...• Uncovered Conductors or equipment can make faulty wiring and connections. • Each year, the use of electricity causes fatal and other injuries (eg burns) from electric shock and fire. The ACT of legislation Electricity at Work Regulations 1989 for the above accident is as follows. • No electrical work should be carried out live. • All electrical equipment shouldn’t be faulty and make sure they are covered properly. • Suitable precautions (including suitable protective equipment) should have been taken to prevent injury, such as proper work planning and the use of adequately trained and supervised staff. The following accidents happening while Mechanical maintenance carried out and the legislation follows, • Loading/unloading sections, removing swarf, taking measurements and On manually operated machines, the most dangerous machine movements are the rotating, cutting, shearing, sawing or pressing movements of tools. • Hand cuts, cause skin Irritation, eye and bone injuries happening when correct manual procedure is not correctly followed. • At all types of machinery a large number of accidents happen to electricians and maintenance personnel during set-up, inspection, fault finding, maintenance and...
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...transparent social and environmental responsibility has become an essential part of the business planning. While acknowledging the strides towards success, corporations must and will reach to a place where corporate social responsibility is at the very heart of their priorities in order for them not to operate in isolation. Local corporations who look forward to 2015 and beyond, their goal is to become a key distributor to Qatar’s national vision for 2030. In support of this, they must be known to their people, innovation, operating excellence and their corporate social responsibility through which they must set the standard for the environmental performance and attract, retain, develop and motivate a high caliber and diverse workforce. Safe products and working conditions not only attract customers but lower the internal costs of accidents. Efficient utilization of land, water, energy, and other natural resources makes business more productive. Good government, the rule of law, and property rights are essential for efficiency and innovation. Strong regulatory standards protect both consumers and competitive companies from exploitation. Ultimately, a healthy society creates expanding demand for business, as more human needs are met and aspirations grow. Any business that pursues its ends at the expense of the society in which it operates will find its success to be illusory and ultimately temporary. Successful corporations need accidents free and healthy society. Education...
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...construction site is given with the situations that occurred and occurring and we have to provide solutions for the health and safety concerns as the appointed safety manager. Table of contents Task 2 Task 2.1 a. Analyzing of existing safety policy and procedures b. Roles of individuals Task 2.2 * Recommended Training for the present situation Task 2.3 * Methods of recording health and safety inspections Task 2 Task 2.1 a. Analyzing of existing safety policy and procedures * Safety Policy of the organization As the organization states XYZ Co Limited is bound to ensure the health, safety and welfare of all the employees employed and the contractors. Also their policy states that they will accept the responsibilities for their activities which affect other persons. * Provide and maintain safe machinery and reasonable, practical safe systems of work to ensure health and safety by assessing risk periodically. As the above policy state, the XYZ construction Co Ltd is committed to provide and maintain the safety of the employees by ensuring the equipment and machines present in the construction site is properly maintained and free of making hazards. Also safe systems of working are introduced to ensure health and safety of the employees by carrying out risk assessment. As for the machine maintenance, the machines available in the construction site must be check regularly and should be maintained, and the machines that must have guards and covers...
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...Responsibility Shifts with Bridges Candy Olson LS312-02: Ethics and the Legal Environment Kaplan University Responsibility Shifts with Bridges The words “corporate social responsibility” can get a little hairy and foggy when accidents occur. According to eGuide to Ethics and the Legal Environment chapter 2 (2010), “CSR is a business practice that demands that business organizations look to the effect their decisions have on multiple stakeholders” (eGuide 2010 pg. 3). I would have to say after reading The Wreck of Amtrak’s Sunset Limited, the question of “Who was at fault” remains a difficult quest to conquer. However, I will do my best to break this case study down into elements that will eventually present an idea as to who truly was at fault for the derailment, in my opinion. I will present to you all the stakeholders involved in this derailment, as well as their interests in cleaning up the mess this “normal accident” left in its wake. Next, I will explain the four areas of the corporation's social corporate responsibilities including the economic, legal, ethical, and philanthropic areas. Based on these four areas of corporate social responsibility, I will reveal my final synopsis of who was responsible for this derailment and provide my rationales and recommendations to each of the businesses at fault. To begin, I will present a brief history of the derailment of Sunset Limited and the “normal accident” that took place. A brief history of the “normal accident” ...
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...Communication Theory (SCCT) suggests that an organization’s past crises history affects the reputational threat posed by a current crisis when that crisis results from intentional acts by the organization. The study reported on in this article provides a wider test of crisis history to better assess its role in crisis communication. Results from the present investigation showed that a history of similar crises intensified the reputational threat of a current crisis even when the crisis arose from the victimization of the organization or from an accident, rather than from the organization’s intentional acts. The threat to reputation was primarily direct, rather than indirect, through perceived responsibility for the crisis. There was little difference in the perceptions of organizations identified as having had no history of past similar crises versus those for whom no information about past crises was provided. Perception of an organization’s responsibility was negatively correlated with the perceived impact on reputation. Implications for the practice of crisis communication and further development of SCCT are discussed. Keywords: crisis; communication; management; reputation; theory On Monday March 27, 2000, a deadly blast ripped through the Phillips Petroleum Company facility in Pasadena, Texas. That day, Phillips’s managers faced not just one crisis, but three. Newspaper reports mentioned a 1989 explosion that killed 23 workers and a 1999 incident that killed two workers and injured...
