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The Material Sampling Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls (S,T&F)
- Inadequate training
- 2. Transport to site
- Traffic collisions
- S,T&F
- Manual handling injuries
- 3. Offloading equipment
- Falling objects
- Manual handling injuries
- Equipment malfunction
- 4. Setting up site
- Inadequate setup
- S,T&F
- Contact with harmful chemicals
- 5. Sample collection
- Equipment malfunction
- Exposure to harmful substances
- S,T&F
- 6. Handling and processing samples
- Improper handling of hazardous material
- Inadequate PPE
- Equipment failure
- 7. Record keeping
- Miscommunication
- Loss of information
- 8. Clean-up of site
- Incorrect disposal of hazardous waste
- S,T&F
- 9. Packaging and labelling samples
- Incorrect labelling
- Spills and leaks
- 10. Transportation of samples back to lab
- Traffic collisions
- Manual handling injuries
- 11. Unloading of samples at the lab
- Falling objects
- Manual handling injuries
- Equipment malfunction
- 12. Storing of samples
- Incorrect storage
- Exposure to harmful substances
- 13. Analysis of samples
- Failure of lab equipment
- Incorrect results due to contamination
- 14. Documentation and reporting
- Miscommunication
- Loss of data
- 15. Disposal of used samples
- Incorrect disposal of hazardous waste
- S,T&F
- 16. Site restoration post analysis
- S,T&F
- Improper disposal of waste
- 17. Equipment maintenance and storages
- Manual handling injuries
- Equipment failure
- 18. Review and update of safety procedures
- Outdated procedures
- Inadequate training
- 19. Training
- Inadequate training
- Miscommunication
- 20. Emergency preparedness
- Failure to adequately respond to emergencies
- Inadequate training