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The Preparing Materials For Disposal Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Improper handling of materials
- exposure to harmful substances
- 2. Sorting Materials
- Potential cuts or abrasions from sharp parts
- inadvertent exposure to hazardous waste
- 3. Packaging
- Crush injuries from heavy objects
- ergonomic hazards from repetitive movements
- 4. Labelling
- Inadequate information causing improper handling
- mislabeled hazardous material
- 5. Transporting to Designated Area
- Slips
- trips and falls
- manual handling injuries
- 6. Hazardous Material Disposal
- Exposure to harmful chemicals or biohazardous materials
- physical injury due to improper disposal techniques
- 7. Non-Hazardous Material Disposal
- Sprains and strains from lifting
- risk of collision while transporting waste
- 8. Cleaning Work Area
- Exposure to cleaning chemicals
- slips from wet floor
- 9. Checking/Inspecting Finished Work
- Potential overlooked hazards
- fatigue-related errors
- 10. Maintaining Records
- Poor documentation leading to confusion
- potential legal problems if regulations not followed
- 11. Staff Training
- Untrained staff leading to accidents
- insufficient knowledge about safe work procedures
- 12. Equipment Maintenance
- Failures causing sudden accidents
- improper repairs leading to future risks
- 13. Emergency Procedures
- Insufficient knowledge leading to panic
- delayed emergency response
- 14. PPE Inspection and Use
- Misuse or disuse of PPE
- PPE failures due to poor maintenance
- 15. Regular Safety Audits
- Missed hazards due to lack of thoroughness
- complacency leading to sloppy practices
- 16. Incident Reporting
- Tardy or incomplete reporting leading to ineffective corrective actions
- falsification of information