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The Handling Marine Animals With Stingers Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Improper training
- Inadequate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- 2. Travel to collection area
- Weather condition
- Travelling in a boat
- 3. Identifying marine animals with stingers
- Incorrect identification
- Handling live specimens
- 4. Marine animal capture and containment
- Sting injury
- Accidental release of specimen
- 5. Handling captured marine animals
- Sting injuries
- Stress or harm to the animal
- 6. Documenting details of the capture
- Handwritten injury
- Vision impairment from prolonged screen exposure
- 7. Labelling of specimen containers
- Mislabelling
- Chemical exposure from marker ink
- 8. Transport of specimens back to research facility
- Road or sea accident
- Escape of specimens
- 9. Unloading and storage of specimens
- Muscle stress or injury
- Tripping hazards
- 10. Data entry and reporting
- Repetitive stress injury
- Extended screen time leading to vision problems
- 11. Disposal of waste material
- Infection risk
- Chemical exposure
- 12. Cleaning and maintenance of equipment
- Cut wounds
- Chemical exposure
- 13. Reviewing and updating protocols
- Overlooking hazards
- Non-compliance
- 14. Training and skill updating
- Outdated procedures
- Missed important updates
- 15. Routine inspection and troubleshooting
- Biological risks
- Overexposure to ultraviolet light
- 16. Emergency handling
- Panicking
- Non-compliance to emergency protocols
- 17. Rehousing stingers gesture
- Inadequate preparation
- Stress or harm to the animal
- 18. Feeding marine animals with stingers
- Bite injuries
- Overfeeding
- 19. Observing Marine Stingers behavior
- Unintentional disturbance
- Failure in taking accurate observation
- 20. Regular Auditing
- Inadequate resources or training
- Non-compliance to standards