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The Run A Plasma Cutter Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Inadequate training
- improper manual handling
- 2. Equipment Check
- Electrical shock
- malfunctioning equipment
- 3. PPE Inspection
- Insufficient protection
- damaged PPE
- 4. Pre-cutting Setup
- Incorrect setup
- trip and fall hazards
- 5. Material Selection
- Sharp edges
- heavy lifting injuries
- 6. Marking Materials
- Inhalation of marker fumes
- eye strain
- 7. Positioning Cutter
- Crushing fingers or hands
- back injury due to improper posture
- 8. Cutting Operation
- Optical radiation
- flying particles
- sparks
- molten metal
- 9. Adjustment during Cutting
- Skin burns from hot materials
- emission inhalation
- 10. Post-Cut Inspection
- Cuts from sharp edges
- Noise exposure
- 11. Debris Cleaning
- Inhalation of dust
- Eye injury from particulates
- 12. Plasma Cutter Shutdown
- Improper shutdown leading to equipment damage
- electrical shock
- 13. Maintenance of Cutter
- Electrocution
- Cuts or abrasions
- 14. Waste Disposal
- Cut injuries
- Inappropriate disposal leading to environmental harm
- 15. Reporting & Documentation
- Data misinterpretation
- lost documents