Heat Treatment Ovens and Injection Moulding Risk Assessment

Product Overview

This risk assessment covers heat treatment ovens and injection moulding activities, including plant operation, hot surfaces, chemicals, electrical systems, manual tasks and emergency response. It supports planning by identifying hazards across setup, production, cleaning, material movement and incident response.

Activities & Risks Covered

This assessment addresses activities and risks including:

• Checking work areas, guards, interlocks, emergency stops and worker readiness before starting
• Loading and unloading ovens, moulds and materials
• Managing heat exposure, hot surfaces, steam and hot-air releases
• Operating injection moulding equipment and managing moving parts
• Handling resin fumes, additives, release agents, oils and cleaning chemicals
• Working around electrical systems, controls and isolation processes
• Cleaning, purging, changing setups, clearing blockages and maintaining equipment
• Managing noise, repetitive work, packing, trimming and manual tasks
• Moving pallets and finished goods near plant and packing areas
• Preparing for fires, explosions, burns, chemical exposure and evacuation

Who is this for?

For contractors, workers, supervisors and businesses carrying out heat treatment oven and injection moulding activities.

Activities & Hazards Covered

Legislation & References

The template records model guidance used to inform the documented controls. Applicable WHS/OHS laws and adopted Codes vary by state or territory, so confirm the current local requirements when tailoring the assessment:

• Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing the work environment and facilities — 2.8 Heat and cold; p. 21.
• Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of plant in the workplace — 4.1 Guarding plant; p. 39.
• Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Hazardous manual tasks — 4.1 The hierarchy of control measures; p. 31.
• Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing risks of hazardous chemicals in the workplace — 2.1 How to identify which chemicals are hazardous; p. 15.
• Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing the risk of fatigue at work — Provide sufficient breaks while at work; p. 30.
• Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: First aid in the workplace — 3. First aid equipment, facilities and training; p. 12.
• Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: Managing noise and preventing hearing loss at work — 5. Controlling the risks; p. 29.
• Model guidance: Model Code of Practice: How to manage work health and safety risks — 3. Step 2 — How to assess risks; p. 15.

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Standard Risk Assessment Features (Click to Expand)

• Activity-specific hazard identification and control measures
• Initial and residual risk ratings
• Assigned responsible persons for each activity
• Risk matrix and assessment classification
• Review, monitoring and sign-off fields
• Site-specific customisation before use