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Key Features:
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The Hard Surface Scrubbing Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trips and falls
- unsafe equipment
- 2. Assess Work Area
- Potential slipping hazards
- unnamed chemicals
- 3. Equipment Check
- Faulty equipment
- Electrical faults
- 4. Select Cleaning Chemicals
- Chemical exposure
- incorrect usage
- 5. Manual Handling Equipment
- Incorrect manual handling
- equipment malfunction
- 6. Pre-wetting Surface
- Water spillage
- wet surface conditions
- 7. Add Cleaning Solution
- Chemical splash
- eye injury
- 8. Apply Scrubbing Procedures
- Back injury from bending
- hand-arm vibration syndrome
- 9. Rinsing Surface
- Slips on wet surfaces
- cross contamination
- 10. Dry Surface
- Slips on wet surfaces
- electrical fault with drying equipment
- 11. Dispose Waste
- Incorrect disposal procedures
- biohazardous waste exposure
- 12. Post-Cleaning Check
- Remaining hazards
- missed cleaning areas
- 13. Reassemble Work Area
- Strains and sprains
- pinch points
- 14. Document Process
- Incomplete documentation
- misinformation on report
- 15. Review Safety Measures
- Overlooked safety precautions
- non-compliance to safety regulations
- 16. Store Equipment
- Incorrect storage
- unattended equipment
- 17. End Operation & Leave Site
- Site security risk
- unsanitized tools left behind
- 18. Report Completion
- Inaccurate completion report
- missed critical information
- 19. Conduct Regular Equipment Maintenance
- Faulty equipment
- improper maintenance procedures
- 20. Monitor site for ongoing safety
- Unnoticed new hazards
- non-adherence to safety rules by staff