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The Operating Forklift Trucks Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slip
- trip and fall hazards
- Unsuitable PPE
- 2. Operational Check
- Mechanical failure
- Incorrect use of controls
- 3. Load Handling
- Overloading
- Improperly stacked loads
- 4. Driving
- Collision with others
- Unsafe driving
- 5. Handling Goods
- Poor manual handling
- Unsafe stacking of goods
- 6. Parking Vehicle
- Improper parking
- Inadequate lightening
- 7. Charging or Refuelling
- Fuelling spillage
- Battery acid spills
- 8. Post Operation Checks
- Mechanical fault
- Poor maintenance
- 9. Emergency Procedures
- Lack of effective emergency procedures
- inability to locate fire extinguisher
- 10. Maintenance
- Insufficient training
- Faulty equipment
- 11. Unloading
- Overturning forklift
- falling objects
- 12. Manoeuvring in Tight Areas
- Pedestrians
- collision with infrastructure
- 13. Lifting Personnel
- Falling from height
- Instability of forklift
- 14. Forklift Inspection
- Inadequate inspection
- Lack of competent person
- 15. Storing Forklift
- Unauthorized access
- Exposure to weather
- 16. Discarding Waste Materials
- Environmental damage
- Fire hazard
- 17. Record Keeping
- Inaccurate records
- Failure to maintain records
- 18. Forklift Charging
- Electric shock
- Fire hazard
- 19. Lifting Loads
- Poorly distributed load
- Collision with other workers
- 20. Travelling With Load
- Tip-overs
- Collision with other objects