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The Manual Handling Of Bagged Products Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Poor manual handling practices
- potential for trips and falls on uneven surfaces
- 2. Picking up the Bagged Products
- Strains and sprained from lifting heavy items
- slipping on wet floor
- 3. Transporting Bagged Products
- Risk of falling objects
- hazards involved with using trolleys or other mobile equipment
- 4. Stacking Bagged Products
- Risk of musculoskeletal injuries
- crush injuries from stacking product incorrectly
- 5. Continuous Lifting of Bagged Products
- Musculoskeletal disorders due to repetitive motions
- fatigue
- 6. Unloading Bags from Vehicles
- Potential for manual handling injuries
- risk of fall when climbing vehicles
- 7. Storage of Bagged Products
- Risk of falling products
- improper storage procedures
- 8. Contaminant Exposure
- Exposure to dusts or harmful substances contained in bags
- 9. Repetition work
- Cumulative strains due to repetitive actions
- inadequate job rotation
- 10. Manual Palletising of Bagged Products
- Risk of manual handling injuries
- back strains
- 11. Machine operations
- Machine entanglement
- electrical hazard
- 12. Bag Sealing
- Burns from heated sealing tools
- exposure to adhesive vapors
- 13. Sudden Interruption to Routine Works
- Slips
- trips and falls due to sudden changes or interruptions
- 14. Housekeeping
- Tripping over objects left in walkways or work areas
- falling objects
- 15. End of Day Clean-Up
- Chemical exposure from cleaning products
- slips on wet floor
- 16. Emergency Procedures
- Injury in event of emergency due to lack of training/equipment/information
- 17. Post-Job clean up
- Potential for chemical and physical hazards if not properly cleaned up
- 18. Documentation & Reporting
- Risk from inadequate record keeping and reporting
- miscommunication within team
- 19. Maintenance & Inspection
- Risks associated with improper maintenance – equipment failure
- sudden breakdowns
- future injuries
- 20. Regular Monitoring & Review
- Non-identification of potential risks during daily monitoring and review process