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Rev. No. Date Mr. Sandeep Mohandas Mr. Dileep John Mr. Vinu Venkidachalam Mr. Byju Abdul Vahid
HSE Officer Workshop Engineer Production Manager HSE Manager
Moderate
Serious but non-permanent injury or ill health High Med Med Med Low Can Administrative Controls be adopted?
Work days lost/ 3 i.e. procedures, job rotation etc
On site release requiring environmental emergency plan 15 12 9 6 3
to be activated
Minor
Medical attention needed. Med Med Med Low Low Can Personal Protective Equipment & Clothing be
2 worn to safeguard against hazards?
No work restrictions. / 10 8 6 4 2
Local onsite environmental release treated locally
Negligible Low Low Low Low Low RISK RATING (Likelihood x Severity)
Minor cuts & bruises or sickness/ 1
Nuisance release with no adverse impact 5 4 3 2 1 1-5 LOW RISK (No further action required)
6-12 MEDIUM RISK (Procedure to be
Likelihood Rating available)
5 4 3 2 1 13-25 HIGH RISK (Full time supervision
present)
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Risk Risk
Sl. Persons Consequences Evaluation level Recommended Control Residual Risk Acceptable/
Activity Hazard
No at Risk / impact Measures residual risk
P S H/M/L P S H/M/L
1. Vehicle Maneuvering
- All the drivers/operators must attend the
Safety induction prior to operate the vehicle/
equipment inside the workshop.
- Valid driver license must be available with
the driver/operator or operating the vehicles.
- Unplanned - Valid 3rd party certificate must be available
movement of for the equipment / plant used.
vehicles - Regular maintenance must be carried out
- Overturning for all vehicle/equipment.
- Collision with
- Pre-task briefing to be discussed to all
pedestrians /
operatives persons involved in the task prior to works
- Management Staff
- Collision with commencing.
- Visitors
Vehicle structures - Competent banks man must be deployed
- Staffs - Fatality
1.1 movement - Collision with - for controlling the vehicle movement inside
Workers - Injury 4 4 16 (H) 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
inside the other the workshop.
workshop - Security - Property Damage
vehicles - Proper communication facility must be
employees
- Overloading provided for the banksman for signaling the
and falling - Operator/Driver
vehicle/equipment.
from vehicles
- Traffic route and pedestrians must be
- Drivers
unfamiliar separated with hard barricades.
with the site - Safe crossing points should be establishing
Unsafe and clearly define.
delivery / pick
up point - Drivers should visually inspect and secure
any truck or trailer and the area around it
before moving it to assure all workers are
clear.
- Drivers must strictly follow speed limits.
- PPE must be worn at all times as required.
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10.Work at Height
- Barricade the lower level to prevent workers
being hit by falling objects.
- Use tool tag to prevent tool falling from
height.
- Appropriate safe working platform shall be
provided for working at height.
- Appropriate safe anchorage point shall be
- Fall from
provided for anchoring the full body harness
height/falling of
- Ladder will be held by another worker while
material
one person
- Untrained
- uses it.
operative - Staffs - Fatality - Three-point contact is necessary while
10. Working - Poor - Visitors - Personal Injury 3 4 12 (M) working on a ladder 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
1 at Height supervision - Workers - Property Damage - Work at height training to be provided for the
- Unsecured tools
operatives
- Improper
- 100% harness tie off will be ensured while
access
working at height
- Unprotected
- All materials will be put in bucket to hoist up
edge
and down.
- Full body harness shall undergo daily user
check prior to commencing the work.
- Work at height Permit must be obtained from
concerned authority.
- Safe working at height procedure must be in
place
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- Work to be carried out under competent
supervision.
- First Aider must be available in site
- Pre Task Briefing to be conducted before
start the work.
- Provide working at height and induction
training.
