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The Operate A Radial Arm Saw Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Exposure to sharp objects
- Slips and trips
- 2. Equipment Inspection
- Faulty equipment
- contact with exposed electrical parts
- 3. Mounting Cutting Blade
- Finger injuries from blade
- cut from blade
- 4. Setting Up Working Area
- Globally unfixed equipment
- exposure to crushing or pinching areas
- 5. Operating Saw
- Dust inhalation
- Noise pollution
- 6. Releasing Cuts & Finished Products
- Hand injuries
- slips and trips
- 7. Cleaning & Maintenance
- Contact with hot surfaces
- exposure to hazardous substances
- 8. Blade Replacement
- Accidental starts
- injury from sharp objects
- 9. Trouble Shooting
- Electrical faults
- entanglement in moving parts
- 10. Material Loading
- Manual handling injuries
- slips and trips around workplace
- 11. Emergency Shutdown
- Physical stress
- failure of equipment functions
- 12. Quality Assessment
- Eye strain
- overexertion and bodily reactions
- 13. Waste Management
- Infections from waste
- contact to harmful substance
- 14. Security Turn Off
- Unintended start-up
- exposure to hazardous energy
- 15. End of Shift Wrap Up
- Fatigue
- disorder in worksite