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The Reshape Metal Edging Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Injury from improper warm-up
- tripping over equipment
- 2. Equipment Check
- Mechanical failure
- contact with sharp edges
- 3. Material selection
- Cuts from handling metal sheet
- potential allergic reaction to certain metals
- 4. Measuring and Marking
- Inhalation of marker fumes
- eye strain from precision marking
- 5. Cutting the Metal Edge
- Loud noise
- metal sparks
- cutting injuries
- flying debris
- 6. Deburring Edges
- Sharp edges causing cuts
- repeated stress injury from continuous deburring action
- 7. Metal Forming
- Noise pollution
- Bends & Burns if not handled properly
- 8. Connect and Seal Edges
- Burn hazard from welding
- fumes from sealants
- eye damage from welding arcs
- 9. Cleanup
- Slipping on metal shards or debris
- cuts from sharp scraps
- 10. Quality Inspection
- Eye strain doing close work
- cuts from sharp edges
- 11. Painting/Coating
- Fume inhalation
- skin irritation from paints
- 12. Drying/Curing
- Heat burns from drying equipment
- fire hazard from flammable materials
- 13. Final Inspection
- Muscular strain due to repetitive tasks
- eye strain
- 14. Packaging & Storage
- Back strain from lifting
- falling objects from improper storage
- 15. Handling and Transport
- Improper lifting technique leading to back injury
- slipping or tripping over materials