...Critically review your own organisation’s Health and Safety Policy and procedures and make recommendations for improvements Organisations today widely regard their employees as their greatest assets, so it is no wonder that they are spending an increasing amount of their resources on ensuring that the workplace and work systems enable its staff to feel safe and secure; as management continues takes an active role in their wellbeing. Failure to ensure and provide a safe working environment can raise concerns in a variety of areas such as legal, financial and ethical issues. In the United Kingdom there are legislations in place designed to ensure that correct and appropriate systems of work, in regards to health and safety, exist within every organisation. Under the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 (HASWA), section 2, “It shall be the duty of every employer to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health, safety and welfare at work of all his employees.” This highlights the responsibility employers have in ensuring their employees are safe of chemical, physical and machinery hazards and risks. Hazards can be defined as something that can cause adverse effects, such as water on a staircase because of the possibility of you slipping on it and hurting yourself. A risk is the likelihood that a hazard will actually cause its adverse effects, together with a measure of the effect. Risks are usually expressed as facts with a quantifiable likelihood, such as “one in a...
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...Work, Health, and Safety Policy Vicki Williams University of Louisiana At Lafayette Work, Health, and Safety Policy Obligations The management has to be firmly committed when it comes to the policy which will enable all the work activities to be done or carried out in a safe manner. There is the need for an effective health policy where leadership roles such as expertise, persistence, and vision are considered (Wright, 2010). Here, all the possible measures will be taken to remove firmly or in the worst cases reduce the risk that are associated with the health, safety, and the welfare of the workers, authorized visitors, patients, contractors, and anyone who may be affected by the activities and the operations. It should be noted that the process of the implementation of a policy is involved by a few people because most people lack the guidance on its implementation (Hewison, 2007). Who is the Policy Intended For? This policy is intended for the workers of a hospital and specifically aimed at any person who has an intention of visiting the hospital. The first aim is to show categorically the commitment of the hospital management and all the workers involved when it comes to the health and safety in the setting. Apart from that the other function is to remove or in other cases significantly reduce the risk associated with risks that are associated with the health of the hospital workers, their safety, and most importantly the welfare of all the workers in the hospital...
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...HNHS 103 Health and Safety in the Health and Social Care Workplace | Task 1.3 In this essay I will be reviewing systems, policies and procedure that the new directors need to implement to ensure that health and safety information is properly communicated in health and social care setting according to the legislative requirements. I will also be assessing the responsibilities for managing the health and safety of individuals. Health and safety communication is essential when working in health and social care as a health care provider because it is your job to make your service users feel safe and comfortable, when working in a health and social care environment it is the employers job to make sure all the employees are well trained, most health care settings provide a training course at the beginning of the employment. Health as safety is often communicated through signs and posters; there are many different types of health and safety signs that can be located on doors and walls all over the building. A main example of health and safety signs is an ‘Exit’ or an ‘Emergency Exit’ sign that is usually located above a door; this sign shows us where we can exit from in case of an emergency of fire, another word for this door is a ‘Fire Escape’. Having an emergency exit sign is very important because if there happens to ever be a fire or another form of emergency it will make it quick and easy for individuals to find the quickest exit and leave safely. In a health and social...
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...BSBWHS401A Implement and monitor WHS policies,procedures and programs to meet legislative requirements Assessment Task 2: Work Health and Safety Project Part A: Develop handouts Handout 1: Legislation Explain the purpose of Work Health and Safety legislation, including the function of a WHS Act, WHSregulation and WHS Code of Practice: Purpose of WHS legislation Awareness and highlighting the issues of safety and health of employees. And Workplace The risk reduction Efficiency and effectiveness Provides advice and counseling. Co-operation and troubleshooting. By mutual encouragement Including giving advice on various aspects, whether it's providing advice in the information, education, training, and can effectively apply the appropriate enforcement...
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...M1- Asses the implications of health and safety and security legislation and regulations for a business role in a work place. This covers different roles with Super Group, I will be looking at the health, safety and security legislation and regulation have different implications. Ever since health and safety has been introduced into the work place they have to have set up and complete risk assessments due to the management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 legislation, for example if an employee at Super Group was set up a risk assessment and the first implication is to make sure they include all possible hazards and risks. The next implication of the risk assessment they have to make sure they involve is every employee that works for the business and for example if an employee was injured and was in a cast and on crutches they would have to make a whole new specific risk assessment for that employee and everything that was going on around including other employees. This is very important because if the worst possible outcome was to happen at work then they would have to able to get that injured employee out safely for example making sure all first exits were clear and all the alarms are tested and working correctly. The next legislation I will be looking and what implications is causes is the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 which was put in place to make sure all employee are safe at work and our working in a healthy environment, this is important for Super...
