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The Offcut Removal Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trips
- unsecured material or equipment
- incorrect handling methods
- 2. Review and check tools/equipment
- Failure of equipment
- inappropriate use of equipment
- 3. Determine the correct form of PPE
- Inadequate protection
- misuse of PPE
- 4. Clear work area
- Accidental fall
- slipping
- collisions with moving objects
- 5. Position work materials appropriately
- Incorrect manual handling
- objects falling on feet
- 6. Conduct cutting process
- Blade contact
- Sawdust inhalation
- 7. Removal of offcuts
- Protruding nails or sharp edges
- heavy lifting
- 8. Stack and store offcut materials
- Heavy lifting
- unsecured stacked materials toppling
- 9. Clean up work area
- Slips
- trips
- falls
- exposure to dust
- 10. Dispose of waste correctly
- Allergies
- infections
- unhygienic conditions
- 11. Document the disposal process
- Miscommunication
- incorrect documentation
- 12. Regular tool/machine maintenance
- Malfunctioning equipment
- Electrocution risks
- 13. Regular training of workers
- Insufficient knowledge leading to mishaps
- 14. Emergency procedures practice
- Unpreparedness during emergencies
- 15. Regular review of SWMS
- Outdated or inappropriate safety measures
- 16. Decommissioning the workspace
- Injury due to leftover materials
- unsecured objects
- 17. Transporting cut materials
- Vehicle accidents
- inadequate load securing
- lifting injuries
- 18. Offsite disposal of waste
- Unsanitary conditions
- diseases
- environmental harm
- 19. Audit and Compliance check
- Non-compliance leading to penalties
- 20. Debrief & Feedback
- Insufficient communication or miscommunication