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The Hot Bending Glass Procedure Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips or falls
- Manual handling injuries
- 2. Glass selection
- Cuts from sharp edges
- Breakage of glass causing injury
- 3. Pre-heating oven
- Burn due to high temperatures
- Overexposure to heat
- 4. Inserting glass into the oven
- Burns from contact with hot surfaces
- Explosion of unvented gas
- 5. Controlling oven temperature
- Risk of burn
- Lack of proper ventilation
- 6. Bending process
- Exposure to extreme heat
- breakdown of equipment
- 7. Cooling down the bent glass
- Risk of thermal shock
- Micro-cracks leading to shatter risk
- 8. Removal from the oven
- Risk of burn
- Handling of heavy object
- 9. Glass inspection
- Exposure to harmful light spectrums
- Trainee operators
- 10. Glass cleaning
- Use of potentially harmful chemicals
- Skin irritation or allergy
- 11. Quality assurance
- Psychosocial hazards due to stress or failure apprehension
- 12. Packaging and labelling
- Manual handling injuries
- Incorrect product information
- 13. Storage
- Incorrect storage leading to damage
- Manual handling injuries
- 14. Transportation
- Risk of damage during transport
- Manual handling injuries
- 15. Maintenance
- Electrical hazards
- Inadequate lockout procedures
- 16. Waste management
- Exposure to harmful substances
- Manual handling injuries
- 17. Emergency procedures
- Inadequate training or understanding
- panic-induced accidents
- 18. Training and Induction
- Poor knowledge leading to risk of injury
- Inadequate process understanding
- 19. Compliance Check
- Non-compliance risks fines/penalties
- Reputation damage
- 20. Review and update SWMS
- Outdated information increasing risk