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The Slaughtering Livestock Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Infection from animals
- 2. Handling livestock
- Physical injury from animals
- Stress
- Disease transmission from livestock
- 3. Isolating the animal
- Risk of animal escape leading to injury
- Exposure to noise
- 4. Stun/kill
- Improper equipment use
- Injury from animal reaction
- 5. Bleeding out and dressing
- Sharp implements cause cuts or punctures
- Blood borne diseases
- 6. Hide removal
- Chemical exposure
- Muscular injury due to repetitive motion
- 7. Evisceration
- Injury from sharp objects
- Cross-contamination
- Microbial infections
- 8. Carcass splitting
- Injury from machinery
- Inappropriate manual handling
- 9. Meat inspection
- Biological hazard exposure
- Prolonged standing causing musculoskeletal stress
- 10. Cooling/Maturing
- Exposure to low temperature causing hypothermia
- Falling objects
- 11. Packaging & Labelling
- Repetitive strain injuries
- Cuts and lacerations from packaging equipment
- 12. Sterilising Equipment
- Chemical burns from detergents
- Slippery surfaces
- 13. Waste disposal
- Injury due to incorrect handling of heavy loads
- Exposure to pathogens
- 14. Maintenance of slaughterhouse
- Electrical shocks
- falling from height
- 15. Emergency procedures training
- Lack of knowledge can lead to panic
- Injury due to incorrect evacuation procedures
- 16. Transport and storage
- Extended manual handling causing muscular strain
- Vehicle accidents
- 17. Cleaning slaughter area
- Exposure to harsh cleaning chemicals
- slips and falls due to wet surfaces
- 18. Worker wellbeing checks
- Mental stress from work environment
- Physical stress from demanding work
- 19. Regular PPE checks and replacement
- Inadequate protection leading to injuries
- Respiratory issues due to old masks
- 20. Record keeping
- Miscommunication leading to errors
- Physical strain from extended paperwork