...1. Introduction This project outlines the process for creating and maintaining health and safety documentation for Queens College both at a central and local level. Documentation is critical for the success of any organisation’s workplace health and safety management system and as such documents require regular review by competent persons to ensure their effectiveness, suitability and the information is current. It allows for consistency and uniformity in the application of procedures and specifications for health and safety in the workplace. It applies to all documents created as part of the College’s OHS. This includes documents such as policies, procedures, guidelines and fact sheets • OHS Documentation: Plans, policies, procedures, guidelines, forms and any other document which forms part of the OHS • Local Documentation: Local OHS documents are those which are created by a faculty or division to meet the local area needs e.g. computer room procedure. • Controlled Document: Any document for which distribution and status are required to be kept current by the issuer to ensure that authorised holders or users have the most up to date version available. • Document Control: The process established in this procedure to define controls needed for the management of OHS documentation. 2. Responsibilities • Manager Occupational Health and Safety: The Manager OHS has the responsibility for the development of central OHS documentation for the college. • Health and Safety...
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...Bahrain Trainning Institute ESH310 Understanding Health & Safety in The Workplace “ Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company “ Task1: Company background Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (GPIC) is the only petrochemical producing company headquartered in the Kingdom of Bahrain and sells its products both locally and exports to other gulf countries and beyond, including U.S., China, India, Pakistan among others. There are several health and safety legislations and regulations GPIC should follow to ensure the safety and security of their employees, and these are some of the main regulations : * providing and maintaining safe plant and safe systems of work (such as controlling entry to high risk areas because the building consists of 2 floors, controlling work place and frequency and providing systems to prevent falls from heights) * maintaining the workplace in a safe condition (such as ensuring fire exits are not blocked, emergency equipment is serviceable, and the worksite is generally tidy) * providing workers and contractors with adequate facilities (such as clean toilets, cool and clean drinking water, and hygienic eating areas) * making sure workers have adequate information, instruction, training and supervision to work in a safe and healthy manner ( Giving them guidelines in how to act in case of emergencies ) * ensure that other people (such as your customers, visitors and the general public) are not endangered by the conduct of...
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...Occupational Health and Safety in the Workplace Occupational safety and health (OSH) also commonly referred to as occupational health and safety (OHS) or workplace health and safety (WHS) is an area concerned with the safety, health and welfare of people engaged in work or employment. The goals of occupational safety and health programs include fostering a safe and healthy work environment. OSH may also protect co-workers, family members, employers, customers, and many others who might be affected by the workplace environment. Human resources are one of the most important features of many businesses. A business’ success relies heavily on the effectiveness to which this resource is managed. Policies and practices used by the firm, set out the standards to which they seek to aspire. They are designed to govern the operation of the business; especially in today’s economy where there is such a rise in service industries. This paper seek to highlight the importance of Workplace Health and safety to the business, to develop an understanding of how its effective management can affect the performance of a business, outline how this can be effectively carried out with the interest of the company in mind. It is often said that, “the health of a nation is the wealth of a nation”, the same concept applies to business. The health and safety of a company’s human resource is an enormous contributor to the success of that business. Human resources account for a large proportion of many company’s'...
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...Introduction to Health & Safety (H & S): Health & Safety in the workplace first became a concern in the early 19th Century when the UK’s Factories Act appointed just four inspectors to regulate safety in more than 3000 child textile factories. Healthy and safe workplaces are fundamental to achieving productive work and high quality working lives. Nowadays many companies are committed to providing a safe workplace for its employees and improving their health through better diets, work practices and lifestyles. A Health and Safety Management system is a complete process of hazard identification, risk assessment and control, employee training, record keeping, program assessment and management involvement throughout, designed to effectively manage and ensure continued employee health and safety in the workplace. Safety and health management system can be important for moral, legal, and financial reasons. All organizations have a duty of care to ensure that employees and any other person who may be affected by the companies undertaking remain safe at all times Relevance of the topic in HRM Occupational Health and Safety has become a highly specialized area with important legal responsibilities and implications. The function is not always part of the human resource management role, but is intricately related to human resource functions, and particularly to the area of risk management. The areas of employee health and wellness and employee assistance programs are newer...
