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The Removing Toxic Plants From Animal Grazes Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Incorrect use of PPE
- Lack of hazard identification
- 2. Plant Identification
- Misidentification of plants
- Exposure to toxic plants
- 3. Tool Inspection
- Faulty equipment
- Injury from tools
- 4. Safety Briefing
- Inadequate knowledge of risks
- Poor understanding of safety procedures
- 5. Marking Hazardous Area
- Miscommunication
- Inadequate marking
- 6. Plant Removal
- Physical strain
- Allergic reactions to plants
- Cuts or injuries from plants
- 7. Plant Disposal
- Incorrect disposal
- exposure to toxins
- 8. Site Cleaning
- Injury from leftover plant parts
- slipping due to wet ground
- 9. Equipment Decontamination
- Skin contact with plant toxins left on equipment
- Eye contact with cleaning chemicals
- 10. PPE Disposal
- Incorrect disposal
- Reuse of contaminated PPE
- 11. Health Monitoring
- Inadequate follow up
- Missed symptoms of plant toxicity
- 12. Record Keeping
- Misreporting
- Lapses in record keeping
- 13. Review & Update SWMS
- Inaccurate updates
- Missed revisions
- 14. Disseminate Updated SWMS
- Incomplete dissemination
- Misinterpretation
- 15. Training on Updated SWMS
- Inadequate training
- Lack of understanding
- 16. Regular Inspection
- Missed inspections
- Incomplete inspections
- 17. Site Restoration
- Pathogen spread due to improper site restoration
- Physical injury
- 18. Emergency Plan Updating
- Insufficient emergency preparation
- Inadequate first aid supplies
- 19. Emergency Drill Conducting
- Poor participation
- Inadequate drill execution
- 20. Evaluation & Feedback
- Neglected feedback
- Poor evaluation procedures