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The Planing Wood Surfaces Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Inhalation of dust
- Noise from machinery
- 2. Checking Equipment
- Electrical hazards
- Inadequate machine guarding
- 3. Setting Up Machinery
- Crush and pinch points
- Slips
- trips and falls
- 4. Loading Timber
- Manual handling injuries
- Wood dust inhalation
- 5. Operating Planer
- Flying debris
- Noise
- Kickback
- 6. Manual Feed Operation
- Hand-arm vibration syndrome
- Cuts and lacerations
- 7. Auto Feed Operation
- Caught in moving machinery
- Production of wood dust
- 8. Adjusting Machine Settings
- Unexpected start up of machinery
- Crushing injuries
- 9. Unloading Planed Wood
- Manual handling injuries
- Splinters
- 10. Cleaning & Maintenance
- Pinch and crush points
- Slippery surfaces
- 11. Shavings Collection
- Exposure to wood dust
- Fire hazard
- 12. Isolation and Tag out
- Unexpected machine activation
- Electrical hazards
- 13. Troubleshooting
- Electric shock
- Contact with moving parts
- 14. Changing Blades
- Sharp objects
- Unexpected start up
- 15. Shutdown and Lockout
- Trapping points
- Falling materials
- 16. Emergency Procedures
- Fire hazard
- Inadequate emergency exits
- 17. Material Disposal
- Handling of sharp waste
- Dust generation
- 18. Personal Decontamination
- Skin exposure to wood dust
- Eye irritants
- 19. Equipment Storage
- Falling objects during storage
- Trip hazards
- 20. Site Clean-Up
- Exposure to hazardous materials
- Slips
- trips and falls from untidy area