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The Operating A Brick Cutting Machine Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Incorrect manual handling
- 2. Machine Setup
- Entanglement in moving parts
- Electrical hazards
- 3. Material Handling
- Struck by moving objects
- Muscle strain from lifting heavy bricks
- 4. Operating Machine
- Dust inhalation
- Noise exposure
- Contact with moving parts
- 5. Maintenance and Cleaning
- Machinery entanglement
- Exposure to harmful cleaning chemicals
- 6. Brick placement
- Crushing injuries
- Repetitive strain injuries
- 7. Blade Adjustment
- Contact with sharp edges
- Unexpected machine movement
- 8. Storage of Bricks
- Manual handling injuries
- Falling objects
- 9. Waste Disposal
- Cuts from sharp debris
- Musculoskeletal injury from improper lifting
- 10. Site Clean-up
- Slips
- trips or falls
- Struck by falling objects
- 11. Shutting Down Machine
- Electrical hazards
- Unexpected start-up of machinery
- 12. Weekly Maintenance
- Machinery entanglement
- Exposure to harmful cleaning chemicals
- 13. Emergency Response
- Panic or confusion
- Injury worsening due to inadequate response
- 14. Returning Machine to Store
- Heavy lifting
- transport-related accidents
- 15. Reporting and Documentation
- Ergonomic stresses
- Mental stress from paperwork overload