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The Sanding Rough Patches Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Injury from manual handling
- accidental tripping
- 2. Equipment setup
- Electric shock
- equipment malfunctioning
- 3. Inspection of sandpaper
- Skin contact dermatitis
- cuts and abrasions
- 4. Attaching Sandpaper
- Hand injury
- eye irritants
- 5. Safety checks
- Equipment failure
- improper PPE
- 6. Sanding Rough Patches
- Dust inhalation
- Noise
- Vibration
- 7. Regular breaks
- Fatigue
- Tiredness
- 8. Empty vacuum bag
- Dust exposure
- Manual handling injuries
- 9. Adhering to dust control measures
- Inhalation of dust
- Eye irritants
- 10. Cleaning up worksite
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Manual handling injuries
- 11. Maintenance of equipment
- Electric shock
- Equipment malfunction
- 12. Reporting hazards and incidents
- Unreported safety issues
- Ongoing risks
- 13. Storage of sanders
- Faulty equipment
- Unsecured storage area
- 14. End of shift procedures
- Fatigue
- Unreported hazards
- 15. Emergency procedures
- Inadequate response to emergencies
- panic
- 16. Regular training and drills
- Inadequate skills or knowledge
- Complacency
- 17. Regular equipment inspection
- Machinery malfunction
- Inadequate maintenance
- 18. Proper use of PPE
- Ineffective PPE
- Non-compliance
- 19. Establishing safe work procedures
- Non-compliant behaviours
- Absence of SOPs
- 20. Adequate ventilation in workplace
- Dust inhalation
- Poor air quality