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The Maintaining Organic Waste Compost Heap Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Inadequate personal protective equipment
- exposure to organic waste germs
- 2. Organic Waste Collection
- Risk of falling items
- physical strain
- 3. Quality Check
- Exposure to harmful bacteria
- skin irritation due to contaminated waste
- 4. Segregation
- Back injury from heavy lifting
- physical strain
- 5. Chopping and Shredding
- Machinery injury
- noise pollution
- 6. Composting Process Initiation
- Heat burns
- bacterial infection
- 7. Turning the Heap
- Unsecured heap leading to collapse
- back injury
- 8. Maintain Moisture Levels
- Mold exposure
- wet floor hazards
- 9. Heap Temperature Monitoring
- Risk of burns from overheated compost
- 10. Final Curing Process
- Exposure to allergens
- heat burns
- 11. Screening finished product
- Machinery hazard
- exposure to dust
- 12. Packaging
- Repetitive movement strain
- manual handling injuries
- 13. Storage
- Toppling stacks
- pest infestations
- 14. Disposal of Unwanted/Unused product
- Exposure to chemicals
- manual handling injuries
- 15. Cleaning up
- Slipping or falling on wet surfaces
- exposure to cleaning chemicals