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...risks relating to construction work? 10 2. MANAGING RISKS WITH CONSTRUCTION WORK 12 2.1 Identify the hazards 12 2.2 Assess the risks 12 2.3 Control the risks 13 2.4 Review control measures 14 3. SAFE WORK METHOD STATEMENTS 16 3.1 What is a safe work method statement? 16 3.2 Preparing a safe work method statement 17 3.3 Implementing a safe work method statement 18 3.4 Reviewing a safe work method statement 19 4. WHS MANAGEMENT PLANS 21 4.1 What is a WHS management plan? 21 4.2 Preparing a WHS management plan 21 4.3 Implementing the WHS management plan 21 4.4 Reviewing and revising a WHS management plan 22 5. LICENCES 23 5.1 High risk work 23 5.2 Other licences 23 6. INFORMATION, TRAINING, INSTRUCTION AND SUPERVISION 25 6.1 General construction induction training 25 6.2 Workplace specific training 26 6.3 Other training 26 6.4 Supervision 27 7. FACILITIES AND THE WORK ENVIRONMENT 28 7.1 Facilities at a construction workplace 28 7.2 The work environment 29 7.3 Emergency plan 31 8. CONTROLLING RISKS IN CONSTRUCTION WORK 32 8.1 Falls and falling objects 32 8.2 Traffic management 37 8.3 Essential services 38 8.4 Hazardous manual tasks 39 8.5 Hazardous chemicals 40 8.6 Asbestos 44 8.7 Confined spaces 46 8.8 Public access and workplace security 47 8.9 Electricity 48 8.10 Plant 48 8.11 Noise 50 8.12 Steel construction 51 8.13 Concrete placing 52 8.14 Safety signage 53 APPENDIX A – DEFINITIONS 54 APPENDIX B – TECHNICAL STANDARDS...
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...Maintain workplace safety in the property industry Question 1 Explain in your own words the purpose of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 in New South Wales and other similar Acts in other States and Territories. The Powers of the Health and Safety Representative A health and safety representative has the power to: Identify Workplace Hazards The health and safety representative has the power to identify workplace hazards. This power is usually exercised by conducting workplace inspections. Obtain Information from the Employer The health and safety representative is entitled to the same information available to a joint committee member. Under the Act, the employer must share with the representative any such information that he or she has. Be Consulted about Workplace Testing If the employer intends to do testing of any kind in or about the workplace and related to occupational health and safety, the representative has the right to be consulted before the testing takes place. Make Recommendations to the Employer The representative has the power to make recommendations to the employer on ways to improve workplace health and safety–the same power given to joint committees. Investigate Serious Injuries If a worker is killed or critically injured on the job, the representative has the right to inspect the scene where the injury occurred and any machine, equipment, substance, etc., that may be connected with it. Duties of employers...
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...Ltd. will develop a program to safeguard their employees from any potentially hazardous workplace environments and scenarios by complying with the standards set by the Occupational Health and Safety acts and legislation. Responsibilities * President: The President will ensure that all resources necessary to provide a proper legislation will be acquired in order to meet or exceed all requirements created. * Vice President: The Vice-President will be responsible for ensuring that the legislation is being properly implemented and also review the policy consistently to ensure that any changes necessary are being made. * Managers: It is imperative that management is developing all policies and procedures required. Managers are also responsible to ensure that all supervisors and employees are aware of their rights in regards to: The right to know about hazards (O. Reg. 860), The right to participate in the Health and Safety process (Act S. (43)), and The right to stop work (Act S. (44)). * Supervisors: Supervisors will be held responsible for ensuring that all employees are aware of the legislative requirements presented by North Shore Pulp and Paper. It is also their responsibility to inform the Health and Safety rep of any incidents and to aid in the investigation. * Workers: The workers will be dealing with the hazards on a first hand basis. It is their responsibility to ensure that they are following all procedure and putting the training received to the best use...
