Maintain Work Health and Safety: A Case Study on Workplace Safety and Hazards

Running head: MAINTAIN WORK HEALTH AND SAFETY
Maintain work health and safety
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Contents
Part 1:...............................................................................................................................................2
Part 2................................................................................................................................................5
Minutes of the meeting....................................................................................................................7
Report..............................................................................................................................................8
Introduction..................................................................................................................................9
Construction and related hazards.................................................................................................9
Workplace health and safety duties...........................................................................................10
Model work health and safety....................................................................................................11
Conclusion and recommendation..............................................................................................12
Reference.......................................................................................................................................14

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Part 1:
The agenda of the meeting will include the activities that are to be dome during the
meeting process and in a sequential way. For the particular organization named X. The agenda of
the meeting is to plan a Workplace health and Safety meeting for the organization named X. The
agenda will include the following items:
 Current programs, procedures and WHS policies within the organization X.
 WHS codes of practice, regulations, and the legislations and the legal responsibilities of
the workers and Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking (PCBUs) in the
workplace.
 Current management of the health and safety risks at the workplace and it includes the
usage of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).
 How the organization X responds to the different incidents and accidents that can
probably occur in the workplace?
 How to properly identify the hazards and apply the appropriate measures of control that
will meet the legislative and workplace requirements?
Current programs, procedures and WHS policies within the organization X
The work health and safety of all the workers that are present within the service include
the contractors, volunteers and employees, visitors, and the clients as well. All these are
considered for the utmost importance. The officers are the ones that will be held responsible to
meet the obligations during the work. It is also important to mention that the appropriate
resources are allocated to control identified risks. Senior management must ensure that a proper
WHS program and policy is effectively implemented in the areas of support and control and at

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the same time holding them accountable for their specific responsibilities. The workers include
the contractors, agency staff, and volunteers are required to cooperate with the WHS programs
and policies. Workers will be ensuring the health and safety of the themselves and the other
workers in the workplace. The clients and the visitors that are visiting the workplace must keep
in mind that their actions must not put themselves as well as the others in to risks and at the same
time they must be given proper and relevant information.
Current management of the health and safety risks at the workplace and it includes the usage of
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
The codes of the practice for the organization X are taken from Work Health and Safety
(How to Manage Work Health and Safety Risks) Code of Practice 2015. The Code of Practice is
about how to manage the health and safety risks that fall under code of practice section 274 of
the work health and safety Act (WHS Act). It is important to mention that an approved code of
practice is actually a practical code that the emphasizes on the attaining the standards of welfare,
safety and health that are required under the Regulations of the Work health and Safety (WHS
regulation). The codes of practice will deal with the specific issues that do not cover the risks and
the hazards. the safety and the health duties highlights that the risks associated with the work are
those for which the code of practice exist.
Current management of the health and safety risks at the workplace and it includes the usage of
Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
The personal protective equipment is the clothing and the equipment that are actually
worn by the visitors, employees so that they can shield their bodies and hazards that are
occurring at the workplace. Currently the personal protective equipment (PPE) are not worn by