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Key Features:
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• Regulatory Compliance: Built to align with Australia’s WHS legislation and Codes of Practice, these templates include guidance notes and reference links to help you stay compliant.
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The Repair Minor Scratches Or Damages Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Injury from incorrect manual handling
- Exposure to dust and particulates
- 2. Assessment of Damage
- Eye injury due to flying debris
- Cut or scrape from sharp objects in the work area
- 3. Selecting Tools
- Incident due to wrong tool selection
- Chemical hazard from cleaning solutions
- 4. Cleaning Area
- Hazardous fumes or chemical exposure from cleaners
- Slip hazard from wet floors
- 5. Apply Filler
- Exposure to toxic chemicals in filler
- Reaction to fumes
- 6. Sanding Operations
- Dust inhalation
- noise from power sanders
- 7. Cleaning Post-Sanding
- Slip hazards from dust or loose debris on floor
- Hazardous waste disposal
- 8. Prepping for Paint
- Exposure to paint fumes
- Contact with irritating substances
- 9. Painting
- Inhalation of paint fumes
- fire hazard from flammable paints
- 10. Drying
- Fire hazard from heat lamps or drying equipment
- Tripping over cords or wires
- 11. Post-Drying Cleanup
- Exposure to hazardous waste materials
- slip hazard from wet floors
- 12. Buffing and Polishing
- Noise exposure from buffing machinery
- heat burns from buffer
- 13. Inspection
- Misjudgement leads to rework
- overlooked safety hazard
- 14. Final Clean up
- Chemical exposure when disposing of waste
- injury from incorrect manual handling
- 15. Documentation
- Hazards associated with computer use
- fatigue from long work hours
- 16. Completion and Handover
- Loss or damage to final result
- misjudgement leads to rework
- 17. Review and Evaluation
- Inequality in assessment
- misunderstanding in feedback and communication
- 18. Storage of Materials
- Cluttered storage area-leading tripping hazards
- incorrect lifting practices cause injury
- 19. Equipment Maintenance
- Incorrect maintenance procedures
- injury due to damaged equipment
- 20. Post-Project Review
- Miscommunication during review session
- overlooked correction points