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The Loading And Unloading Hay Bales Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Improper equipment
- Lack of training
- 2. Transport to site
- Road accidents
- Falling hay bales
- 3. Using manual handling
- Back injuries
- Crush injuries
- 4. Operating machinery
- Collision with objects
- Incorrect operation
- 5. Stacking hay bales
- Falling objects
- Tripping hazards
- 6. Securing the load
- Poor security increases fall risk
- 7. Monitoring weather conditions
- Heat stroke
- Wet surfaces cause slips or falls
- 8. Unloading bales at destination
- Uncontrolled release of potential energy
- Crush injuries
- 9. Manual removal and stacking
- Muscle strain
- Falls from height
- 10. Machinery post-operation check
- Confined spaces hazard
- Moving parts hazard
- 11. Cleaning up after operation
- Slip
- trip and fall hazards
- Dust inhalation
- 12. Returning equipment
- Machinery run-over
- Reversing vehicle
- 13. Review of operations
- Risk of overlooking hazards
- Complacency
- 14. Training review
- Insufficient knowledge
- Miscommunication
- 15. Maintenance checks
- Moving parts hazard
- Confined spaces hazard
- 16. Restocking supplies
- Manual handling
- Fall from height
- 17. Reporting any issues
- Poor communication
- Untreated injuries
- 18. Emergency procedures
- Inadequate training
- Panic induced injuries
- 19. Record keeping
- Poor documentation
- Data mismanagement
- 20. End of day safety check
- Overlooking hazards
- Fatigue related errors