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The Plastic Strimmers Use Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Trip hazards
- High noise exposure
- 2. Equipments Check
- Strimmer Blade Sharpness
- Equipment defects
- 3. Safety Gear Assembly
- Improper fitting of PPE
- Inadequate PPE
- 4. Area setup
- Protruding objects
- Slips and falls
- 5. Powering On the Strimmer
- Electric shock
- Unintended machine start
- 6. Actual Trimming
- Kickback injuries
- Flying debris
- 7. Machine Re-adjustments
- Knives and blade Exposure
- Unintended machine adjustment
- 8. Clearing of Cut Plastic Pieces
- Manual Handling
- Sharp plastic edges
- 9. Periodic Breaks
- Long standing
- Dehydration
- 10. Post-Strimming Inspection
- Cuts from sharp plastics
- Contact with residual plastic dust
- 11. Maintenance
- Contact with hot parts
- Sharp blades exposure
- 12. Storage
- Mishandling of equipment
- Poorly secured equipment
- 13. Waste Disposal
- Exposure to dust
- Manual handling
- 14. Decontamination
- Chemical exposure
- Skin reaction to cleaning solutions
- 15. Health surveillance
- Long-term exposure to vibration
- Long-term exposure to noise
- 16. Training and competencies
- Inadequate training
- Lack of competence
- 17. Emergency procedures
- Inadequate emergency procedures
- Panic during emergencies
- 18. Environmental Protection
- Plastic waste disposal
- Chemical spillage
- 19. Post-work examination of equipment
- Contact with sharp edges
- Improper tool use
- 20. Documentation & Reporting
- Missing information
- Incorrect logging