Health and Safety at Work

This article discusses the audit process carried out at Awesome Landscape, NSW, Australia to identify disputes in work health and safety practices and develop appropriate recommendations to change their existing practice and policies. The identified hazards and their risks are also discussed along with recommendations to address them. The article also covers legislative compliance, WHS culture, and limitations of the WHSMS in the organization.

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Executive Summary
Awesome Landscape is a construction company, which provides landscaping solution from last
20 years. Awesome landscape has already successfully completed many landscape construction
projects across the Australia. Inspection are carried out and it highlighted the following hazards,
Emergency Exit door is blocked by a dangerously placed metallic equipment; A large tray is
placed over the top of a furniture dangerously beside the boardroom; Electrical wires are
scattered over the floor dangerously. The recommendations to address them include the
following: Removing the metallic objet from the front of the emergency gate and placing the
object in a safe and secured place; Removing the object from the passage and placing it in a
suitable ad safe position; Removing the tray from the top of the furniture and placing it in a flat
ground to avoid accident; The gap between two carpet should be filled by any soft material or
hazard sign is needed; The plate should be placed properly; The scattered furniture should be
properly assembled and placed safely; Cleaning staffs and workers of that particular room.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Findings...........................................................................................................................................3
Discussion........................................................................................................................................4
Recommendations............................................................................................................................5
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................6
Bibliography....................................................................................................................................7

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Introduction
The purpose of this audit is to identify the disputes in work health and safety practices
within the office premises for developing appropriate recommendations to change their existing
practice and policies. The area for which the audit process will be carried out is the HQ of
Awesome Landscape, NSW, Australia. Awesome Landscape is a construction company, which
provides landscaping solution from last 20 years. Awesome landscape has already successfully
completed many landscape construction projects across the Australia.
Findings
 The underlying issues that affected the inspection include the uncleanliness and the
untidy place that are placed haphazardly all over the workplace and kitchen. The hazards
that are already present in the place hindered the inspection process.
 The hazards that are identified are- Emergency Exit door is blocked by a dangerously
placed metallic equipment; A large tray is placed over the top of a furniture dangerously
beside the boardroom; Electrical wires are scattered over the floor dangerously.
 The risk along with their rating are- Emergency Exit door is blocked by a dangerously
placed metallic equipment is rated low risk (control- Removing the metallic objet from
the front of the emergency gate and placing the object in a safe and secured place); A
large tray is placed over the top of a furniture dangerously beside the boardroom is rated
as medium risk (control- Removing the tray from the top of the furniture and placing it in
a flat ground to avoid accident); Electrical wires are scattered over the floor dangerously
is rated as high risk (control- Cleaning staffs and workers of that particular room).
 Refer to Implementation plan, monitoring plan and research analysis document

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Regulations
 Occupational Health and Safety- providing legitimate risk
management framework
 Workplace Health and Safety – Making secure workplace by changing
the design
 Employee Care Act – providing financial and other benefit to the injured workers
Discussion
 Refer to consultation plan

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CONSULTATION PLAN
Date / time /
location
Personnel
involved
Points to
be
covered
Guidance:
refer to
Points A to G
on Steps to
take for what
consultation
is required.
Method
Actual
outcomes of
consultation
1
1/01/2019
HQ of
Awesome
Landscape,
NSW,
Australia
Odette
Guernon,
Amy
Bleasdale,
Grace
Gorman,
External
emergency
Manageme
nt
Executive
Initial
requireme
nt of the
inspection
procedure
.
meeting
Documented
OHS policies
and procedure.
2
5/01/2019 Amy
Bleasdale, Legal
advisor, External
emergency
Management
Executive
Confirmation of
the inspection
procedure
Phone call Inspection and
audit proposal for the
management of Awesome
Landscape
3
15/01/2019
HQ of Awesome
Landscape, NSW,
Australia
Odette Guernon,
Amy Bleasdale,
Grace Gorman
Legal advisor,
External
emergency
Management
Executive
Presenting the
progress report
of the
inspection and
audit process
Meeting Clearance for
further progress with the
acknowledgement for
survey and interview.
20/01/2019 Amy Email The report