- Full body harness is inspected & colour
coded
- Emergency Vehicle must be available
11.Confined Space
- All electrical and mechanical equipment,
power sources, valves and lines shall be
appropriately locked out and tagged
- Compressed gas cylinders (oxygen and
acetylene) shall never be taken into confined
spaces
- Exclusion zone must be provided to avoid
- Deficiency of the un authorized entry.
oxygen
- Suffocation - No person shall be required or allowed to
- Enrichment of - Management - Respiratory issues enter any confined space, unless: Positive
Working oxygen
Staff - Dehydration steps has been taken to eliminate the
11. in - Presence of - Visitors - Muscle cramps 3 4 12 (M) hazards if dangerous fumes, gases, vapors, 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
1 Confined toxic gases
Space - Staffs - Fire/ Explosion liquids, solids or lack of oxygen, either within
- Fire - Workers - Unconsciousness the confined space or from an adjacent plant
- Deficiency of - Fatality or area which might hazard the operation;
adequate LUX
- No person shall be required or allowed to
enter any confined space, unless: The space
has been adequately ventilated; tested and
certified for toxic, flammable free
atmosphere and/or oxygen level in the
space.
- No portable electric light or any other electric
appliance of voltage exceeding 24 volts shall
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be permitted.
- Adequate ventilation shall be provided.
- In case of performing any welding operations
within a confined space, mechanical
ventilation shall be provided near the
welding point. Appropriate PPE and hot work
permit shall be provided to prevent any
health hazards resulted from the welding
fumes
- Appropriate warning signs shall be posted
on all confined spaces in the construction
- worksite to warn all employees of the danger
of such spaces
- Entry into confined space shall be controlled
by a permit to work system
- All employees who are required to enter and
perform a work inside confined spaces shall
be notified of the hazards of the spaces that
may be faced during entry.
- DM accredited 3rd party trained operatives
are only allowed to carried out the task in the
confined space.
- Adequate control and supervision of the
work in confined space shall be maintained
by responsible supervisor, in addition to
buddy system
- Gas test of atmosphere shall be done before
and during the progress of the work by a
trained gas tester, at the level where work is
required.
- Persons entering a confined space must
wear safety harness/ safety belt with a life
line and a second person as standby outside
on duty should assist him in case of
emergency
- Hot work in confined space shall be done
only after ensuring that the space is free
from flammable gas/liquid.
- Adequate and suitable lighting must be
provided to illuminate all aspects of the work
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and access.
- A qualified responsible person designated by
the contractor as entry supervisor shall
supervise all confined space procedures and
activities.
- A trained person (attendant) shall
permanently exist in the confined space
entrance to monitor activities of the entrants
and to notice any hazards that may appear
in the confined space.
- Proper communication shall be established
between persons inside and standby person.
- Rescue and emergency procedures must be
established.
- All rescue team members shall be ready on
call and equipped with all PPE necessary for
making rescues to any entrant injured or
exposed to other hazardous conditions
- Mandatory PPE must be worn at all times
12. HOT Works
- Obtain hot work permit for the task.
- All welders shall be trained and competent.
- Welding generator set shall have valid
- Untrained calibration certificates.
worker - Combustibles must be removed within 10m
- combustible of work area.
materials, - Competent fire watcher shall be deployed for
the task.
- Faulty power - Adequate firefighting equipment shall be
tools, - Management provided.
- Lack of fire Staff - Personnel Injury
12. Welding - Equipment shall be inspected by competent
- Visitors - Fatality 3 5 15 (H) electrician and PAT tested. 1 5 5 (L) Acceptable
1 operations watcher and
- Electric shock - Fire blanket shall be in place.
firefighting - Staffs
equipment, - Workers - Work shall be suspended during heavy wind.
- Work area shall be barricaded with
- Adverse signage’s.
weather - Ensure competent supervision.
conditions - All welding cables shall be in good condition
- Fire and shall be routed properly to avoid trip
hazard.
- Welding generator set shall be placed on
drip tray to avoid spillage
- Proper maintenance shall be conducted.
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- Adequate lighting shall be provided.
- Electrode holders shall be of a capacity
capable of safely handling the maximum
rated current for the electrical circuit and fully
insulated to prevent electrical shocks;
disconnect of the electrical circuit or sparks
when wires connected to handles.
