Your boss has asked you to investigate these operations and tasks that he feels have a...

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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: • Identify a minimum of two (or three) hazards of the operation and the injuries that could result from exposure to them. • 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. • Analyze the effectiveness of each control measure by assessing the risks before and after the control is implemented. • Provide your recommendations for which control measures should be implemented and why you chose them. • Discuss historical aspects of occupational safety and health (OSH), and relate them to this situation. 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: • Identify a minimum of two (or three) hazards of the operation and the injuries that could result from exposure to them. • 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. • Analyze the effectiveness of each control measure by assessing the risks before and after the control is implemented. • Provide your recommendations for which control measures should be implemented and why you chose them. • Discuss historical aspects of occupational safety and health (OSH), and relate them to this situation.

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