Advanced Management of Workplace Health and Safety (WHS)

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Advanced Management Of WHS (Assessment 1)
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Table of Contents
Answer 1....................................................................................................................................2
1. A.........................................................................................................................................2
1.B..........................................................................................................................................2
1.C..........................................................................................................................................3
1.D..........................................................................................................................................3
1.E..........................................................................................................................................3
Answer 2....................................................................................................................................4
Answer 3....................................................................................................................................4
3. A.........................................................................................................................................4
3. B.........................................................................................................................................4
Answer 4....................................................................................................................................5
4. A.........................................................................................................................................5
4. B.........................................................................................................................................6
Answer 5....................................................................................................................................6
Answer 6....................................................................................................................................7
Answer 7....................................................................................................................................8
7. A.........................................................................................................................................8
7.B..........................................................................................................................................8

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Answer 1
The workplace that is chosen to be discussed below is a hospital. Maintaining
Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) measures is extremely crucial in one such working field
(Macdonald et al. 2012). The health security of the patients are directly dependent on the
conditions of the hospital.
1. A.
The Commonwealth WHS policies that are followed here are:
 Ensure health and safety of the Commonwealth employees on an urgent basis.
 Protect people at workplaces from any health and safety hazards.
 Promote a working environment that is adapted to the health requirements of the
employees.
 Encourage communication between the employees and employers.
1.B.
The vital WHS regulations to be followed in a hospital include:
o Adequate training of staffs regarding WHS norms and policies.
o Maintain cleanliness of the hospital campus.
o Medical apparatus used must be disinfected and healthy for usage.
o Employees must be aware of what medical factors they are dealing with.
o Proper risk assessment must be done to identify chemical and biological hazards.
o Prohibit the use of non-prescript drugs or alcohol in or around the hospital (Anon
2017).

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1.C.
The codes of practices that must be followed, include:
 Attending first-aid emergencies.
 Proper knowledge of fire handling.
 Being educated about the contamination effects of certain drugs present in the
hospital.
 Maintaining a healthy work and treatment atmosphere (Archer et al. 2012).
1.D.
The following legislative regulations are followed for hazard management:
o Arranging regular inspections (Zanko and Dawson 2012).
o Keeping account of every advices made by the health inspector.
o Arranging staff training according to the legislative protocols.
o Consulting the employees and coordinating with officials from the WHS committee.
1.E.
The legislative criteria to be ensured while WHS record keeping are:
 Air-borne contamination hazards.
 Hazards related to confined space.
 Intensity of high risk works.
 Risks involved and the manual for use and handling of several drugs and chemicals.
 Health details of every employee.
Records such as these are needed to be kept secured for certain spans of time, till they
are relevant to the organization’s WHS concerns.

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Answer 2
The hospital management holds training and induction sessions annually, to
communicate the updated Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) policies. Newly joined
employees are given a detailed tour of all the WHS information and policies that is related to
their work field. WHS policy brochures are handed out to the fresh employees during their
training period.
In case, the staffs or the employees need to report some WHS issue, they can consult
their respective supervisor, the WHS officer or the Human Resource management. They may
also drop their concerns regarding health and safety in the WHS Concerns and Complains
portal.
Answer 3
3. A.
The Human Resource (HR) manager is responsible for ensuring that the WHS policies
are well adhered in the hospital premises.
3. B.
The Human Resource manager is the person who is generally the bridge between the
employee and the employer. He or she is the best person to know every detail of the
employees, their workplace behavior and the workplace goals (Bratton and Gold 2012).
Therefore, he is the right person to help communicate and supervise WHS policies. The
responsibilities of the HR manager regarding the maintenance of WHS policies are as
follows:
 To recognize the health and safety duties of the employers, the managers, supervisors,
staffs and doctors within the hospital.

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 Ensure that everybody in the workplace is aware of his or her WHS responsibilities,
through training and inductions.
 Keep track of the complaints lodged in the employees or the customers that disregard
the WHS policies.
 Establish effective ways to meet the health and safety responsibilities within the
organization.
 Contact respective individuals to fix the WHS issues.
 Ensure workplace safety culture by monitoring employee-employer relationship.
 The organization being a hospital, the HR must ensure that the workplace is rated
with top WHS ratings during inspection. This is necessary for patient care.
Answer 4
4. A.
A basic idea about the financial resource investment in a hospital’s WHS management
can be derived from the requirements below:
 Cost of employee’s illness, injury or accidents, which includes loss in productivity,
cost of rehabilitation, health check up allowance and so on.
 Cost of manufacturing of damaged or old appliances.
 Fresh health wares like medical gloves and masks (Falase et al. 2013).
 Appoint a WHS manager (the HR in this case).
 Conduct WHS committee meetings.
 Safety equipments like fire extinguishers and the likes.
 Hire IT professionals to maintain the WHS Records Database.
 Conduct training and induction sessions.
 Internal and external WHS audits.

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 Appoint workers for maintaining cleanliness (Rantanen, Lehtinen and Lavicoli 2013).
4. B.
The WHS manager is the most important human resource required for the
maintenance of WHS standards. He needs to supervise every aspect and protocol of the WHS
policies.
The employer too plays a crucial role in ensuring health and safety in the workplace.
His signature is necessary for the WHS allowances. He must ensure that the employees are
happy to work under him. He must be in regular touch with the WHS manager to stay
updated about the flaws in the system.
The experts responsible in resolving those issues are also recognized as a major part
of this system.
The employees are the most important human component of the WHS management
system. It is their responsibility to fulfill their sole part to maintain a healthy and safe
working environment. Hospital employees are also responsible for communicating the
patient’s issues to the higher authorities.
In a hospital, the patients too need to be dutiful about active WHS participation. Their
health is directly involved. They must communicate any management problems they face to
the doctor or nurse in charge.
Answer 5
The HR manager is responsible for ensuring WHS participation within the hospital.
He provides checklist materials to the employees every month. The employees are required to
fill them up accordingly. This helps to keep track of the employee and patient concerns,
which relates to the inadequacies in the WHS policies or maintenance.

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The HR manager who is the WHS manager in this case, conducts special training and
induction sessions. The employees need to interact with the HR manager regarding any
problem that they might face. The HR manager’s duty is to communicate any mishaps within
the organization to the higher authorities. Gaining knowledge about the health and safety
aspects of the employees might help the organization to formulate effective control measures.
The doctors and the patients must also enlist the issues that may affect health or safety in the
hospital.
The HR has the authority to report any discrepancies in employee indulgence
regarding WHS participation. If multiple warnings are ignored, he or she might be punished
for the offence. This sets an awareness example for the others.
Answer 6
The WHS policies issues are resolved by the following the steps:
1. Consultation: Just as discussed in the above section, the HR manager and the
employees converse to communicate the issues (Safework.sa.gov.au, 2017).
2. Prevention: This step involves identification, in-depth assessment and control of
hazards. This step is carried out after consulting with the employees.
3. Implementation: This final step is undertaken to resolve any issue. Experts are
consulted to solve field relevant issues. The supervisors are responsible to warn the
employees about any mistakes that they might be committing.

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Answer 7
7. A.
In-house WHS reporting is achieved by filling up HR provided WHS checklist
materials. They are also required to report their issues using the hospital’s Online WHS
Portal.
7.B.
Reports made according to the WHS requirements must contain relevant information
regarding the issue. It must have reliable data with statistical and face validity. The reports
must also consist reports of the cost effectiveness of the suggested solutions.

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