Manual Handling Assessment - RPS Floor Sorting

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Example of an Occupational Health Risk Assessment

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See Page 2 for explanation of risk assessment, activity / area of assessment, hazard, risk, control measures, severity, likelihood, and rating.

Sorting floor manual sorting

Cuts/lacerations tohand sharpobjects/tins/needles/glass present inmaterial to besorted

Sortingoperatives

Trained operativesHealth & safety induction for alloperativesppropriate e!uipment in place forremoving sharps including receptaclefor safe storageppropriate protective gloves for allsorters"ause facility on sorting belt to stop belt#hilst removing sharps

First aiders on site$mergency stop facility at all pic%ingstationsMaterial !uality inspection and samplingprocedures in placeSharps procedure in place

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Cuts/lacerations toforearms sharpobjects/tins/needles/glass present inmaterial to besorted

Sortingoperatives

Trained operativesHealth & safety induction for alloperativesppropriate e!uipment in place forremoving sharps including receptaclefor safe storageppropriate protective gloves for all

sorters"rotective arm gauntlets in pre(sortcabin"ause facility on sorting belt to stop belt#hilst removing sharpsFirst aiders on site$mergency stop facility at all pic%ingstationsMaterial !uality inspection and sampling

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Example of an Occupational Health Risk Assessment 2ust mas%s and eye protectioncompulsory for all sorters$nclosed cabinsir conditioned"ersonal hygiene facilities provided andgood personal hygiene encouragedMaterial !uality inspection and sampling

procedures in placeFirst aiders on siteutomatic bag brea%erHandling of offensive and hygiene#aste procedure

Chemical ha1ards chemicalcontamination inmaterial presented

Sortingoperatives

Trained operativesHealth & safety induction for alloperativesppropriate e!uipment in place forhandling contamination includingremoving from belt* receptacle for safestorage and cleaning up li!uid spills

ppropriate protective gloves for allsorters2ust mas%s and eye protectioncompulsory for all sorters"ersonal hygiene facilities provided andgood personal hygiene encouragedMaterial !uality inspection and samplingprocedures in placeFirst aiders on siteutomatic bag brea%erHandling of offensive and hygiene#aste procedure

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"inching/

entrapment inconveyor

Sorting

operatives

Trained operatives

Health & safety induction for alloperativesConveyor designed to ensure ris% isvery lo#"reventative maintenance on all beltsand regular inspections for damage and#ear

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Example of an Occupational Health Risk Assessment 3nsects and verminbites

Sortingoperatives

Trained operativesHealth & safety induction for alloperatives"ersonal hygiene facilities provided andgood personal hygiene encouragedMaterial !uality inspection and samplingprocedures in place

First aiders on site

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Slips* trips & fal ls Sort ingoperatives

Trained operativesHealth & safety induction for alloperatives$!uipment in place to clean upspillagesSuitable non(slip flooringSafety boots #orn by all operativesll #or% areas and floor surfacesmaintained and inspected regularly fordamage or #earHouse%eeping programme developed

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Stress and violence Sorting

operatives

Trained operatives

Health & safety induction for alloperativesCommunication encouraged4or%loads monitored+o e,cessive shift lengths and regularbrea%s for all sorters-

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Certain e!uipmentincluding industrialmagnets and eddycurrent separatorsfitted to sortinge!uipment can emita po#erful

magnetic field#hen energised-This can have aneffect onpacema%ers-

Sortingoperatives

+o employees allo#ed to #or% in M5F#hen fitted #ith a pacema%er

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Example of an Occupational Health Risk Assessment

A risk assessment is simply a careful examination of what, in your work, could cause harm to people, so that you can weigh up whether you have taken enoughprecautions or should do more to prevent harm. Workers and others have a right to be protected from harm caused by a failure to take reasonable control measures.A register of Risk Assessments ill !e maintained and planned revies undertaken as and hen re"uired.

Definitions

Task!E3uipment ( is the type of #or% being carried out in the #or%place- e-g- using a po#er sa#-

Ha4a,5( is thepotentialto cause harm- e-g- an electric shoc% from using electrical e!uipment-

e,sons At Risk the people #ho are involved in the tas% or #ho could be affected by the tas%-

Existin- (ont,ol Measu,es( are the actions ta%en to prevent harm 6e-g- an electric shoc%7 as a result of using electrical e!uipment ( such as regular visual

inspections to ensure there is no damage to the cable or the plug* ma%ing sure the cable is gripped correctly* ma%ing sure the right fuse is fitted* ma%ing suresoc%ets are not overloaded* arranging for an annual chec% by a 8competent9 person 6i-e- a !ualified electrician7 etc- Control Measures include such areas astraining* supervision* instruction* information* safe systems of #or%* proper maintenance procedures* as #ell as physical measures such as guard rails 6toprevent falls7* barriers 6to prevent access to ha1ardous areas7* guarding of machinery and ""$-

Risk( is the li%elihood that harm #ill occur* after the control measures have been carried out-

Se6e,it7 ( rated as follo#s: ( M3+.5 Cuts/gra1es/bumps any incident that does not result in an T ; 5T3+<

( S$53.)S ny incident that #ould result in an T ; 5T3+< 0 ( M=.5 2eath* loss of limbs or sight- Fractures e,cluding fingers and toes ; 5T3+< '

)ikelihoo5( rated as follo#s: ( .4 )nli%ely under normal #or%ing conditions ; 5T3+<

( M$23)M "ossible under specific circumstances ; 5T3+< 0 ( H3

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