- A disconnecting switch shall be fixed on the
welding machine or near to it to ensure
immediate disconnection of all electrical
power when machine is switched off.
- Adequate personal protective equipment
shall be used, especially eye shields with
filters suitable to the size of the welding
electrode and kind of welding.
- Welding supply cables shall not be placed
near power supply cables or other high-
tension wires.
- Personnel shall be protected against the
harmful gases resulted from gas arc welding
of stainless steel by providing adequate local
ventilation.
- Wires or power connections’ length shall not
exceed the appropriate length to execute the
work. They shall be to the nearest point to
the working area.
- Work lead to complete circuit shall be
attached to the work piece or the work-table
to be to the nearest point to the working
area.
- Employees performing electrical welding and
cutting shall be protected against the
accidental contact with motor generators,
rectifiers, transformers, and all live electrical
parts.
- Welding operations shall be performed in dry
areas away from moist or rain falls.
- Arc welding machines shall be effectively
grounded.
- Cables and connectors of arc welding
machines shall be appropriately insulated for
normal or heavy works.
- External surface of manually operated
electrode holders and the clamp shall be
adequately insulated to protect from heat or
electrical chock hazards.
- All welding installations shall be water proof.
- Insulated connections shall be used when
attaching wires together for grounding cable
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and the power cable connecting the power
source with the welding electrode.
- Electrical wires used in arc welding
operations, shall be free of repairs or splices.
- Pipelines containing gases or flammable
liquids or conduits containing electrical
circuits, shall not be used as ground return.
- All arc welding and cutting operations shall
be shielded by non-combustible or flame
proof screens which will protect employees
and other persons working in the vicinity
from the direct rays of the arc.
- When arc welding is used with inert gases
(Argon), the resulting ultra violet (UV)
radiations are 5 – 30 % more than metal arc
welding. Thus, any chlorinated organic
solvents shall be kept 60 meters (200 feet)
away from welding area to prevent the
decomposition of these chlorinated organic
solvent and the formation of phosgene gas,
unless shielded.
- Disc bursting
due to: - Hot Work Permit shall be obtained
Incorrect disc - All stipulations within the hot works
permit to be complied with at all times.
fitted
- Remove all combustible materials from
- Incorrectly the area.
installed Disc - Materials that cannot be removed to be
- Faulty / protected with a fire blanket.
damaged disc - Fire extinguisher to be located close to
- Wrong disc the works at all times.
Use of fitted / used - Fire watcher to be in place at all times
- Staffs and to remain in the area for 30
12. Abrasive for purpose - Personal Injury
- Workers 4 3 12 (H) minutes after the hot works operations 1 3 3 (L) Acceptable
2 Wheels - Hand or leg - Property Damage
for cutting has ceased.
injuries Eye - Wheels must be changed by competent
injuries to worker under the supervision of
operator or competent supervisor.
those nearby - Always maintain good postures while
from installing the wheels.
projectiles - Machines to be well maintained – if
damaged / faulty they are to be tagged
emitted
immediately and repaired without delay
- Severe - Guards to be in good order and NOT
injuries due to REMOVED
wheel
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bursting - Appropriate machine to be used for job
e.g. in limited spaces use 4” angle
grinder in lieu of regular size
- Machines to be isolated from power
sources prior to changing blades or
maintenance.
- Use of equipment must comply with
manufacturer’s instruction and
recommendation
- Method Statement & risk assessment
must be thoroughly communicated prior
to commence the activity
- The RPM of the wheel must be equal or
higher than the machine RPM
29.NDT Tests
- Avoid prolonged bending, stooping as
possible
- Work permit must be obtained from the
concerned authorities.
- Only competent and certified technician shall
perform the task
- Untrained - Always maintain proper access/egress
personnel - Pre start briefing shall be conducted.
