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Assessment activity 1
What information should be provided when communicating policies to
staff?
And also they should be well known about these things which are listed below
Assessment activity 3
What are some examples of financial and human resources necessary to
Risk assessors
Rehabilitation consultant
Trade people
Additional staff
Cleaning
Storage facilities
Updating machinery
Training
Therapeutic appliances
Assessment Activity 4
What are some examples of participate arrangements?
Some participate arrangements are
Other means and processes for raising request and concerns, as well
as contributing suggestions and reports to management
Assessment Activity 5
Outline the step involved in resolving a dispute in context of a participate
arrangement.
The main steps are
1. The hsr is advise of or observes an immediate threat to health and
safety.
2. The super visor is informed of the threat
3. If the supervisor is not available the representative can direct work to
cease
4. If the supervisor and hsr agree there is threat, supervisor can direct
work to cease
5. If the supervisor and the representative disagree on the action
required, or do not take action, the matter can be referred to an
investigator
6. An investigator will take place
7. if the investigator decides there is no threat, no action is required
8. if the investor decides there is a threat, they can specify what action is
required to remove the threat
9. the employer can either take action or appeal the investigators
decision
ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY 6
What are some forums that can facilities the communicating of information
that is accessible?
Email
Letter
ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY 7
National and state injury statistics:- National and state injury statics are
based on injuries that occurs Australia wide. The information can predict
ASSESSMENT ACTIVITY 8
How can hazard identification happen at the planning and evaluation stage?
Independent audits
Operability studies
Work trials
Ergonomic hazard
Radiation hazards
Psychological hazards
Biological hazard
Environmental hazards
Draw the following hazardous scenario on a cause and effect diagram
A plant maintenance worker, john was using an aluminum ladder to reach the
gutters of two-storey office administration building. He was working alone
and attempting to install a gutter guard device. It had been raining that
morning and wooden decking surrounding the section of the office building
he was working on was slippery. He had almost completed the task when he
lean to his right to see around the corner of the roof and the ladder slippery
to left causing him to fall off it and break his arm as he landed.
Assessment activity 9
With regards to the order of hierarchy, what is the best possible scenario in
terms of controlling risk?
The best way to controlling risk is to eliminate the hazard have to follow
procedures which must address what options are available to get rid of the
hazard altogether and this is based on the assumption the best way to
eliminate risk to eliminate the hazard.
Step 1: Identify the Hazard
A hazard is defined as any real or potential condition that can cause
degradation, injury, illness, death or damage to or loss of equipment or
property. Experience, common sense, and specific analytical tools help
identify risks.
Step 2: Assess the Risk
The assessment step is the application of quantitative and qualitative
measures to determine the level of risk associated with specific hazards. This
process defines the probability and severity of an accident that could result
from the hazards based upon the exposure of humans or assets to the
hazards.
Step 3: Analyze Risk Control Measures
Investigate specific strategies and tools that reduce, mitigate, or eliminate
the risk. All risks have three components: probability of occurrence, severity
of the hazard, and the exposure of people and equipment to the risk.
Effective control measures reduce or eliminate at least one of these. The
analysis must take into account the overall costs and benefits of remedial
actions, providing alternative choices if possible.
Step 4: Make Control Decisions
Identify the appropriate decision-maker. That decision-maker must choose
the best control or combination of controls, based on the analysis of step 3.
Step 5: Implement Risk Controls
Management must formulate a plan for applying the controls that have been
selected, then provide the time, materials and personnel needed to put these
measures in place.
Step 6: Supervise and Review
Once controls are in place, the process must be periodically reevaluated to
ensure their effectiveness. Workers and managers at every level must fulfill
their respective roles to assure that the controls are maintained over time.
The risk management process continues throughout the life cycle of the
system, mission or activity.
Assessment 10
How can inadequacies in the hierarchy of control?
The inadequacies can be controlled by
Independent audits
It requires the ability to provide OHS information to the work group, identify
hazards and assess and control risks. It also requires the ability to deal with
emergencies and hazardous events and maintain relevant records.
Implementing and monitoring the OHS program requires knowledge of
hazards in the workplace, relevant OHS legislation and codes of practice, risk
Assessment activity 11
List some examples of situations when where it must be appropriate to
source specialist ohs advice.
We can take examples of a person name David matt working in workshop in
port road, hw was full time worker over there for 10 years, very hard worker,
dedicated to his job, but unfortunately one day while working he got accident
and was rush to hospital and he lost his one arm, it was really depressing
moment for him, after one month when came out of the hospital, he was un
aware of the work cover and benefits to be provided from government and
his company, so one of his co-work mate came to see him, who is also a
supervisor and a specialists of OHS so he give all information about the work
cover and benefits to be provided from government and the company to him.
Now he has not to worries about to live life, he can full fill his leaving through
this compensation.
Here is some example to be keep in mind while
The risk assessment of your enterprise should identify what elements of the
work organization and job design could be changed to prevent violence.
harassment, and
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Assessment activity 12
Where could you source the content for a health and safety induction and or
training program? Include some websites in your answer.
The health and safety induction or training program sources in national
occupational health and safety commission .
Induction Training is absolutely vital for new starters. Good induction training
ensures new starters are retained, and then settled in quickly and happily to
a productive role. Induction training is more than skills training. It's about
the basics that seasoned employees all take for granted: what the shifts are;
where the notice-board is; what's the routine for holidays, sickness; where's
the canteen; what's the dress code; where the toilets are. New employees
also need to understand the organizations mission, goals, values and
philosophy; personnel practices, health and safety rules, and of course the
job they're required to do, with clear methods, timescales and expectations.
Professionally organized and delivered induction training is your new
employees' first proper impression of you and your organization, so it's also
an excellent opportunity to reinforce their decision to come and work for you.
