Risk Assessment Hazard Checklist: Abrasive Wheels (Grinders)
Risk Assessment Hazard Checklist: Abrasive Wheels (Grinders)
Below is a list of the particular hazards associated with the work carried out onboard
our vessels. The list is a guide only, and represents the minimum hazards associated
with a particular item. You should go through the list and identify any hazards that
relate to the task you are doing. This list is not exhaustive and you should add any you
feel are relevant.
Welding
Electrical Equipment
Boarding Arrangements
Lack of training
Inappropriate wheel fitted
Damaged wheel
Securing bolts over tightened
Using the side of the wheel
Holding the work piece with cloth / pliers
Fire
Disc disintegrating
No guards fitted
Build up of dirt / grease
Flying sparks / debris
Lighting
Lack of PPE
Fire / explosion
Lack of training
Lack of PPE
Metal Fumes and welding gases
Trailing Cables
Ultraviolet and infrared radiation
Electrical current
Hot metal
Noise
First Aid boxes not accessible or maintained
Insufficient First aid facilities available
Insufficient first aid equipment
Insufficient first aiders
Arcing
Electrocution
Power being switched on prematurely
Lack of training
Trailing Cables
Faulty volt testing equipment
Working on live equipment
Fire
Water ingress
Damaged gangway
To steep a angle
Pressurised Systems
Bunkering
Greasing
Lighting
Portable Ladders
PPE
Refrigeration Machinery
Ropes
Signage
Stages
Tugger Winches
Chemicals (Refrigerant)
Cold
Locked in
Ventilation
Lighting
Inlets / Outlets blocked
Leaks
Electricity
Lack of PPE
Lack of training
Deterioration, undue wear or damage
Wrong type
Rope burns
Slips, trips and falls
Inadequate SWL
Frictional heat
Line of fire
Inadequate splices
Lack of PPE
Wrong type
Damaged
Obstructed
Insufficient
Unreadable
Defective Planking
Defective lizards, blocks and gantlines
Gantlines insufficient to reach the water
Lack of training
Unqualified crewmen
Falling into water / from height
Lack of PPE
Insufficient anchoring points
Wire parting
Moving machinery
Lighting
Inadequate communication
Sharp corners
Lack of PPE
Defective equipment
Lack of maintenance
Riding turns
Entering space alone and without informing OOW
Machinery suddenly starting up without warning
Lighting
Slips, trips and falls
Noise
Washing Down
Noise
Drainage
Working on machinery