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The Operating Industrial Sewing Machine Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips
- falls
- electric shock
- 2. Machine Setup
- Cuts
- pinches
- electrocution
- 3. Thread Installation
- Needle puncture
- eye strain
- 4. Initial Testing
- Unexpected machine start
- loud noise leading to hearing damage
- 5. Running stitch
- Hand injury
- repetitive motion injuries
- 6. Pattern cutting
- Cut wounds
- finger injury
- repetitive strain injury
- 7. Sewing
- Needle puncture
- injuries from sharp objects
- 8. Quality Inspection
- Eye strain
- musculoskeletal disorders
- 9. Machine Maintenance
- Electric shock
- hand injuries
- 10. Material Handling
- Musculoskeletal disorders due to manual lifting and carrying
- 11. Long working period
- fatigue
- stress
- 12. Stitching zippers
- Pricked by needle
- strain injury
- 13. Pressing seams
- Burn hazards
- steam hazards
- 14. Serger operation
- Noise pollution
- pricked by needle
- 15. Finishing and Packing
- Cut injuries
- heavy lifting injuries
- 16. Clean-up
- Tripping over clutter
- chemical exposure
- 17. Machine Turn-off
- Accidental start
- electric shock
- 18. Storage of materials
- Improper lifting
- slips
- trips and falls
- 19. Equipment inspection
- electric shock
- sudden machine start
- 20. Emergency stop operation
- sudden machine stop
- panic or stress