FACTS
- Wet-Floor Slip Risk: Washdowns, sanitation sprays, and product residue leave floors slick, increasing sudden slips around lines and drains.
- Chemical Contact Burns: Sanitizers, acids, and caustics used for cleaning can burn skin and eyes during mixing, application, or equipment cleaning.
- Pinch & Cut Zones: Slicers, grinders, conveyors, and packaging equipment create nip points and cutting hazards during operation and jam clearing.
- Unexpected Start-Up: Inadequate lockout during cleaning or maintenance can cause equipment to energize, pulling workers into moving parts.
- Repetitive Motion Strain: High-speed trimming, sorting, and packing overload hands, wrists, shoulders, and neck when recovery time is limited.
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