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The Metal Plate Shearing Machine Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect machine setup
- lack of training
- 2. Machine Operation
- Entanglement
- crushed fingers
- 3. Maintenance
- Electrical hazard
- falling equipment
- 4. Loading Materials
- Strains and sprains
- falling materials
- 5. Unloading Materials
- Crushed fingers
- falling materials
- 6. Housekeeping
- Slips
- trips and falls
- unsafe workplace
- 7. Fault Identification
- Electric shocks
- burns from hot surfaces
- 8. Cutting Process
- Flying debris
- noise exposure
- 9. Waste Disposal
- Cuts from sharp objects
- hazardous substances exposure
- 10. Breakdown Procedures
- Sudden release of stored energy
- electrical hazards
- 11. Emergency Response
- Fire
- explosion risks
- Failure to properly shutdown
- 12. Quality Checks
- Eye strains from intense focus
- repetitive motion injuries
- 13. Tool Exchange
- Cutting
- pinching injuries
- sudden machine movement
- 14. Transportation of Material
- Manual handling injuries
- collision
- 15. Shutdown Procedures
- Sudden release of stored energy
- trip and fall hazards
- 16. Report and Documentation
- Eyestrain from computer screens
- repetitive strain injuries