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The Handling Farm Animals Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1.Preparation
- Inadequate knowledge of animals
- Poor weather conditions
- 2.Approaching Animals
- Aggressive animals
- Unpredictable animal behaviour
- 3.Handling Animals
- Animal bites
- Crushing injuries
- Tripping over animals
- 4.Loading Animals onto Transport Vehicles
- Animals kicking
- Slipping or falling during loading
- 5.Transporting Animals
- Vehicle accident
- Stress-induced animal diseases
- 6.Unloading Animals from Transport Vehicle
- Crushing injuries
- Animals escaping
- 7.Feeding Animals
- Musculoskeletal disorders from lifting heavy feed bags
- Allergic reactions to feed
- 8.Training Animals
- Risk of injury from uncooperative or aggressive animals
- Noise-related stress
- 9.Cleaning Animal Living Areas
- Exposure to disease-causing organisms
- Back injuries from bending or lifting heavy objects
- 10.Administering Medication to Animals
- Needle stick injuries
- Exposure to pharmaceuticals
- 11.Slaughtering Animals
- Physical injury from sharp tools
- Psychological trauma
- 12.Dressing Carcasses
- Musculoskeletal problems related to manual handling
- Cuts and punctures from knives and hooks
- 13.Packing Meat
- Repetitive strain injury
- Slips
- trips
- and falls due to wet floor
- 14.Disposing Waste Material
- Zoonotic infections
- Injuries from handling waste bins
- 15.Emergency Procedures
- Panic during emergency escalating situation
- Missing emergency tools
- 16.Post Work Review
- Missed hazards
- Inadequate understanding of procedures