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The Operate Hydraulic Shear Cutter Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Improper setup
- uncontrolled release of hydraulic pressure
- 2. Perform pre-start checks
- Equipment malfunction
- unexpected start-up
- 3. Adjust cutter settings
- Entanglement
- accidental activation
- 4. Load material onto cutter
- Incorrect lifting technique
- trapped fingers
- 5. Operate cutter
- Lacerations
- entrapment
- machine kick back
- 6. Clear cutter blockages
- Uncontrolled release of stored energy
- contact with moving parts
- 7. Maintenance and cleaning tasks
- Contact with harmful substances
- electrical hazards
- slips & trips
- 8. Secure cutting area post-operation
- Leftover debris
- unsecured sharp parts
- 9. Shut down machine
- Unexpected start-up
- trapped hands/fingers
- 10. Report incidents and near misses
- Miscommunication
- incorrect reporting protocol
- 11. Store tools and equipment
- Manual handling injury
- trips & falls
- 12. Emergency procedures
- Inadequate training
- panic in emergency situations
- 13. Post-operational inspection
- Unnoticed damage to equipment
- potential failure
- 14. Waste disposal
- Exposure to hazardous waste
- improper handling/ disposal
- 15. Review work operations
- Unresolved issues from previous tasks
- repetition of uncontrolled hazards
- 16. Follow up actions and checks
- Inadequate follow-up
- recurrence of previously controlled hazards
- 17. Equipment inspection
- Overlooked maintenance needs
- unnoticed wear and tear
- 18. Return to store area
- Manual handling injuries
- trips & falls
- 19. Document control measures
- Miscommunication
- overlooked hazards
- 20. Monitor health after operation
- Delayed reaction to exposure
- untreated injuries