- Manual - Barricade the work area and allow only
Handling authorized personnel to access
- Slip, Trip & Fall - MSDS shall be available at workplace and
Dye - Flammable shall be discussed with workforce to aware
29. Penetrant materials - Installation and - Major Injury about hazard and risks related with the
- testing Crew 3 3 6 (M) chemical 1 3 3 (L) Acceptable
1 Test Contact with
Members - Property Damage
chemical - First Aider shall be available at site
- Inhalation of - Technician to ensure the proper storage and
Chemical use of chemical as mentioned in MSDS
Fumes - Flammable compound should be kept away
- Working near from ignition source and direct sunlight
hot work area - Task shall be performed in well ventilated
area otherwise proper forced ventilation shall
be provided
- Proper housekeeping shall be promoted at
all times
- Suitable respiratory protection shall be used
to prevent the inhalation of fumes and gases
from the task
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- Fire extinguisher and other firefighting
equipment’s must be available nearby in an
easily assessable area.
- PPEs as per MSDS must be worn all the
times during the execution of the task.
- Management
Staff - Drug and alcohol not allowed as per
- Visitors UAE law to work with information to
Use of Drugs - Reduced - - Aggressive behavior employees.
31. Staffs
1 2 2 (L) Acceptable
and Alcohol work - Lack of judgment 3 2 6 (L) - Training for supervision to recognize
1 - Workers
at Work efficiency Slower reaction problem
- Security - Disciplinary actions against such
employees employees
- Operator/Driver
32.Electroplating
- Exposure to
Chemicals - Obtain PTW from the concerned
- Electrical - Management - Personal Injury authorities.
Hazards
Staff - Skin & Eye Irritation - Work area must be cordon off with hard
- Ergonomic - Skin Burns barricade and unauthorized entry must
Hazards - Visitors be strictly prohibited.
- Headache
32. Electroplatin - Dust - Staffs - Adequate warning signage must be
- Dizziness 4 4 16 (H) 1 4 4 (L) Acceptable
1 g works - Fumes - Workers displayed for the awareness.
- Vomiting
- MSDS must be properly communicated
- Mist - Security - Delirium to entire workforce and available at First
- Vapors employees - Seizures aider, HSE department & work area.
- Toxic Gases - Operator/Driver - Property Damage - Chemicals must be properly labelled,
- Fire packed & classified.
- Explosion
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- Chemical storage area must be properly
secured & entry must be strictly
prohibited to the unauthorized.
- Spill kit must be available nearby in an
easily assessable area & employees
must be trained for the safe usage of
the spill kit.
- where possible, pump chemicals into
plating tanks rather than pouring
manually from containers
- pumps need to be cleaned before use
with a different chemical
- use a suppressant to minimize the
amount of mist generated during
electroplating
- ensure that tanks do not overheat by
using monitoring systems or procedures
- Local exhaust ventilation for plating
tanks may include a rim extraction
system. Extraction should be designed
according to the risk of exposure and
the hazards of the chemicals being used
- Electroplating workers should be trained
about the risks of airborne contaminants
and their controls.
- Health surveillance must be carried out
for the workers involved in the
electroplating work on regular intervals.
- Emergency response plan must be in
place & all the working crew must be
trained for the safe execution.
- First aider & emergency vehicle must be
available during the work time.
- Fire protection & prevention systems
must be properly installed or available
nearby in easily assessable area.
- Deluge showers and eye wash stations
must be available.
- Specialized safety equipment should be
considered, for instance a cyanide
antidote poisoning kit or calcium
gluconate gel for hydrofluoric acid burns
- All the electrical connections must be
taken from the Distribution Box
connected with 30mA RCD.
- Electrical equipment in a workplace
must be subject to appropriate checks,
tests and inspections necessary to
reduce the risk of injury or harm
occurring to a person at the workplace.
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- Maintain good cable management.
- Never use leads and tools in damp or
wet conditions unless they are specially
designed for those conditions
- Task related PPE’s must be worn all the
times.
33.Furnace Operations
- Furnace must be inspected regularly so
that it remains safe to use.
- Use of tube furnace where the heating
element is totally enclosed in a glass,
ceramic or insulating cover.
- Use of a separate variable auto-
- Electrical transformer (variac) to regulate the
Hazards current, and hence the temperature —
- Contact with the variac should have shrouded
HOT terminal connections, preventing contact
surfaces with any live conductor, and be wired so
- Entanglemen that in the off position both output
t conductors are disconnected.
