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The Rock Breaker Operation Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Inadequate training
- improper use of equipment
- 2. Equipment Inspection
- Faulty equipment
- unexpected start-up of equipment
- 3. Setting Up Work Area
- Trip hazards
- falling objects
- 4. Pre-Operation Check
- Improper positioning
- overexertion
- 5. Operation
- Noise
- dust
- flying debris
- 6. Load Handling
- Load instability
- collisions
- 7. Breakdown and maintenance
- Unexpected energy release
- chemical exposure
- 8. Clearing Blockages
- Crushing injuries
- entanglement in moving parts
- 9. Removal of Waste Material
- Manual handling injuries
- slips
- trips and falls
- 10. Shut Down Procedure
- Unexpected energy discharge
- improper shutdown
- 11. Cleaning Up
- Exposure to hazardous substances
- slips
- trips
- and falls
- 12. Emergency Procedures
- Lack of familiarity with procedures
- panic actions
- 13. Hazardous Substance Handling
- Chemical burns
- inhalation of toxic fumes
- 14. Personal Protective Equipment Use
- Misuse or failure to use protective equipment
- inadequate protection
- 15. Regular Maintenance
- Risk of mechanical malfunction
- poor equipment performance
- 16. Safety Training
- Poor understanding of risks
- non-compliance with safety measures
- 17. Tool Storage
- Inadequate storage
- potential for falling or tripping hazards
- 18. Manual Handling
- Injuries due to poor lifting technique
- overexertion
- 19. First Aid Provision
- Inadequate first aid provision
- lack of knowledge on first aid principles
- 20. Refuelling Procedures
- Fire and explosion risk
- chemical exposure