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Key Features:
• Uniform Structure: Each template includes clearly defined sections for job steps, potential hazards, risk matrices, control measures, and emergency procedures.
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The Operating Power Tools Safely Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Electrical hazards
- 2. Equipment check
- Injury from defective equipment
- Noise hazards
- 3. PPE Utilisation
- Exposure to airborne particles
- Injury due to inappropriate PPE
- 4. Power tool selection
- Tool malfunction
- Incorrect tool usage
- 5. Establish work area
- Debris related injuries
- Trip hazards
- 6. Operation of power tools
- Cuts or abrasions
- High noise levels
- Vibrations
- 7. Material Handling
- Manual handling injuries
- Dermatitis from materials
- 8. Housekeeping
- Risks of poor visibility
- Slipping on spilt fluids
- 9. Tool Maintenance
- Injury from tool malfunction
- Exposure to hazardous substances during cleaning
- 10. Reporting and monitoring
- Risk of unreported incidents
- Inadequate hazard communication
- 11. Emergency response
- Injuries from inadequate emergency response
- Inadequate first aid accessibility
- 12. Disposal of waste
- Exposure to harmful substances
- Cuts from disposed materials
- 13. Decommissioning work area
- Risk of cuts from sharp objects
- Risks of dust inhalation
- 14. Tool Storage
- Risk of stored items falling
- Lacerations from improper storage
- 15. Review_PPE Utilisation
- Failure to update protective measures
- Over-reliance on PPE