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The Manipulating Drywall Panels Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Exposure to hazardous materials
- Slips
- trips and falls
- 2. Unloading and Handling Materials
- Manual handling injuries
- Collision with equipment or materials
- Contact with sharp materials
- 3. Inspection of Materials
- Cuts from sharp edges
- Exposure to hazardous materials
- 4. Setting Up Job Site
- Tripping over materials or tools
- Electrical hazards
- Falls from heights
- 5. Cutting Drywall Panels
- Injury from power tools
- Inhalation of dust
- Noise exposure
- 6. Moving Cut Panels
- Collision with equipment
- Manual handling injuries
- 7. Determining Fit
- Drops onto an unprotected foot
- Manual handling injuries
- 8. Attaching Panels
- Falls from ladders or stilts
- Injury from power tools
- 9. Applying Joint Compound
- Inhalation of dust and vapours
- Eye irritation from flying debris
- 10. Sanding Joint Compound
- Dermatological reactions
- Respiratory problems due to dust inhalation
- Noise exposure from sanding tools
- 11. Cleaning Up
- Slips
- trips and falls on debris or spills
- Cuts from discarded materials
- Exposure to hazardous waste
- 12. Finish Work
- Musculoskeletal strain
- repetitive motion injuries
- 13. Post-Work Inspection
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Construction debris or sharp object injuries
- 14. Dismantling Job Site
- Exposure to hazardous waste
- Falls from heights
- collision with equipment or materials
- 15. Waste Disposal
- Exposure to hazardous waste
- cuts from sharp objects
- manual handling injuries