Assignment: Hazard Analysis
Instructions
Your boss has asked you to investigate these operations and tasks that he feels have a significant potential for injury in the manufacturing plant:
1) Operating electric forklifts in narrow aisles.
2) Repairing the hydraulic system on the gas-powered forklift.
3) Operating the large sheet metal shear.
For each of the three tasks, do the following:
1) Identify a minimum of two (or three) hazards of the operation and the injuries that could result from exposure to them.
2) Determine the control measures that would eliminate the identified hazards or reduce the risk (severity and/or probability) of injury. Be sure to consider all levels in the hierarchy of controls.
3) Analyze the effectiveness of each control measure by assessing the risks before and after the control is implemented.
4) Provide your recommendations for which control measures should be implemented and why you chose them.
Format your assignment according to the following formatting requirements:
(1) The answer should be typed, double spaced, using Times New Roman font (size 12), with one-inch margins on all sides.
(2) The response also includes a cover page containing the title of the assignment, the student's name, the course title, and the date. The cover page is not included in the required page length.
(3) Also include a reference page. The Citations and references should follow APA format. The reference page is not included in the required page length.