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The Hot Metal Forming Process Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Exposure to noise
- inhalation of fumes and dust
- 2. Material selection
- Manual handling risks
- exposure to sharp edges
- 3. Measurements & Marking
- Eye strain
- cuts from tools
- 4. Initial Heat treatment
- Burns
- eye injuries due to bright light
- Inhalation of fumes
- 5. Die setup
- Crushing injury
- slipping or tripping hazards
- 6. Pre-forming
- High temperature
- manual handling risks
- 7. Hot Forming
- Molten metal splash
- heat exhaustion
- radiant heat
- 8. Press operation
- Machine entanglement
- High temperature burns
- 9. Intermediate annealing
- Heat stress
- burns
- eye injuries
- 10. Final Forming
- High temperature
- manual handling risks
- equipment failure
- 11. Cooling Process
- Burns from hot metal
- thermal shock if cooling too fast
- 12. Inspecting
- Eye strain
- repeated motions leading to musculoskeletal disorders
- 13. Trimming/Deburring
- Cuts
- eye damage from flying particles
- 14. Packaging
- Manual handling risks
- cuts from packaging materials
- 15. Clean up
- Chemical hazards
- trips and slips
- dust inhalation
- 16. Maintenance
- Electrical hazards
- machine entanglement
- 17. Waste Management
- Exposure to hazardous waste materials
- lifting heavy loads
- 18. Quality Control
- Manual handling risks
- eye strain from constant inspection
- 19. Storing
- Trips & falls
- manual handling injuries
- 20. Transporting
- Load shifts in transport
- manual handling injuries