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...important to teach the composite risk management process in your briefing * It is important to review the composite risk management worksheet * It is useful to use the steps of the composite risk management process to organize your safety briefing * You should review the methods for assessing the probability and severity of hazards for your unit All of the following are effective controls to mitigate the risk of a privately owned vehicle accident EXCEPT: * Leave/Pass Form * Safety survey/inspection * Designated driver program * Travel Risk Planning System What document provides the requirement for establishing a unit safety program? * AR 385-10 * AR 385-90 * AR 11-9 * AR 385-1 What model are you required to use when creating a command safety briefing? * The model provided in The Commander’s Safety Course * The model found on the Army Safety website * The model used by the former commander * There is no model that you are required to use The requirement and procedures for Army aviation accident prevention programs are found in what document? * DA Pam 385-16 * DA Pam 385-10 * DA Pam 385-90 * DA Pam...
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...happened before her very eyes. Time froze. One car collided with the other, and suddenly only dead bodies and wrecked car pieces remained. In the wake of a tragic accident, Lara instinctively loses her sense of compassion and mirrors the reaction of her husband, Blaine. After the fact, Lara feels a sense of responsibility over the tragedy, which only widens the chasm between her and her husband in their troubled marriage. Although Colum McCann’s Let the Great World Spin centers around the the 1974 tightrope walk, McCann includes characters such as Lara and Blaine to unfold the real-life emotional journeys of ‘broken’ individuals seeking to escape their mistakes. The more Lara replays the accident in her head, the more responsibility she feels for “the moment,” although she wasn’t behind the wheels. Life is comprised of “moments” that either become savory memories or painful traumas that are difficult to revisit. As Lara thinks about the tragic accident that cost the life of Corrigan and...
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...Emergencies between the on-base agencies and off-base agencies you have to have some sort of plan between countries. Currently the plan at Geilenkirchen Air Base describes the responsibilities and functions of the E-3A Component personnel involved in the emergency response in the event of an aircraft emergency at the NATO Air Base (NAB) Geilenkirchen (Van Happen, 2012). The plan is used in exercises and real live responses to accidents/incidents involving aircraft. The plan is coordinated with the municipalities of the surrounding Districts of Heinsberg, Germany and the Districts of Onderbanken, the Netherlands for mutual aid support by the civil emergency services surrounding the base. I will now analyze the Response Plan for Emergencies, E-3A Plan 3.6-8, at Geilenkirchen Air Base, Germany. The first part, Section 1, of E-3A Plan 3.6-8 goes over the Definitions and Terminology for all personnel to understand. It covers the Classifications of Aircraft Emergencies in which emergency services would be required. The classifications include: Aircraft Accident, which has occurred on or in the area of the airfield (On Base) or outside the perimeter of the base (Off Base); Full Emergency, an aircraft that has approached the airfield and is or is suspected to be in trouble of imminent danger of an accident or serious incident; Local Standby, an aircraft that approaches the airfield is known or is suspected to developed some defect,...
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...Jaro, Iloilo City School of Graduate Studies ACCIDENT CAUSATION THEORIES AND CONCEPTS (MENGR 711) In Partial Fulfilment to the Requirements of the Degree of Master in Engineering Submitted by: *** MENGR 711 Student Submitted to: *** Professor Date Submitted: October 1, 2015 All of us individuals must be obliged to be aware why accidents do happen in construction. Generally it is because of physical hazards which includes excessive noise and vibration, inadequate lighting, exposure to radiation, slippery surfaces, etc., environmental hazards is another reason such pollution, storm, earthquakes, etc., as well as human factors, even no safety regulations and lastly poor communication within, between, and among various trades working on a job site. An accident is defined as an unintended and unplanned occurrence that results in a negative effect. Accident causation theories have been developed in an attempt to predict accidents and thus prevent their occurrence. So far there has not been an accident prevention theory that has been universally accepted. They have however served in some preventative measures in some cases. For the record, an accident is technically anything that happens by chance or misfortune. This definition provides two important points. First, accidents are unavoidable as a whole; the chance of one occurring will virtually always be present. Second, the chance of an accident occurring is a variable that can be changed. While...
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...Legal, Ethical Issues in the Work Environment: Employee Health and Safety Student’s Name Instructor’s Name Course Title Date Introduction In this paper ethical issue or situation, which will be discussed in regard to current, previous, or potential future work environment is "Employee Health & Safety", which in present had been the essential issue of government of every nation. In current unstable culture employers, unions, employees as well as government agencies interest in the health along with the safety associated problems has been enhancing because of enhancing number of the work associated injuries, illnesses along with deaths. In regard to National Safety Council, every workday the fatality happens every 2 hours and deliberating injury happens every 2 seconds. Those figures as well as approximation of the fatality along with injury demonstrates that number of company in the present and past were confronted several problems and also in coming future they would also continue towards confronting those types of ethical issues. All those types of approximations and costs, which organizations have been happening in regard to the employee health along with safety depicts that safety problems have not been the priority of companies and associations and because of such number of the legal issues in regard to the costs and the punishments have been experienced through companies. Thesis Statement Does in current several companies have been confronting ethical...