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...OF LABOUR THE NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH POLICY MAY 2012 FOREWORD A proactive and well-functioning policy on Occupational Safety and Health is important for improving the safety and health of workers, reducing cost of business and improving productivity. The Government has developed this National Occupational Safety and Health Policy to enhance the framework for implementation of occupational safety and health programmes for the country’s development. Implementation of the policy will contribute significantly to the achievement of the goals of the Economic, Social and Political pillars of the country’s development blueprint, the Kenya Vision 2030. The Kenya Vision 2030 aims to create a globally competitive and prosperous country with a high quality of life by the year 2030. For the country to achieve the aspirations of the Vision, there is need to improve the safety and health of workers. It is expected therefore, that implementation of this Policy will contribute significantly to the country’s competitiveness and development of the human resource, and hence the achievement of the aspirations of the Vision 2030. Kenya faces a major challenge of employment creation, especially for the youth. However, a significant portion of those in employment still face the challenge of unsafe and unhealthy workplaces. It is therefore important that the country not only focuses on creating jobs but also improves safety and health at workplaces. Globalization is ever affecting...
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...Impact of Health and Safety Management on Employee Safety at the Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority Ruby Melody Agbola ⃰ Department of Management, Central University College. P.O. Box 2305, Tema, Ghana * E-mail of the corresponding author: rubyagbola@yahoo.co.uk Abstract The Ghana Ports and Harbour Authority (GPHA) has been plagued with series of fatal accidents and catastrophes claiming the lives of many employees in recent years. The purpose of this study is to examine the Safety and Health Management Systems (SHMS) implemented by the GPHA, assess the effectiveness of these measures in reducing accidents and death; and evaluate the impact of accidents and work-related illnesses on the employee safety at work. The results reveal an organisation fraught with poor health and safety management practices, poor training in safety know-how, lack of information on dangerous chemicals and hazardous materials, lack of monitoring and enforcement of safety rules, unavailability of essential safety equipments, with adverse effects on employees and the organisational performance. GPHA must increase education and create awareness of the importance of health and safety, ensure collection and storage of data for effective monitoring and evaluation of safety performance. Keywords: Ghana, Ports, Harbour, Safety, Health 1. Introduction The health and safety (H&S) of employees is a very significant issue to consider with relation to the attainment of organizational goals. Health and safety policies...
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...EFFECTS OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY ON JOB PERFORMANCE ABSTRACT Ocuupational health and safety have great importance in the employees work environment because now a days human resource is the most valuable asset that an organization does have and the existance of bad occupational health and safety environment greatly affect the job performance of employees. In this study the policies regarding occupational health and safety, health hazards associated with the job environment, employer’s responsibility for having good occupational health and safety measures are discussed. Purpose of the study is to know the effects of occupational health and safety on job performance, the lack of health and safety measures at workplace and how health hazards reduce job performance of the employees. Data was collected from different sources, sampling techniques were applied to the data collected and analysis was done through different quantitative tools thus recommendations and conclusions were drawn from that. Introduction: The purpose of this paper is to revise the effects of occupational health and safety on job performance of the employees’ i.e. how health hazards at occupational environment affect the employee job performance. Employees at work environment are out in the open to many of the health and safety hazards. The human resource is the most valuable asset at workplace because its effective and efficient use can result in higher level of performance in other areas of the...
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...Timeline of the History of Australian Occupational Health and Safety Laws 1. The early history of Occupational Health and Safety Laws and significant historical events that helped to shape current laws 1833 The first HM Factory Inspectorate was formed in the UK. The major goal of the Inspectorate was to inspect factories and workshops to prevent injuries of child textile workers (Factories and Workshops: Annual Report of the Chief Inspector of Factories and Workshops, 1842, p. 9). 1837 Priestly vs. Fowler case in the UK was used to establish occupational health and safety as part of common law. In this case, a butcher’s assistant sued his employer after he fell from the overloaded cart and was injured (Bohle & Quinlan, 2000, p. 319). 1840 A Royal Commission in the UK published the findings on the state of working conditions in the mining industry, documenting the appallingly dangerous conditions for workers and high rate of accidents (including fatal ones) in mines. This case led to the public outrage and the adoption of the Mines Act of 1842. The Mines Act led to the establishment of an Inspectorate for mines and collieries to improve safety environment and prosecutions. Under this act, inspectors had the right to enter and inspect premises at their discretion by 1850 (Lavalette, 1999, p. 101). 1880 One of the first voluntary standardizing bodies, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) was established . Actually, the creation of ASME was connected with...
