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The Use Of Power Saws Risk Assessment includes the following job steps and related potential hazards:
- 1. Preparation
- Slips
- trips and falls
- Electrical hazards
- 2. Inspecting Saw
- Mechanical hazards
- Electrical hazards
- 3. Setting Up Work Area
- Work area obstruction
- Trip hazzards
- 4. Selecting Material
- Manual handling injuries
- Cut or grazed hands
- 5. Measuring & Marking Material
- Eye injuries from particles
- Cuts or grazes
- 6. Positioning Material
- Inadequate grip
- Material slippage
- 7. Powering Saw
- Electrical hazards
- Unexpected start-up
- 8. Cutting Material
- Noise damage
- Dust inhalation
- Amputation
- 9. Handling Cut Material
- Hot material burns
- Splinters causing injury
- 10. Cleaning Up
- Injury from residual material
- Slip or trip hazards
- 11. Maintaining Saw
- Mechanical hazards during maintenance
- Electrical hazards
- 12. Stored Saw
- Incorrect storage leading to fall
- Electrical hazards from cord damage
- 13. Disposal of waste
- Manual handling injuries
- Trip hazards from left-over debris
- 14. Reporting issues
- Delay in reporting causing ongoing risk
- Miscommunication leading to unmanaged hazard
- 15. Emergency response protocol
- Panic leading to additional injury
- Lack of plan leading to increased damage
- 16. Post-operation maintenance
- Unplanned start-up during maintenance
- Manual handling injuries during cleaning
- 17. Equipment storage
- Unsafe storage location causing injury
- Damage to equipment making it unsafe
- 18. Reviewing and updating workflow
- Outdated workflows leading to hazards
- Ignoring need for review creating new hazards
- 19. Regular safety briefings
- Non-compliance due to lack of understanding
- Lack of attendance leading to uninformed staff
- 20. Ongoing training
- Inadequate training leading to improper use of saw
- Ongoing risk due to unskilled workers