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The Hot Work On Flammable Materials Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Inadequate work area
- incorrect equipment
- 2. Identification of flammable material
- Unclear labeling
- poor documentation
- 3. Risk assessment
- Insufficient training
- overlooking potential risks
- 4. Safe work procedures
- Missing procedures
- out-of-date legislation compliance
- 5. Personal protective equipment check
- Faulty equipment
- inadequate provision
- 6. Hot Work Warning Signs setup
- Miscommunication
- absence of signs
- 7. Fire extinguisher check
- Expired extinguishers
- improper storage
- 8. Performing hot work
- Burns
- fires
- 9. Ventilation check
- Blocked vents
- lack of necessary air exchange
- 10. Material handling
- Poor manual handling techniques
- exposure to toxic substances
- 11. Storage precautions
- Improper storage
- high stacking
- 12. Communication and training
- Inexperience
- lack of proper training programs
- 13. Emergency response protocol
- Incomplete plan
- not up-to-date
- 14. Close-out reports
- Omission of important details
- inaccurate records
- 15. Follow-up actions
- Failure to complete follow-ups
- neglecting future action plans
- 16. Equipment maintenance
- Machinery failure
- lack of regular servicing
- 17. Health surveillance
- Inadequate health monitoring
- overlooking potential health issues
- 18. Review and update of safety protocols
- Outdated protocols
- failure to comply with new rules
- 19. Waste management
- Hazardous waste disposal
- improper segregation
- 20. Review of incident reports
- Incorrect data input
- bias in report analysis