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The Mig Welder Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Welder's flash
- Electrical shock
- 2. Material Handling
- Musculoskeletal injuries
- Cuts and abrasions
- 3. Welding Process Initiation
- Gas leaks
- Explosion risk
- 4. During Welding
- Metal fumes and gasses
- UV radiation
- 5. Inspection and Quality Control
- Eye strain
- Repetitive stress injuries
- 6. Cleaning and Maintenance
- Chemical exposure
- Slips
- trips
- and falls
- 7. Shutdown process
- Electrical shock
- Fires
- 8. Waste Disposal
- Cuts from sharp waste
- Hazardous waste handling
- 9. Breakdown procedure
- Heavy lifting
- Electrical shock
- 10. Emergency procedures training
- Inadequate training
- panic situations
- 11. Ventilation check
- Risk of asphyxiation
- Dust inhalation
- 12. Fire safety equipment availability check
- Risk of major burns
- Smoke inhalation
- 13. PPE Inspection
- Faulty equipment
- Inadequate protection
- 14. Height work preparations for overhead welding
- Falls from height
- Struck by falling objects
- 15. Lockout/tagout operations
- Unexpected start-up of machinery
- Electric shock
- 16. Equipment testing (welding machine)
- Electric shock
- Explosion risk
- 17. Visual inspection of the welding area
- Ignoring potential hazards
- Tripping over objects
- 18. Final Welding Inspection
- Eye strain
- Failure to identify defects