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The Packaging Operations Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Machinery faults
- Excessive noise
- Slips and falls
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- 2. Material Set up
- Manual handling injuries
- Falling objects
- Forklift operation risks
- 3. Machinery Start-up
- Electrical hazards
- Unexpected start-up of machines
- Operator trapped in machinery
- 4. Processing
- Cuts from sharp objects
- Worker getting caught in moving parts of machinery
- Ergonomic hazards
- 5. Quality Check
- Eye strain
- Repetitive motion injuries
- Slip
- trip and fall hazards
- 6. Collection and Stacking
- Manual handling injuries
- Struck by falling objects
- Prolonged standing
- 7. Machine Shut down
- Unexpected release of stored energy
- Electrical hazards
- Fire Hazard
- 8. Maintenance
- Electric shock
- Chemical exposure
- Fall from height
- Entanglement
- Noise
- 9. Cleaning
- Slip and trip hazards
- Exposure to chemical cleaning agents/ detergents
- Manual handling injuries
- 10. Waste Disposal
- Heavy lifting
- Sharp object injuries
- Hazardous material exposure
- 11. Inspection
- Trips
- Falls
- Noise levels
- Electrical hazards
- 12. De-palletising
- Injury from falling goods
- Manual handling injuries
- Inadequate lighting
- 13. Storage MEWP operations
- Falls from height
- Collision with structures or people
- manual handling injuries
- 14. Work area Housekeeping
- Slip and trip hazards
- Manual handling injuries
- Fire Hazard
- 15. Post-Work Clean Up
- Exposure to chemicals
- Slip and trip hazards
- Manual handling injuries
- 16. Documentation
- Workstation ergonomics
- Repetitive Strain injury
- 17. Emergency Procedures
- Panic and chaos
- Inability to access exit routes
- Exposure to fire or smoke
- 18. Return of Equipment
- Heavy lifting
- Trip and fall hazards
- Misplacement of equipment
- 19. Supervision and Monitoring
- Unawareness of risks
- Insufficient training
- Poor communication
- 20. Breakdown response
- Electrical shock
- accidental energising of machinery
- Lacerations from machine parts