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The Operate Log Splitters Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Exposure to harmful substances
- Inappropriate footwear
- 2. Transporting splitter to work area
- Manual lifting injury
- Slips
- trips and falls
- 3. Inspecting the log splitter
- Electric shock
- Cuts and abrasions from sharp or rusty edges
- 4. Setting up the log splitter
- Machine tip-over
- Struck by flying debris
- 5. Filling fuel tank
- Exposure to harmful fumes
- Chemical burns
- 6. Operating the log splitter
- Crushing
- cuts or entrapment injuries
- Noise-induced hearing loss
- 7. Refuelling machine
- Risk of fire or explosion
- Exposure to harmful fumes
- 8. Clearing wood from operation area
- Manual lifting injury
- Slips
- trips and falls
- 9. Cleaning the log splitter
- Cuts from sharp objects
- Exposure to harmful substances
- 10. Servicing splitter
- Machinery entanglement
- Electric shock
- 11. Fault finding/Maintenance
- Machinery entanglement
- electric shock
- 12. Storing splitter in designated area
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Manual lifting injury
- 13. End of day check
- Exposure to harmful substances
- Electric shock
- 14. Emergency response training
- Incorrect use of emergency equipment
- Panic/anxiety incidents
- 15. Personal protective equipment supply
- Misuse of equipment
- Lack of suitable PPE