Proper induction training is increasingly a legal requirement. Employers have
a formal duty to provide new employees with all relevant information and
training relating to health and safety particularly.
As a manager for new employees it's your responsibility to ensure that
induction training is properly planned. Even if head office or another 'centre'
handles induction training - you must make sure it's planned and organized
properly for your new starter. An induction training plan must be issued to
each new employee, before the new employee starts, and copied to everyone
in the organization who's involved in providing the training, so the new
starter and everyone else involved can see what's happening and that
everything is included. Creating and issuing a suitable induction plan for each
new starter will help them do their job better and quicker, and with less
dependence on your time in the future. Employees who are not properly
inducted need a lot more looking after, so failing to provide good induction
training is utterly false economy.
As with other types of training, the learning can and development can be
achieved through very many different methods - use as many as you need to
and which suit the individuals and the group, but remember that induction
training by its nature requires a lot more hand-holding than other types of
training. Err on the side of caution - ensure people are looked after properly
and not left on their own to work things out unless you have a very specific
purpose for doing so, or if the position is a senior one.
The web sites which include health and safety induction and training program
are
www.comcare.gov.au
www.workcover.com
State or territory workers compensation agencies
Safe work Australia
Business gateway and National Health and Safety council
Assessment activity 13
List some variables you could document with regards to injuries.
The type of injury- sprain, strain, laceration
Body part- arm, knee
What the worker was doing immediately before the injury- bending, walking
Whether there was any other person or particular piece of machinery
involved
What caused the injury- fumes, tiredness, and incorrect technique, accident?
And also these can be documented which are listed below
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Assessment activity 14
What makes an ohs system successful?
Assessment activity 15
When would it be appropriate to develop and implement improvements to an
ohs system?
To implement and develop appropriate OHS system firstly we have to
Clearly expressed- not explained properly the views and idea and
information
Easy to follow
Efficient to implement
Assessment Activity 16
What are some important points to be considering with regards to
ensuring compliance with minimum legislative standards?
Whether staffs are aware of the standards and codes of practice
Whether staffs have been adequately and recently trained
Whether staffs have the tools and or the skills to enable them to comply
Whether staffs are aware of any implications of non-compliance
What strategies are in place to facilitate continuous improvement in the
event of non-compliance?
This approach recognizes that the best controls act on the environment,
identify the hazards created at work and evaluate the risks associated with
these hazards, to determine what measures they should take to protect the
health and safety of their employees and other workers, having due regard to
legislative requirements;
evaluate the risks in order to make the best informed selection of work
equipment, chemical substances or preparations used, the fitting out of the
workplace, and the organization of work;
working from heights, including ladders, scaffolds, roofs, or any raised work
area
working with mobile equipment such as fork lifts (operation of fork lifts and
fungi
plants
insect bites
poor lighting
frequent lifting
poor posture
safer than others, but to some workers who are more sensitive to chemicals,
even common solutions can cause illness, skin irritation or breathing
problems.
Beware of:
vapours and fumes, for instance those that come from welding or exposure
to solvents
Since the introduction of provisions dealing with racial hatred in 1995, the Racial
Discrimination Act makes it unlawful to insult, humiliate, offend or intimidate another
person or group in public on the basis of their race. Specifically, the Act states:
It is unlawful for a person to do an act, otherwise than in private, if:
(a) the act is reasonably likely in all the circumstances to offend, insult, humiliate or
intimidate another person or group of people, and
(b) the act is done because of the race, colour or national or ethnic origin of the
other person or some or all of the people in the group.
A variety of acts can constitute racial hatred, including speaking, singing and making
gestures in public, as well as drawings, images, and written publications such as
newspapers, leaflets and websites.
Ethical principles:
One of the most important attributes for small business success, is the
distinguishing quality of practicing admirable business ethics. Business ethics,
practiced throughout the deepest layers of a company, become the heart and
soul of the company's culture and can mean the difference between success
and failure.
1. Be Trustful: Recognize customers want to do business with a company
they can trust; when trust is at the core of a company, it's easy to recognize.
Trust defined, is assured reliance on the character, ability, strength, and truth
of a business.
2. Keep An Open Mind: For continuous improvement of a company, the
leader of an organization must be open to new ideas. Ask for opinions and
feedback from both customers and team members and your company will
continue to grow.
3. Meet Obligations: Regardless of the circumstances, do everything in
your power to gain the trust of past customer's and clients, particularly if
something has gone awry. Reclaim any lost business by honoring all
Codes of practice:
When starting or running a business, you should find out which codes of
practice are relevant to your business.
Codes of practice are referenced in acts and regulations. They may include:
You must comply with any instructions in a code of practice. As part of your
training program, ensure that all staff are aware of and know how to comply
with relevant codes.
Many industries have codes of practice on areas including:
Workplace health and safety
Electrical safety
during the end of the day but they have to prepare or have to keep backup
plans for large spill.
It is very dangerous for the company because there is no display of
emergency equipment, neither any of the staff have been trained for the safe
handling of chemicals or how to cope with emergences
And also there are had been several accident in front of the premises.
There are no proper storing for chemical drum.
ABC chemical have to follow these following things to assets risk and
hazardous
Fire and explosions due to flammable liquid and solid. I separate flammable
liquid/solid with flammable gases due to different potential hazard level. But,
this separation does not mean that we can neglect with flammable solid
hazard. Flammable dust explosion could tell you the danger of flammable
solid.
Fire and explosions due to uncontrolled reactions. Precisely, they are chain
reactions.
Slips, trips and falls hazards caused by unsafe conditions such as slippery
surface.
Chemical Safety
Solvent Safety
Emergency Preparedness
Accident Prevention
REFERENCE
www.ohsrep.org.au
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