FACTS
Principal Hazards and Risks of Steel Framing- Collapse - in storage areas due to incorrect stacking and in the erection process due to inadequate ties, struts or bracing, incomplete assembly or excessive loading.
- Falls from height - caused by unsafe working platforms or unsafe access to places of work.
- Noise and vibration - caused by bolting, drilling, and reaming.
- Hazardous operations - cutting/welding, descaling, or painting.
- Manual handling - during placement operations.
- Falling objects - caused by poorly slung loads during off loading, by objects falling from working platforms etc.
- Harmful substances - paints, greases, electricity, burning, welding etc.
- Trapping […]
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