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The Handling Lost And Found Items Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Misplacement
- Theft
- 2. Collection
- Slips
- Trips
- Falls
- Manual handling injuries
- 3. Logging and Tagging
- Data breach
- Paper cut
- Ergonomic hazards from computer use
- 4. Storage
- Mould or bacteria
- Fire hazard
- Manual handling injuries
- 5. Notification of Owner
- Privacy violations
- Miscommunication issues
- 6. Handover of item
- Theft
- Inappropriate handovers (to wrong recipient)
- 7. Unclaimed items
- Misplacement
- Damage to property
- Manual handling injuries
- 8. Disposal of unclaimed items
- Injury from disposal
- Environmental damage
- 9. Record Keeping
- Misplacement of records
- Data breach
- 10. End-of-day verification
- Misclassification of items
- Unidentified objects left behind
- 11. Periodic audit
- Non-compliance with legislative requirements
- Data inaccuracies
- 12. Training staff
- Inefficient practices
- Untrained situations
- Non-compliance with regulatory requirements
- 13. Health and Safety check
- Mould or bacteria
- Fire hazard
- 14. Incident reporting
- Inaccurate information
- Delays in incident reporting
- 15. Policy review
- Outdated information
- Non-compliance with legislative updates
- 16. Emergency Management
- Inability to access fire exit
- Failure of alarms
- 17. Maintenance of Lost and Found area
- Poor hygiene
- Structural issues
- Fire hazard
- 18. Communication with other departments
- Miscommunication
- Delay in information sharing
- 19. Decision making (e.g., disposal method)
- Environmental damage
- Public backlash
- Non-compliance with legislative requirements
- 20. Evaluation and feedback
- Mistaken item identification
- Lack of improvement