
- Risk of falling objects
- Manual handling injuries
- Slip or trip hazards
- 4. Transfer to storage area
- Manual handling injuries
- Slips
- trips and falls
- 5. Storing cement bags
- Toppling stacks of cement
- Dust inhalation
- 6. Retrieval for use
- Stack collapse
- Incorrect manual handling
- 7. Opening cement bags
- Use of sharp tools
- Dust Inhalation
- 8. Mixing cement
- Dust inhalation
- Physical strain
- 9. Applying cement
- Mistakes in application
- Physical strain
- 10. Cleaning up
- Exposure to cement dust
- Skin contamination
- 11. Disposal of empty bags
- Sharp object hazards
- Lifting heavy weights
- 12. Equipment maintenance
- Injury due to improper use of equipment
- Ineffective maintenance
- 13. Documenting procedures
- Miscommunication
- Misinterpretation of data
- 14. Reporting incidents and injuries
- Delayed reporting
- Not reporting minor hazards
- 15. Regular training and awareness sessions
- Insufficient knowledge,Inadequate skills
- 16. Inspection of workplace
- Identifying hazards late or not at all
- Incomplete inspection
- 17. Emergency procedures education
- Lack of knowledge about emergency procedures
- Negligence towards safety measures
- 18. Regular tool checks and replacements
- Injury due to faulty tools
- Inadequate maintenance
- 19. Adequate first aid facilities
- Insufficient first aid supplies,Untrained first aid operators
- 20. Follow up procedures and incident investigations
- Mistakes in investigations
- No follow up after incidents