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The Sanding Plaster Joints Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Exposure to dust
- Trip and fall hazards
- 2. Setting Up Equipment
- Electrical hazards
- Noise hazards
- 3. Sanding Plaster Joints
- Dust inhalation
- Noise exposure
- Musculoskeletal disorders
- 4. Joint Tape Application
- Cut hazards
- Fall from heights
- 5. First Coat Application
- Chemical exposure from plaster
- Slips
- trips and falls
- 6. Interim Sanding
- Dust inhalation
- Eye injuries
- 7. Final coat of Plaster Application
- Chemical exposure
- repetitive strain injuries
- 8. Final Sanding
- Dust inhalation
- noise exposure
- musculoskeletal disorders
- 9. Cleaning up
- Trips over equipment
- Skin allergy due to chemical exposures
- 10. Waste Disposal
- Manual handling injuries
- Slips
- trips and falls
- 11. Dismantling Set-up
- Electrical hazards
- manual handling injuries
- 12. Post-Work Inspection
- Exposure to residual dust
- trips and falls
- 13. Tool Maintenance
- Cutting self on tools
- electrical hazards
- 14. Reporting and Evaluation
- Musculoskeletal disorders due to prolonged sitting
- 15. Post Job Safety Meeting
- Slips
- trips and falls hazards in meeting area
- 16. Documentation
- Paper cut hazards
- ergonomic hazards from computer use
- 17. Performance Assessment
- Psychological stress
- sedentary work hazards
- 18. Work Completion
- Manual handling injuries from packing
- trip over equipment
- electrical hazards
- 19. Feedback and Improvement
- Psychological stress
- sedentary hazards
- 20. Final Clean-up
- Trips over equipment
- exposure to miscellaneous residues