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The Joining Masonry Units Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Mishandling of materials
- exposure to airborne dust particles
- 2. Material Selection
- Injury from heavy lifting
- slip and trip hazards
- 3. Setting Out
- Cuts from sharp objects
- falling objects
- 4. Mixing Mortar
- Contact with hazardous substances
- repetitive strain injury
- 5. Laying First Course
- Slip and trip hazards
- back injuries from bending over
- 6. Building Corners
- Falls from height
- struck by moving object
- 7. Spreading Mortar
- Mishandling of tools
- exposure to hazardous substances
- 8. Jointing
- Skin irritation from mortar
- eye injuries from flying debris
- 9. Curing
- Exposure to cold weather
- dehydration
- 10. Strike-off & Removal
- Sharp tool injuries
- falling objects
- 11. Cleaning Up
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- manual lifting injuries
- 12. Transporting material
- Struck by moving vehicle
- heavy lifting injuries
- 13. Inspecting unit
- Fall from height
- slip and trip hazards
- 14. Trimming excess
- Cut injuries
- exposure to airborne particles
- 15. Installing insulation
- Inhalation hazards
- cut injuries
- 16. Sealing joints
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- skin irritation
- 17. Painting and Finishing
- Inhalation of fumes
- falling from height
- 18. Plumbing and Wiring
- Electric shock
- cut injuries
- 19. Quality Checking
- Eye strain
- trip over object
- 20. Disposal of Waste
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- manual handling injuries