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...safety but individuals holding managerial and supervisory positions have additional responsibilities in regards to health and safety so that the company can show its duty to care for employees and the society as a whole. MANAGERS RESPONSIBLITIES FOR HEALTH AND SAFETY IN WORKPLACE Managers and employers handle the management of health and safety according to the law. It is the duty of managers to protect the health and safety of its employees as well as other people who are affected by the business. The Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974 (HASAWA), and the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulation 1999 (MHSWR) lay down some of the main responsibilities and duties of persons at work. It emphasizes and places duties on employees to take precautions of their own health and safety and that of others who may be affected by their “acts or omission”. They should co-operate with their employers and managers so that they can comply with their legal duties. They should not obstruct or misuse anything provided in the interest of health, safety or welfare of others. In addition to the health and safety responsibilities employees hold, managers must do whatever is sensibly real to ensure that both the workplace and the work itself...
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...set of laws passed by parliament and the European Union that aim to protect employees. When Tesco begins to employee people to work there, they must be following the health and safety legislations and regulations that affect a business working environment, this is so that employees will always be safe when in the workplace. Statutory duties of employers and employees relating to health, safety and welfare: In the past health and safety in the workplace was very much the employer’s responsibility. Now, employees have more rights and responsibilities and the emphasis has shifted so that current health and safety focus on employers and employees working as a partnership to ensure that everyone is safe in the workplace. There are various explicit duties that an employer has towards their employees. Tesco must follow the statutory duties of employers and employees relating to health, safety and welfare, this is so the employers can provide things like maintenance, training and supervision relating to health and safety, they must also provide a safe place to work and provision and maintenance of safe access to the workplace. Tesco must also follow their statutory duty which ensures that their employees have adequate welfare facilities. Employees also have specific duties...
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...Unit 27 – Understanding Health and safety in the Business Workplace P1/M1– All work places need to ensure the health and safety of their employees, customers and any persons who will be entering the premises of a business. Businesses have a legal obligation to do so therefore Legal requirements have to be met and guidelines to be followed such as COSHH, RIDDOR, COMAH and other safety factors have to be followed. Legislations such as the Health and Safety Act 1974 ensured that all employers would have certain duties they must perform toward their employees and customers and what duties employees would have with other employees and customers, This act did not state that employers would have to take action in reducing any risks in the work place if it impossible or that the time, cost or trouble involved outweighed the risk. This Act just ensures businesses have good management and tackle any risks that occur in a sensible manner, unlike the next legislation. The Health and Safety at work Act 1999 ensure business follow guidelines implemented by the law. It gives more explicit instructions on what employers and employees must do within with workplace to keep it a healthy and safe environment. This Act states that A business or employer must do everything they can to reduce the Risk of any injury to an employee. If they do not only could they face legal action against an employee or customer they could face criminal legal action against the court for failing to follow the Health...
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... 1.2 Workplace Safety Defined 1 2.0 DISCUSSION OF FINDINGS 2 2.1 Workplace Injury Statistics 2 2.2 Types of Safety Training 6 2.3 Negative Association with Training 10 2.4 Positive Association with Training 12 3.0 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 3.1Why safety training in a workplace is a necessity? 14 LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS 1 Types of injury 5 2 List of hazards of a job 6 3 Specific Precautions Requirement 7 REFERENCES………………………………………………………………………………18 APPENDIX ………….19 | Introduction Background Today’s workplaces consist of workers who are not educated enough about safety training and the effects this has on employee and the organization. Workers who are well trained are less likely to have injuries; less likely to causes other incidents (such as property damage) and if they are trained they are able to get the work done in a timely manner and most importantly safety. To have a safe environment, everyone must take action to prevent an injury by taking time to ensure procedures are followed. This paper will discuss the benefits of educating workers on safety training and explore the necessary types of training available in a workplace and make recommendations...
