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The Operating Butchery Equipment. Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Injury from sharp tools
- Includes cuts and punctures
- Hazardous manual handling
- 2. Cleaning Equipment
- Exposure to harmful substances
- Electrical shock
- 3. Operating Band Saw
- Severe lacerations and amputations caused by moving blade
- Noise-induced hearing loss
- 4. Using Mincer
- Trapping of fingers or hands in machinery
- Musculoskeletal disorders from repetitive movements
- 5. Wrapping and Packaging
- Slips
- trips and falls due to wet or greasy floors,Musculoskeletal disorders from heavy lifting
- 6. Maintenance
- Electrical hazards from faulty equipment
- Cuts and bruises
- 7. Transporting Meat Products
- Manual handling injuries
- Direct contact with raw meat products diseases
- 8. Disposal of Waste
- Exposure to biological hazards
- Injuries from improper handling of sharp waste
- 9. Setting Up Work Area
- Risk of fall injuries
- electrical risks from setting up equipment
- 10. Deboning Process
- Laceration and puncture injuries from hand tools
- 11. Slicing and Chopping
- Cuts and lacerations from hand tools
- Repetitive stress injuries from repeated motions
- 12. Inspection of Equipment
- Contact injury from unintential start-up of equipment
- Electric shocks from loose cable
- 13. Restocking Supplies
- Strains and sprains from heavy lifting
- Slips and trips from cluttered walkways
- 14. Sterilisation of Tools
- Chemical burns from cleaning solutions
- Eye injuries from splashes
- 15. Staff Training
- Injuries due to insufficient knowledge of equipment
- Poor implementation of safety guidelines
- 16. Shutdown and Lockout
- Unexpected equipment start-up causing injury
- Electric shock from not properly shut down equipment
- 17. Regular Inspection
- Injury caused by faulty equipment
- Exposure to harmful substances
- 18. Personal Protective Equipment Check
- Exposure to raw meat and associated bacteria
- Injury due to improper PPE
- 19. Emergency Procedures Practice
- Injury caused by inadequate response to emergency situations
- Panic or missteps due to lack of preparedness
- 20. End-of-day Cleanup
- Manual handling injuries from moving heavy loads
- Slips and falls due to wet/unclean surfaces