Work Health and Safety Management: A Comprehensive Guide

Management

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Work health and safety act 2011 is the act applicable in the area for managing workplace safety.
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The WHS Hierarchy of control defines different dimensions which can be installed in order to
facilitate risk controls in case when a single control mechanism is not sufficient. There are
different levels under this system (Blog.prochoice.com.au, 2019).
The hierarchy of control signifies better workplace health and security management across the
organizational structure as it improves cooperation and risk assessment effectively.
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Providing a healthy and risk free working environment is one of the most prioritised liability of
an employer. An employer is responsible for providing appropriate information and guidelines
across the workplace to its employees. In addition to this, an employer must assess the
requirements and necessities related to the workplace from its employees (Maceachen et al.
2016). Providing support at time of need are another major responsibility for the employer in a
workplace.
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Responsibly practicable means operation with keeping in to account the operational risks and
including appropriate assessment initiatives in case of crisis (Paterson et al. 2015).
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Following are the obligations associated with workers and other persons at workplace:
 Taking care of responsibility across their operational processes and maintaining a healthy
environment.
 Following instructions which are put in to place by the respective authorities (Memish et
al. 2017).
 Reporting of defects and hazards which are associated and highlight across the
workplace.
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Following are the requirements on an organisation in regard to consultation with workers for
OHS/WHS:
 Providing a supportive environment for WHS discussion matters.
 Listening to the employees concerns and providing employer concerns accordingly.
 Collecting and sharing important information across the WHS dimensions (Crewe et al.
2016).
 Taking in to account the appropriate strategies for consultation and advice from the
related workers.
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A health and safety representative in business acts as a link to the employees and employers
perspective of health and safety. It provides a more organized form of operation across the
regions which are sustained to facilitate a better environmental conditions for justifying and
analysing better approach for workplace culture and risk assessment possibilities (Walters et al.
2016).
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A health and safety representative is liable to raise issues and complications which are
operational across the business and make the management aware of its existence. The
representative is also active in terms of supporting the staffs by providing them a collective voice
(Lay et al. 2016).
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Step1: identification of hazards.
Step2: Consideration of the impacts in terms of human and other resources.
Step3: Risk assessment and selection of actions
Step4: providing a record for the respective findings (Owen et al. 2016).
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Following are the three workplace hazard identification processes:
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