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...relating to the health, safety and security of individuals in a health and social setting. I will be using the health and social care setting in a nursery to help describe what roles there are within the workplace and what their duties are. And then I will be discussing a range of other scenarios that other people’s roles are such as; surgeon, fire fighter etc. Definitions The definition of the word ‘role’ is the function assumed or part played by a person or thing in a particular situation. Having an important role means that you have something particular to do, you are in charge of many situations and may include being in charge of other people. For example, there are many roles in a general practice surgery such as, a secretary, doctors, and nurses all who have specific things they diagnose, like ear, nose and throat doctors, skin doctors etc. The definition of the word ‘responsibility’ is the state or fact of having a duty to deal with something or of having control over someone. It is the state or fact of being accountable or to blame for something. To make sure the general practice is run professionally and correctly the person/people in charge must allocate appropriate jobs to the suitable staff which will ensure all jobs are completed successfully and all members are kept safe and are well. Within any work place or environment every individual will have an allocated job which will allow them to have an understanding of any goals they may have to reach to make sure that...
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...Tasks: 1 a) The roles and responsibilities for health, safety and welfare on a construction site The employer Employers have a general duty under the Health and Safety at Work Act (HASAWA) 1974 to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, your health, safety and welfare at work’. Specific responsibilities Specific responsibilities are listed in the HASAWA 1974 under the general duties to employees and are as follows: The provision of such information, instruction, training and supervision as is necessary to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety at work of his employees. It shall be the duty of every employer to ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all his employees. The provision and maintenance of a working environment for his employees that is, so far as is reasonably practicable, safe, without risks to health, and adequate as regards facilities and arrangements for their welfare at work. The provision and maintenance of plant and systems of work that are, as far as is reasonably practicable, safe and without risks to health. Arrangements for ensuring, so far as is reasonably practicable, safety and absence of risks to health in connection with the use, handling, storage and transport of articles and substances. The employee Under the HASAWA, employees have the following general duties: To act with due care for themselves and others, e.g. to walk rather than run down a corridor...
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...basic objective/purpose of Work Health and safety legislation The goal of the legislation is to promote safe and healthy working environments through consultation between workers, worker representatives, and management. As with any legislation it only successful if people want it to be. Health and Safety is the responsibility of everyone. It is important to set a good example by awareness of relevant legislation and policies, and to uphold the law in both letter and spirit. 2. Define the duties of employees under health and safety legislation. Employees must take reasonable care to protect their own health and safety and the health and safety of others who could be affected by their action or omissions at work. Their responsibility for health and safety extends to the things over which they have control. Employees must: • Use equipment provided to protect their health and safety • Obey reasonable instructions that the employer gives on health and safety • Ensure that they are not affected by alcohol or any other drugs that could cause them to endanger themselves or others • Work in ways that will not endanger their own health or that of other colleagues • Ensure that their work practices do not endanger the general public or the environment – at the primary work site or any site on which they are expected to work • Report, following the correct procedures, any workplace accidents, incidents or illness • Report any identified hazards, using appropriate procedures • Make...
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...on November 15th 2013. This program provides fundamental information on rights and duties under the occupational health and safety act. Organizations must ensure that all workers and supervisors receive entry-level workplace health and safety training including rights and responsivities and the role of the joint health and safety committee. * The IRS (internal responsibility system), initiates that everyone in the workplace has responsibilities that ensure workers are safe. Every worker who sees a health and safety issue such as a hazard in the workplace has an obligation to report the situation to management. Once the hazard is identified, the employer and supervisor has a duty to look at the problem and eliminate any hazard that could injure workers. * Some of the responsibilities of the employers / supervisors is to recognize where there are potential hazards in the workplace, assess the hazard – supervisor need to understand how likely it is that a worker will get hurt or fall ill by the hazard, control the hazards to make the job safer, and evaluate how well the hazard controls are working. * Employers are also responsible for telling workers about hazards and dangers and responding to their concerns, showing workers how to work safely and making sure they follow the law, and the workplace health and safety policies and procedures, making sure workers wear and use the right protective equipment, doing everything reasonable in the circumstances...
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