Case Study on In-House Health and Safety Practices at Polybay Ltd

Draft
(Assessment 001)
Case Study
The case scenario highlights the wrong or unethical “In-House” health and safety practices
adopted by the company “Polybay Ltd” among their employees has been discussed. The
various legislations, code of practices, statistical report, case laws, industry guidance and
many others are used to discuss the respective issue and concern.
On the basis of the report provided by the inspector of Health and Safety Executive, there are
no policies being formulated by the company and no Health and Safety personnel are
appointed for its management. The whole case revolves around risk, unethical safety
measures and standards used by the company for their employees.
The report study is divided into two parts i.e., (Which has to be answered using relevant
graphs, stats, case laws and legislation)
Part 1
a) What the expected standards are for roof work of this nature, and apply
them to this case, explaining how these standards were not met.
According to the report of the Health and Safety Executive (2018), working over the
rooftop can be a dangerous situation for the employees and management too. It can
lead to creating of personal injury and death of the individuals. Moreover, there are
various standards being framed by the government or industrial head in order to
overcome such issue. For example – Roof edges and openings, fragile surface, and
many others.
Related PDF’s and Journal article (Links)
http://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/indg284.pdf
http://www.hse.gov.uk/construction/safetytopics/roofwork.htm
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b) With reference to a recognised safety management model, e.g. HSG65, what
improvements to the employer’s health and safety management system might be
appropriate and why.
There are certain reasons which lead to such dangerous circumstance for the
individuals. The recognised safety measurement model for managing the risk and
danger at the roof edge working.
Safety Management Model (Traditional Model)
Figure: Management model to develop, implement and maintain a safety management system
Source: (http://www.labour.gov.hk/eng/public/os/manage.pdf)
(Modern Model)
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