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 The summary of the resources that will be required during the emergency process are the
are the fire extinguishers, first aid kit, emergency alarms, team of personnel that have
expertise in hazard mitigation.
 The identified hazards will impact the functioning of the organization. The
recommendations to address them include the following: Removing the metallic objet
from the front of the emergency gate and placing the object in a safe and secured place;
Removing the object from the passage and placing it in a suitable ad safe position;
Removing the tray from the top of the furniture and placing it in a flat ground to avoid
accident; The gap between two carpet should be filled by any soft material or hazard sign
is needed; The plate should be placed properly; The scattered furniture should be
properly assembled and placed safely; Cleaning staffs and workers of that particular
room.
 No legislative breaches have been identified.
 The company has a return to work policy and an injury management process. The RTW
process that are currently in place assist the employees to return back the employees to
the workplace as soon as possible. The injury management help the employees to meet
the safety requirements during the work hours and it does not violate any legislative
requirements.
 The WHS culture suggests that the organization is well aware of the emergency
procedures during the work hours. The workplace promotes that the each and every
employee are provided with the personal protective equipment during the work hours. It
is however, important to mention that the safety procedures must be enhanced so that it

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can accommodate the emergency situation. The personal protective equipment can be
improved as it has worn out due to the repeated usage.
 The legislative compliance includes that the objective and the principle of the WHS is to
provide a better workplace for the employees where the there is less hazards and they are
identified as well. it is important to note that the current WHS requirements of the
Awesome Landscape is to follow the proper guidelines of the emergency procedures and
worker safety. Negligence is determined through the inspection and it is applied through
the WHS guidelines.
 The process of determining the validity and the reliability of the information is through
the conduct of inspection and survey; the rating matrix used for the survey is appropriate
for the workplace inspected; the appropriate controls were used were determined through
the inspection and analysis; the information was gathered through the inspection; There
were no ambiguities when the research was carried out; the business technology used to
access, organise and monitor information MS Excel; the security of the information
gathered were maintained through the security software and data access policy.
Recommendations
 The two limitations of the WHSMS in the organization is that it is entirely applicable for
Awesome Landscape workplace; and the policies are outdated. The negative effect on the
WHS policies is that it will make the WHS Awesome Landscape.
 In order to become compliant with the legislation, Awesome Landscape needs to adapt it
functions and the redesign the workplace.
 The two workplace health and safety that Awesome Landscapes needs to incorporate is
the proper identification of the hazards in the workplace. Secondly, Awesome Landscape

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must have an emergency procedure in place so that it can help and assist the employees to
recover quickly.
Conclusion
From the above discussion it can be concluded that the area for which the audit process
will be carried out is the HQ of Awesome Landscape, NSW, Australia. The purpose of this audit
is to identify the disputes in work health and safety practices within the office premises for
developing appropriate recommendations to change their existing practice and policies. The
WHS culture suggests that the organization is well aware of the emergency procedures during
the work hours. The workplace promotes that the each and every employee are provided with the
personal protective equipment during the work hours. It is however, important to mention that
the safety procedures must be enhanced so that it can accommodate the emergency situation. The
personal protective equipment can be improved as it has worn out due to the repeated usage.

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Bibliography
Australia.gov.au. 2018. WHS (Workplace health and safety) | australia.gov.au. [online]
Available at: https://www.australia.gov.au/information-and-services/jobs-and-workplace/whs-
workplace-health-and-safety [Accessed 14 Dec. 2018].
Business.gov.au. 2018. Work Health and Safety (OHS) acts, regulations and codes of practice.
[online] Available at: https://www.business.gov.au/risk-management/health-and-safety/whs-oh-
and-s-acts-regulations-and-codes-of-practice [Accessed 14 Dec. 2018].