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The Poultry Operations Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Contact with hazardous substances
- 2. Loading Poultry onto Conveyor
- Struck by moving object
- musculoskeletal injuries from manual handling
- 3. Slaughter Operation
- Sharp tool injury
- exposure to biological substances (blood)
- 4. Scalding and De-feathering
- Burns from hot water
- aerosol sprays from de-feathering machine
- 5. Evisceration
- Cutting injuries
- contact with intestinal content
- 6. Inspection
- Ergonomic injuries from repetitive motions
- eye strain
- 7. Washing and Chilling
- Slips on wet floor
- cold stress
- 8. Packaging
- Manual handling injuries
- contact with sharp equipment.
- 9. Storage
- Cold stress
- interaction with mobile plant (forklift)
- 10. Equipment Cleaning
- Mental health risks (loneliness)
- contact with cleaning chemicals
- 11. Waste Handling
- Contact with hazardous substances
- manual lifting injuries
- 12. Maintenance Activity
- Interaction with electricity
- entrapment hazard
- 13. Transporting Goods
- Driving-related incidents
- manually lifting heavy goods
- 14. End of Day Check
- Slippery floors
- fatigue-induced mistakes
- 15. Emergency Procedures
- Panic injuries in evacuation
- incorrect use of safety equipment
- 16. Administration tasks
- Mental stress
- ergonomic hazards
- 17. Employee Training
- Misunderstanding of safety procedures
- complacency hazards
- 18. Poultry Feed Management
- Manual handling injuries
- feed dust inhalation
- 19. Egg Collection and Handling
- Bite/scratch from birds
- falls due to imbalance
- 20. Cage Cleaning and Disinfection
- Exposure to cleaning chemicals
- wet surfaces (slips)