- Ejection - Use of an independent temperature
Hazards - Staffs sensor which isolates the electrical
- Vibration - Workers supply if the temperature rises above a
- Personal Injury preset value, if the furnace is to be left
33. Furnace - Noise - Security - Property damage 3 5 15 (H) unattended. 1 5 5 (L) Acceptable
1 Operations - Fumes employees -
- Fatality Use of a sealed tube vessel designed to
- Exposure to - Furnace withstand the maximum pressure likely
Hazardous Operator to be generated.
substances
- Use of metal pipes to enclose any glass
- Fire tubes in the tube furnace, or the entire
- Explosion assembly placed behind a protective
- Ergonomic barricade inside a fume cupboard.
Hazards - Whether open or closed, tube reaction
- Confined vessels should not be operated above
Space the lower flammable limit of any gas or
Hazards vapor which is to be: introduced as a
reactant, introduced as an atmosphere
gas & formed as a reaction product.
- Tube furnace temperature should be
allowed to rise slowly, or in steps, to
avoid thermal shock or stress to the
reaction tube.
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- Reaction and atmosphere gases passed
through an open tube reaction vessel
with gaseous by-products should be
safely vented to a fume cupboard or
local exhaust ventilation system.
- Before the reaction tube is removed, the
furnace should be allowed to cool to
room temperature, and a positive
pressure of inert atmosphere gas
maintained in the reaction vessel during
cooling to prevent ingress of air.
- Furnace temperature controls should be
located outside the fume cupboard.
- Open tube reaction vessels should be
purged with an inert gas to displace air
before any flammable gas is introduced,
and again on completion of the reaction
before air is admitted or the products
removed. Vessels may also be purged
by evacuation of the air from the tube
and its connecting hose or pipes before
the reactants are introduced
- If flammable gas reactants are to be
used in open tube reactions, or if
flammable gases will be formed as
reaction products, an inert atmosphere
gas such as nitrogen should be used to
maintain a positive pressure, and so
prevent ingress of air into the system .
- Fire detection, prevention & protection
system must be in place.
- All the unwanted combustible materials
must be removed from the area.
- Competent working crew must be
deployed for executing the job.
- Competent supervisor must be
deployed for supervising the job.
- Adequate ventilation must be provided.
- Emergency Response Plan must be
place & entire workforce must be trained
for the safe execution of the ERP.
- Use of regular breaks or shortened
working time if prolonged use of ovens
or furnaces
- First aider & emergency vehicle must be
available all the times.
- Task related PPE must be worn all the
times while working.
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34.Office works
- Maintain proper cable management.
- Ergonomically designed workstations
should be provided
- Arrange free of cost eye sight test as a
health surveillance measure for all its
DSE users.
- Electric - Manage the task in order to provide
Hazards frequent rest breaks for DSE users.
- Work Related Upper
- Ergonomic - Management Limb Disorder - Suitable information, instruction, training
Usage of Hazards Staff - Musculoskeletal & awareness should be provided to the
Visual
34. - Slip, Trip & Disorders workers.
1 2 2 (L) Acceptable
Display - Visitors 2 2 4 (L)
1 Fall
- Eye Strain - The employees should also be cross-
Screen - Staffs
- Insufficient/ trained so that job rotation of such
Equipment - Security - Mental Stress
Excess workers should be carried out to avoid
lighting - Electric shock fatigue on a worker for extended period
- Fire of times.
- Comfortable work environment should
be provided to reduce the impact of
fatigue and physical exertion.
- Provide sufficient lighting at the work
area.
- Don’t remove the protective guards.
- Choose the right machine for the job.
- Train employees on the proper use of
machine safeguards.
- Maintain machine guards.
- Establish a lock off/isolation programme
for shutting down machines and
- Electric equipment for cleaning, repairing or
- Work Related Upper emergencies.
