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The Mechanical Hammering Activities Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Inadequate training
- Incorrect tool selection
- 2. Workspace Setup
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Poor ergonomics
- 3. Equipment Check
- Equipment malfunction
- Handling heavy equipment
- 4. Hammering Start
- Muscular strain
- Eye Injury from flying debris
- 5. Continuous Hammering
- Noise exposure
- Hand-Arm Vibration Syndrome (HAVS)
- 6. Changing Hammer
- Mismatch of tools
- Inappropriate handling of tools
- 7. Checking Work Quality
- Eye strain
- Muscular strain
- 8. Break Time
- Ensuring safe tool storage
- Resuming work post break
- 9. Hammering Resume
- Fatigue
- Repetitive motion injuries
- 10. Work Completion
- Incorrect tool storage
- Inadequate cleanup
- 11. Post Operation Cleanup
- Cuts from sharp remnants
- Exposure to hazardous materials
- 12. Tool Maintenance
- Improper maintenance practices
- Equipment malfunction
- 13. Reporting and Documenting
- Inefficiency due to improper reporting
- Lack of proper documentation leading to violation of WHS norms
- 14. Emergency Handling
- Handling emergency situations such as accidents or natural calamities
- Unawareness about First Aid procedures
- 15. Debrief/Review
- Overlooking of safety issues for future
- No feedback mechanism resulting in repeated mistakes