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...Health and Safety Management Systems - An Analysis of System Types and Effectiveness EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1. INTRODUCTION 2. HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 3. TYPES OF HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS PART ONE: LITERATURE AND FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSMENT 3.1 INTRODUCTION 3.2 LITERATURE ON TYPES OF HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS PART TWO: CASE EVIDENCE 3.3 SYSTEM TYPES - CASE STUDY FINDINGS 3.4 SUMMARY 4. ASSESSING HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM EFFECTIVENESS PART ONE: LITERATURE AND FRAMEWORK FOR ASSESSMENT 4.1 INTRODUCTION 4.2 LITERATURE ON EFFECTIVENESS OF HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS PART TWO: CASE EVIDENCE 4.3 THE TWENTY CASES: CONTENT AND LEVEL OF DEVELOPMENT OF HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS 4.4 THE TWENTY CASES: OUTCOME DATA 4.5 SUMMARY 5. FACTORS SHAPING PERFORMANCE AND THE ROLE OF SYSTEM TYPE 5.1 INTRODUCTION 5.2 BASICS AND EXTRAS 5.3 SYSTEM-RELATED CHARACTERISTICS 5.4 THE ROLES OF THE KEY WORKPLACE PLAYERS 5.5 THE LINKAGES BETWEEN HEALTH AND SAFETY PERFORMANCE AND SYSTEM TYPE 5.6 SUMMARY 6. CONCLUSIONS REFERENCES APPENDIX ONE: CASE STUDY PROTOCOL APPENDIX TWO: ASSESSMENT CRITERIA APPENDIX THREE: CASE SUMMARIES AND SYSTEM TYPES Executive Summary This report examines planned approaches to health and safety management in the workplace. It is the result of a two-year study of enterprise-level health and safety management systems, funded by Worksafe Australia, and conducted from late 1994 to late 1996. The need...
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...regulations for ensuring the health, safety and security of those employed in business. General Construction Co is one of the most significant construction companies situated in the U.A.E. General Construction Company is a Corporation as a legal structure of a LLC company, established in U.A.E 1996. Company’s Success is greatly due to our qualified engineers and dedicated staff appointed from various countries. Company’s Staff consists of 49 engineers, 36 managerial and financial personal, 2249 of technician and ordinary workers. General Construction Company is equipped with the most modern Heavy Equipment& Machinery like cranes and bulldozers which are required to carry out any major specialized project The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) The HSE is the UK government body responsible for enforcing health and safety at work legislation. The HSE also plays a major role in producing advice on health and safety issues, and guidance on relevant legislation. The role of enforcement is split between HSE and local authorities depending on the business sector. In addition, HSE conducts research into the effectiveness of regulations and other health and safety issues, consults with employers and employees representatives, and advises legislators and government on health and safety. The HSE online website contains a wealth of information and guidance on maintaining health and safety at work, and detailed advice on complying with health and safety regulations. [About H S...
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...Improve Health and Safety Developing a positive Health and Safety Culture Written by Dave Atkinson Contents Page: Section Title Page: 1 Contents Page Page: 2 1: Executive Summary Page: 3 2: Introduction 2a: Business organisation Page: 9 3: Assessment of existing culture 3a: Report of Indicators 3b: Report of methodology and conduct of survey 3c: Report of findings with interpretation 3d: Conclusion Page: 35 4: Strategy for Improving the Health and Safety Culture 4a: Aims and objectives 4b: Priorities for action 4c: Resources and constraints 4d: Implementation plan 4e: Methodology for monitoring success Page: 61 5: Business Case 5a: Requirements for resources 5b: Cost benefit analysis 5c: Reference to legislation 5d: Case Page: 72 6: Bibliography Page: 73 7: Appendices Section 1 Executive Summary Following an assessment of the current Health and Safety culture and climate within the business, areas of weakness have been identified that are holding back the progression towards the ultimate aim and objective in Health and Safety – Employee participation creating “Total Ownership". The assessment of the Health and Safety Culture covered such areas as an analysis of the 2009 employee Health and Safety questionnaire, a review of audits carried out, a check on the progress against 2009 objectives and targets and the underlying indicators of our Health and Safety management...
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...| Assignment #8 Participants Manual/Trainee Manual | HN2150 – Managing Performance through Training and Development | | This assignment provides the Participants/Trainee Manual that NL Safety Co. will utilize in the delivery of training to Summit Appliances Inc. | Health & Safety Training Summit Appliances Inc. Developed & Administered by NL Safety Co. www.nlsafety.ca TABLE OF CONTENTS WELCOME3 EXPLANATION OF TRAINING SESSION4 LEARNING OBJECTIVES5 AGENDA6 LEARNING NOTES7 APPENDICES19 BIBLIOGRAPHY30 Welcome We would like to welcome you to our training session on behalf of NL Safety Co. and we would like to thank the management and executives of Summit Appliance Inc. in recognition of the time and resources set aside to facilitate this very important training session. I would like to call upon Mr. Sid Lawrence, your CEO, to say a few words on behalf of Summitt Appliances Inc. Housekeeping Items Identification and review of housekeeping rules/points as follows; * Sign-in sheet is provided at the front of the class. Ensure you have filled out the information and signed-in. Please print clearly as this information will be used to complete your course certificates at the end of the day; * the location of washrooms just outside and to the left of the classroom entrance; * cell phones are to be turned off or placed on silent during training sessions; * Fire exit is to the right of the classroom...
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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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