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The Replacing Chainsaw Chain Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Inadequate training
- Incorrect equipment
- 2. Assessment of chainsaw and work area
- Incorrect use of tools
- Slip/Trip hazard
- Falling objects
- 3. Gathering safety gear
- Misuse of PPE
- Equipment malfunction
- 4. Securing the chainsaw
- Unintended start-up
- Pinch/crush injuries
- 5. Removing old chain
- Sharp objects
- Kickback
- 6. Inspecting the bar
- Contact with sharp objects
- Eye injury from flying debris
- 7. Installing new chain
- Pinch/crush injuries
- Incorrect installation
- 8. Ensuring correct tension in chain
- Muscular strain
- Slipping due to excess tension
- 9. Securing chain on sprockets
- Unintentional cut
- Crush injuries
- 10. Verifying proper installation
- Equipment failure
- Contact with moving parts
- 11. Conducting operational check
- Kickback
- Unexpected start-up
- 12. Test cutting a log
- Flying wood chips
- Noise hazard
- Vibration-induced disorders
- 13. Routine maintenance
- Contact with dangerous parts
- Ineffective tool performance
- 14. Storage
- Incorrect storage causing damage
- Fire hazard due to fuel leakage
- 15. Reporting of issues
- Incomplete reporting leading to future hazards