Hazards Limb Disorder
- Ergonomic - Prohibit employees from wearing loose
- Management - Musculoskeletal clothing, jewelers or untied long hair
Hazards Disorders
Staff when operating machines.
- Slip, Trip & - Repetitive Strain
34. Usage of - Have machines routinely inspected by a
1 2 2 (L) Acceptable
Fall - Visitors Injury 3 2 6 (L)
2 Printers - Insufficient/
qualified technician. Segregate printing,
- Staffs - Eye Strain storage and other areas.
Excess
lighting
- Security - Mental Stress - Ensure the mixing of solvent-based inks
- Electric shock is carried out only in dedicated fire-
- Noise resisting rooms.
- Fire - Irritation to ear
- Install fire-detection and extinguishing
systems.
- Enclose noisy machines with acoustic
enclosures or hoods.
- Maintain good cable management.
- Follow the safe manual handling
techniques.
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- Switch off the machine when not in use.
- Choose the right machine for the job.
- Train employees on the proper use of
machine safeguards.
- Maintain machine guards.
- Establish a lock off/isolation programme
for shutting down machines and
- Electric - Work Related Upper equipment for cleaning, repairing or
Hazards Limb Disorder emergencies.
- Ergonomic - Musculoskeletal - Prohibit employees from wearing loose
Hazards - Management Disorders clothing, jewelers or untied long hair
Staff - Repetitive Strain when operating machines.
- Slip, Trip &
34. Usage of Injury - Have machines routinely inspected by a
1 2 2 (L) Acceptable
Fall - Visitors 2 2 4(L)
3 Photocopier - Insufficient/ - Eye Strain qualified technician.
- Staffs - Segregate printing, storage and other
Excess - Mental Stress
lighting
- Security areas.
- Electric shock
- Noise - Ensure the mixing of solvent-based inks
- Irritation to ear is carried out only in dedicated fire-
- Fire - Personnel Injury resisting rooms.
- Install fire-detection and extinguishing
systems.
- Enclose noisy machines with acoustic
enclosures or hoods.
- Maintain good cable management.
- Follow the safe manual handling
techniques.
- Switch off the machine when not in use.
- Operatives must be competent to carry
out the task
- Operatives must not carry out the task
alone
- Electric - Work Related Upper - Operatives must read and be familiar
Hazards Limb Disorder with safety sheets, first aid, fire safety
- Ergonomic - Musculoskeletal and operating equipment guidelines.
Hazards - Management Disorders - Check there is no waste material in the
- Slip, Trip & Staff - Repetitive Strain shredder before you switch on.
Usage of Fall
34. Injury - Feed in waste material carefully,
1 3 3 (L) Acceptable
Paper - - Visitors 3 3 9 (M)
4 Insufficient/ - Eye Strain keeping your hands clear.
Shredder Excess - Staffs
- Mental Stress - Do not ram in too much at one go
lighting - Security - Feed the shredder at a steady rate so
- Noise - Electric shock
that it can shred each load.
- Fire - Irritation to ear
- Never put your hands past the mouth of
- Dust - Personnel Injury the shredder.
- Do not put large diameter branches into
the main feed hopper - this is only for
bulk twigs and foliage.
- If you need to clear a blockage, you
must switch off the shredder.
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- Allow the blades to come to a complete
stop, then unplug.
- If you need to remove any guards to
clear the blockage, remember how and
where they fit.
- You must replace all guards before
switching on the shredder.
- If the shredder is fitted with a waste bag,
you must switch off before replacing a
full bag.
- Switch off if anyone approaches you
whilst you are working with the
shredder.
- Switch off and unplug, before carrying
out any adjustments to the shredder.
- Switch off and unplug before leaving
the machine unattended.
- If your equipment does not work
properly, do not attempt to repair it.
Contact the hire company
- Train employees on the proper use of
machine safeguards.
- Prohibit employees from wearing loose
clothing, jewelers or untied long hair
when operating machines.
- Have machines routinely inspected by a
qualified technician.
- Enclose noisy machines with acoustic
enclosures or hoods.
- Maintain good cable management.
- Follow the safe manual handling
techniques.