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The Steam Clean Carpets Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- manual handling injuries
- 2. Equipment check
- Electric shock
- equipment failure
- 3. Room preparation
- Musculoskeletal strains from moving furniture
- exposure to dust and allergens
- 4. Pre-treatment of carpets
- Risks associated with chemical use
- skin irritation from cleaning products
- 5. Filling steam cleaner with water
- Scalds or burns
- slips on wet floors
- 6. Cleaning process
- Exhaustion from prolonged work
- noise pollution from machine
- 7. Emptying dirty water container
- Manual handling injuries
- exposure to hot water and chemicals
- 8. Refilling steam cleaner with water
- Scalds or burns
- slips on wet floors
- 9. Repeat cleaning process if necessary
- Risk of exhaustion from repeated processes
- noise pollution from repeated machine use
- 10. Post-cleaning treatment
- Exposure to industrial vacuum cleaners
- risk associated with chemical use
- 11. Drying carpets
- Risk of electric shock from blowers
- noise pollution from blowers
- 12. Return room to original condition
- Musculoskeletal strains due to moving furniture back
- scratches or damage to surfaces
- 13. Waste disposal
- Injury from sharp objects in waste
- manual handling injuries
- 14. Cleaning and maintenance of equipment
- Electric shock during equipment servicing
- skin irritation from cleaning products used on equipment
- 15. Reporting and documentation
- Office work hazards: eye strain
- repetitive strain injuries
- 16. Equipment storage
- Manual handling injuries
- tripping hazards from improperly stored equipment