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The Handling Precious Metals Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slip
- tripping hazards
- Exposure to harmful substances
- 2. Material Inspection
- Contact with sharp objects
- exposure to harmful substances
- 3. Material Sorting
- Hand injury from handling
- Inhalation of dust
- 4. Cleaning and Washing
- Slips
- falls
- Contact with corrosive cleaning agents
- 5. Material Weight Measurement
- Incorrect lifting or carrying heavy items
- Falling items
- 6. Material Melting
- Heat burns
- fire hazard
- fume inhalation
- 7. Moulding and Casting
- Burns
- Fire hazard
- Fume inhalation
- Mold or casting crushing injuries
- 8. Cool Down Process
- Burns from molten metal
- Flying metal splashes
- 9. Polishing
- Dust inhalation
- Eye injuries from flying particles
- 10. Quality Checking
- Eye strain
- Incorrect posture
- 11. Packaging
- Cuts from packaging materials
- Strain from incorrect lifting or carrying
- 12. Storage
- Falling items
- Trips and slips
- Incorrect lifting or carrying
- 13. Transportation
- Vehicle accident
- Strain from incorrect lifting or carrying
- 14. Waste disposal
- Cuts from sharp waste materials
- Infectious residues
- Chemical exposures
- 15. Maintenance of Equipment
- Electric shock
- Cuts
- Burns
- Falling objects
- 16. Emergency Procedures
- Inadequate response to emergencies
- Stress
- Panic
- 17. Completion and Review
- Slips and falls
- Lack of feedback or follow-up