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The Removing Old Paint From Wood Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- exposure to lead dust or chips
- 2. Setting up work area
- Electrocution
- falls from height
- manual handling injuries
- 3. Inspection of work area
- Exposure to toxic substances
- slips
- trips
- and falls
- 4. Selecting appropriate tools
- Inappropriate tool use
- cuts
- eye injuries
- 5. Putting on Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
- Incorrect PPE
- heat stress
- 6. Dry scraping paint
- Fumes inhalation
- eye injuries
- muscle strains
- 7. Wet soaking method for stubborn paint
- Water damage
- slips
- and falls
- 8. Chemical stripping method
- Chemical burns
- fumes inhalation
- improper disposal
- 9. Cleaning the work area
- Slips
- trips and falls
- handling chemicals
- 10. Disposal of old paint and other debris
- Improper waste disposal
- chemical exposure
- 11. Assessment of completed task
- Falls from height
- future potential hazards unnoticed
- 12. Removing PPE
- Exposure to toxic substances still present on PPE
- skin irritation
- 13. Cleaning and storing tools
- Improper tool maintenance
- cuts
- electric shock
- 14. Reporting and documentation
- Incorrect information
- failure to note possible hazards
- 15. Review job tasks and implement improvements
- Failure to identify potential hazards
- slips
- falls
- and trips
- 16. Regular maintenance of work equipment
- Injury due to faulty equipment
- electric shock
- 17. Training and awareness sessions for workers
- Inadequate training leading to injuries
- illness from improperly handling hazardous substances
- 18. Testing of safety measures
- Failure of safety measures resulting in injury or harm
- unattended risks due to improper testing
- 19. Scheduled safety audits
- Failure to identify potential hazards
- mishandling of tools and equipment
- 20. Regular updates on safety protocols and standards
- Outdated safety procedures
- non-compliance with health and safety regulations