Assignment Safety and Risk Management
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Added on 2020-03-23
Assignment Safety and Risk Management
Added on 2020-03-23
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Running Head: SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT1Safety and Risk ManagementByInstitution
SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT2Safety and Risk Management at WorkplaceIntroductionRisk management is the process of identifying and prioritizing risks in the workplace and making changes to reduce or eliminate the risks (Glendon, Clarke & McKenna, 2016). In every working environment, in hospitals, construction sites, offices and many other environments, risk management plays a major role. Various effects occur due to overlooking of risk management. Among these effects includes accidents, injuries, loss of productivity, damage products and finally causing the liquidation of the company (Glendon, Clarke & McKenna, 2016). Putting all these effects together, every workplace should implement safetyand risk management practices that help in identifying and eliminating the hazards. Hazards are very dangerous; they are any source of potential damage, harm, or adverse effects on someone’s health (Hopkin, 2017). Identification of hazards is possible, and hence preventablemeasures should be in place. This paper analyses a workplace identifies the available risks and gives responses to solving the risk.In the article, Michael Booth a driver of a truck succumbs to electrocution when his truck hit low-slung power lines when working for Canberra Companies Kennos contractors. The workplace was not conducive, making it risky for the driver. The following gives the workplace description. Workplace DescriptionDespite the formation of various acts by the ACT Worksafe to safeguard working places and ensure workers safety, Canberra Construction Company did not provide the necessary safety to the workers. The working environment was full of risks and hazards, which was dangerous to workers. For instance, the electric wires, which were hanging and finallyelectrocuting the truck driver, were avoidable hazards (Tylor, 2015).Hanging power lines are dangerous and for the company not to consider themhazardous, was ignorance. There were no signs on the power lines or a flag indicating danger; this was total ignorance.
SAFETY AND RISK MANAGEMENT3The company had no remorse for the losses that most of the employees were having. After the death of Booth, there was no documentation from the company explaining how the incident happened and how remorseful they were in losing a worker (Tylor, 2015). This helpsus understand the working place for this construction company. The working environment was unsafe for the workers. Workers had no protective clothing when at work (Tylor, 2015). At some point, this company had a case where a painter fell down and died due to injuries to the head. This is an avoidable instance in that a helmet would be of help. With this condition of the workplace, it is very unsafe for any worker and any employment happening is against the set rules and standards (Knaus, 2012). The conditions, highlighted in the above discussions, show the hazards that were predisposing factors to harm. The risk factors contributing to the breach were avoidable, but preventive measures were not in place before the occurrence of the safety breach. The hazard that we find in the article is the low-slung power line, which was exposed. This hazard is avoidable when effective preventive measures are in place. There are many preventive measures which when applied, could lead to the avoidance of safety breach. Some of these measures are engineering control measures, substitution and isolation control measures (Gharaie, Lingard & Cooke, 2017). Power lines are very dangerous on any construction site, and so precautions have to be in place before the damage occurs. There are several precautions, which when considered could have saved the life of the driver and the future of the company too. First, before the establishment of a construction site at that place, safety and risk manager could probably have pointed out the risk (Hegeman, 2013). This means that no risk manager was involved in choosing the construction site as the present risk manager within site had no qualifications. When deciding on a workplace site, companies should involve risk managers to identify any risk available and analyze the danger of the risk, before establishing a site or abolishing the
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