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The Laying New Flooring Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Exposure to dust
- trip hazards
- 2. Removal of existing flooring
- Risk of injury from tools
- dust inhalation
- strain injury from heavy lifting
- 3. Surface Cleaning
- Slippery surface
- hazardous cleaning solution
- 4. Laying underlay
- Manual handling injuries
- kneeling for long periods
- 5. Threading cables
- Electrocution
- trip hazards
- 6. Laying new floor panels
- Choking hazard from small pieces
- sharp edges
- 7. Trimming and adjusting panels
- Injury from sharp tools
- splinters or sharp edges of material
- 8. Gluing / nailing panels
- Chemical exposure
- fire hazard from flammable materials
- 9. Buffing and smoothening
- Noise hazards
- vibration hazard from machinery
- 10. Sealing floor
- Chemical fume inhalation
- flammability
- 11. Cleaning up site
- Slip and fall
- lifting heavy objects
- exposure to dust and debris
- 12. Disposal of waste materials
- Injury from sharp items
- biological and chemical hazards
- 13. Inspecting finished work
- Trip hazards
- slips
- and falls
- 14. Completion Record Keeping/Documents
- Strain from repetitive movements
- eye strain from digital screens
- 15. Review and monitor task performance
- Stress
- trip hazards
- slips
- and falls