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The Manual Handling Of Bulky Items Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Manual handling injuries
- trip hazards
- 2. Equipment setup
- Incorrect manual handling
- equipment failure
- 3. Lifting Bulky Items
- Manual handling injuries
- dropped objects
- muscle strain
- 4. Positioning
- Musculo-skeletal stresses
- impact injuries
- 5. Transport
- Trip hazards
- dropped items
- 6. Unloading
- Manual handling injuries
- dropped objects
- 7. Clean-up
- Slippery surfaces
- trip hazards
- 8. Pack Down
- Incorrect manual handling
- injury from packing down
- 9. Review & Report
- Inadequate review and reporting system
- 10. Emergency Procedures
- Lack of understanding or identifying emergencies
- 11. First Aid Provision
- Inadequate first aid provision resulting in serious injury
- 12. Maintenance
- Inadequate maintenance leading to machine failure
- 13. PPE Usage
- Inadequate
- improper or lack of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- 14. Safeguarding Measures
- insufficiency or lack of safeguarding measures causing accidents
- 15. Worker Training
- Lack of training or competency among workers
- 16. Injury Reporting
- Failure to report all injuries
- 17. Safety Audits
- Incomplete or inadequate safety audits
- 18. Heat Stress Management
- Improper heat stress management resulting in illness
- 19. Equipment Inspection
- Lack of a diligent inspection regimen
- 20. Waste Management
- Improper waste disposal leading to hazards