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...Amtrack Case Study Amtrack Case Study The Amtrack accident with the Sunset Limited and the M/V Mauvilla was a horrible accident. The stakeholders throughout this whole incident include the people who were on board the train and the boat and their families, the employees who worked on the train and the boat, captains of both, and the owners of both companies. Their interests all differ to some respect. The families and friends of people who were killed or injured are interested in some kind of settlement for their wrongful death. The captain’s interests would be the continuance of their jobs, while the owner’s interest would include keeping the business running and making a profit. The employee’s interests after this incident would be continued job security as well as compensation for those who were hurt or killed. The corporation’s legal social responsibility would be to abide by all the safety procedures and laws that are in place at all times. This also includes following safety measures for bad weather while the train is moving. The economic social responsibility would be to pay for what it would cost to repair the damage track and the damaged train and to somehow make up for this cost in profit. The ethical social responsibility would be to provide settlements for those who were injured in this accident and to the families of those who were killed. These people were some of the stakeholders and the company has a right to provide them with compensation for what they...
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...Should drivers of automobiles be prohibited from using cellular phones? What shouldn’t you do while you are driving? Using a cell phone is the main problem for drivers. It affects not only the drivers, but also people around them. They will lose control of the vehicle. Now many countries have laws which drivers are prohibited from using a cell phone because the number of people who died from the accidents increase every year. The drivers have lack of carefully because they are using a cell phone. In some case, when they have an accident, they can get out of a car on time or it isn’t a big accident. So they are lucky, but it is not often occurring. A cell phone is useful, but at the same time it is dangerous. Anyway, I think the drivers should be prohibited from using a cell phone because it has many factors such as they lose control of the vehicle, they don’t have responsibility and it is the main reason of accidents. Although using a cell phone while they are driving will be dangerous, many people also want to use it. They wear a headset or a Bluetooth with the cell phone which can cause them to feel safe. They also have their position. They can control themselves to pay attention to driving. They think when the phone ring, it means that is an urgent situation which they have to pick up the phone and talk to them. If they don’t pick up the phone, they will miss important news at that time. They insist that they shouldn’t be prohibited from using the cell phone. The...
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...diagnosing patients, nurses would simply wait for a physicians order then implement it. As time passed, the role of a nurse has changed. Some nurses in hospitals and clinics have assumed responsibilities of a physician such as the actual examination and treatment of a patient. Nurses take on these roles often without any supervision of a physician which causes more and more nurses to be named as defendants in malpractice lawsuits (Nursing Negligence, 2006, October 17, p.1). When nurses exceed their scope of practice, they violate their nursing license (Fremgen, 2002, p. 137). Many individuals immediately associate medical negligence with a physician but, nurse negligence is far more common than people think. Nurses are often responsible for filling out information on a patients chart, administering a patient’s medicine, taking vital signs and recording them accurately. Clearly, there are many duties that a nurse must perform, and there is no room for negligence. Nurses carry on many responsibilities and can be liable for any malpractice. Nurses are the “backbone” to the doctor, and are there for a patient when the doctor cannot be there (Nurse Negligence, n.d., p.1). Negligence: Surgical Accidents A nurse might be held liable for negligence for a surgery accident. Most surgery accidents are results of...
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...On June 7, 2014, a limousine carrying actor Tracy Morgan was struck by a Wal-Mart tractor-trailer, injuring Morgan and 3 other passengers and killing James McNair (“Wal-Mart blames Tracy Morgan for car accident injuries,” 2014). Although charges were filed against the driver, Wal-Mart has publicly shifted blame for the accident to Morgan, who they claim was negligent for not wearing a seatbelt. It is common knowledge that seatbelts improve safety in vehicles. While it could be argued that the injuries sustained by the passengers may have been lessened (and the death of McNair possibly avoided) had they been wearing seatbelts, it does not remove responsibility of the accident from the driver, Kevin Roper. Prosecutors in the case have reported that Roper had not slept for over 24 hours. There are many ethical implications in Wal-Mart not accepting responsibility. There was a lack of oversight in that Roper’s logs were not monitored by Wal-Mart for rest periods. This places some blame on Wal-Mart for Roper’s negligence. More blame goes to Wal-Mart if it is discovered that the retailer is placing unreasonable demands on drivers for delivery times. Even if Wal-Mart was unaware of the actions of their driver, they should not shift blame for a devastating accident onto the victims. Over the last several years, Wal-Mart has been under fire in the media for questionable ethics, including over working and under paying their associates, poor working conditions, refusing to compensate...
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...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 areas of human resource management, having developed over the last few decades. Particularly in challenging modern environments where it is difficult to find skilled personnel, paying attention to retaining well-functioning employees and reducing risk becomes a strategic human resource issue. Overview This paper presents the value of Health and safety measures in an organization....
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