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The Replacing Fuses Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Machinery malfunction
- incorrect fuse selection
- unauthorised access
- 2. Isolating power supply
- Electric shock
- explosion risk due to short circuit
- 3. Use of Manual Handling
- Musculoskeletal Injury
- Slips
- Falls
- 4. Removing faulty fuse
- Burns
- electric shock
- dropping fuse
- 5. Checking fuse integrity
- Eye injury from uneven surfaces
- explosion risk
- 6. Installing new fuse
- Electric shock
- Equipment malfunction
- 7. Verifying installation
- Burns
- Shock
- Fire hazard
- 8. Restoring power supply
- Electric shock
- fire hazard
- Equipment malfunction
- 9. Testing operation
- Fire hazard
- electric shock
- 10. Maintaining Work Area Safety
- Slips
- Trips
- and falls
- falling objects
- 11. Storage of Fuse
- Incorrect storage leading to deterioration
- unauthorized use
- 12. Disposal of Faulty Fuse
- Injury from sharp edges
- environmental contamination
- 13. Record keeping
- Data errors
- privacy breaches
- 14. Review & monitoring
- Incomplete checks resulting in weaknesses
- non-compliance with procedure
- 15. Emergency procedures
- Inadequate procedures causing panic
- injuries during emergencies
- 16. Training
- Insufficient/inadequate training increasing safety risks
- 17. Equipment maintenance
- Malfunctions
- Deterioration of equipment
- Unplanned downtime
- 18. Routine inspections
- Non-detection of hazards
- inadequate hazard management
- 19. Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) Compliance
- Inadequate protection
- non-compliance with safety standards
- 20. Health surveillance
- Undetected health issues
- outbreak of illness