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The Manual Palletising Tasks Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect manual handling
- equipment failure
- slips and falls
- 2. Manual lifting of Pallets
- Musculoskeletal injuries
- pinching or crushing injuries
- 3. Carrying the pallet
- Tripping
- falling objects
- lifting injuries
- 4. Positioning the pallet
- Strains and sprains
- collisions with other workers or equipment
- 5. Applying Shrink Wrap
- Chemical exposure
- cuts from sharp edges
- 6. Loading Pallet onto Truck
- Falling objects
- musculoskeletal injuries from lifting
- 7. Unloading Pallet from Truck
- Back injuries from lifting
- dropping heavy objects
- 8. Stacking pallets
- Falls from height
- falling objects
- muscular strain
- 9. De-stacking pallets
- Crushing injuries
- back strain
- falling objects
- 10. Wrapping pallets
- Bodily injury from wrapper
- inhalation of wrap fumes
- 11. Moving loaded pallets
- Collisions
- trips and falls
- manual handling injuries
- 12. Tidying up workspace
- Slips
- trips and falls
- injury from misplaced tools/equipment
- 13. Inspecting finished product
- Exposure to harmful substances
- pinch points
- 14. Maintenance and cleaning of palletising machine
- Electric shock
- cuts from sharp edges
- 15. Reporting any hazards or incidents
- Failure to adequately report
- not recognising hazards
- 16. De-brief and task review
- Frustration due to poor communication
- exhaustion
- 17. Site clean-up
- Exposure to harmful substances
- slip
- trip & fall hazards
- 18. Transporting pallets to storage
- Traffic accidents
- muscle strains from lifting
- 19. Documenting procedures
- Repetitive strain injuries
- eye strain due to extended computer use
- 20. Finishing the task and packing up
- Manual handling injuries
- traffic accidents