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The Metal Chemical Etching Machine Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Inhalation of toxic fumes
- skin burns from chemicals
- 2. Machine Set-up
- Crushing injuries
- entanglement in moving parts
- 3. Material Loading
- Manual handling injuries
- slips and trips
- 4. Chemical Mixing
- Chemical spills
- chemical burns
- 5. Etching Process
- Explosive reactions
- release of hazardous gases
- 6. Inspection
- Exposure to harmful UV light
- electrical shocks
- 7. Material Unloading
- Burns from hot surfaces
- manual handling injuries
- 8. Machine Shut-down
- Entanglement in stopping parts
- electrical shocks
- 9. Cleaning & Maintenance
- Slips and falls
- contact with harmful substances
- 10. Waste Disposal
- Dangerous goods transport
- improper handling of harmful wastes
- 11. Emergency Procedures
- Mishandling of fire extinguishing equipment
- wrongful donning of PPE
- 12. Work Area Sanitation
- Exposure to residual chemicals
- improper handling of cleaning agents
- 13. Equipment Storage
- Improper stacking
- manual handling injuries
- 14. Documenting process
- Papercuts
- incorrect logging of data
- 15. Reporting incidences
- Incorrect detailing of event
- lack of reporting regiment
- 16. Debriefing & Feedback
- Miscommunication
- inappropriate behaviour
- 17. Machine Maintenance procedures
- improper use of tools
- contact with residual substances
- 18. Personal Protective Equipment usage
- incorrect donning
- misuse of PPE
- 19. Understanding machine operational guide
- Misinterpretation of instruction
- lack of understanding
- 20. Regular safety and health check
- Missed checks
- incorrect logging of status