How to Become an Occupational Health and Safety

Running head: OCCUPATION HEALTH AND SAFETY
OCCUPATION HEALTH AND SAFETY
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author Note

1OCCUPATION HEALTH AND SAFETY
Question 2:
Risk assessment is the terminology that focuses on the causes of the hazard and also
identification of hazard, the risk factors of the hazards, measure the effects of the hazard and
planning of the evaluation and reduction of the risks regarding the hazards (Fox et al., 2018).
The risk assessment is a process which focuses on the evaluation of the safety and quality
of the workplace for the employee safety. Thus, the assessment is dependent on the planning and
developing the direction of the assessment. Hence, the development of the team which can
advocate, collaborate and identify most impacting factors of the workplace. The risk assessment
team also focus on the effective identification of the negative impacts over the health of the
employees (Kim, 2016). Thus, ensuring the controlling measures and reduction of the risks in the
workplace for the effective management of the safety of the employees are the primary focus of
the risk assessment team. The team also focus on the development of the policy and identify the
associated factors of the hazard. Hence, it can be stated that the hazard identification and
reduction of the possibility of the hazard for the employee safety is the responsibility of the risk
assessment team. Based on this factor it can be stated that the process of the risk assessment
should be considered with the effectiveness of the reduction and improvement of the quality of
work for the employees (Arbaiy et al., 2018). Moreover, it can be found that the process of the
risk assessment is focused on the improvement of the employee situations in the workplace.

Running head: OCCUPATION HEALTH AND SAFETY
Activity 1: Scaffolding:
Department: TYU Engineering Pte Ltd RA Leader: Yuvaraj Approved by Reference
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Process: Construction works RA Member 1: Signature:
Process/Activity Location: Erecting scaffold in open space RA Member 2:
Original Assessment date: XXX RA Member 3: Name:
Last review date: XXX RA Member 4: Designation:
Next review date: XXX RA Member 5: Date:
HAZARD IDENTIFICATION RISK EVALUATION
RISK
CONTRO
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f Work Activity Hazard
Possible
injury/ill-
health
Existing risk controls S L RPN Additional Controls S L RP
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ation
Person
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Date Remarks
1 Different constructed block
assembly in an open place.
Fall.
Heavy object falling
uncontrollably.
Spinal cord and
other bone
breakage,
musculoskeletal
disorder and
death.
Safety Harness,
Helmet,
Buddy system, cautious marks
in the site for the identification
of risk.
4 2 8 Scaffold must focus on securing
the ground.
Fall safety instruments should be
attached to the scaffold.
Supervision or inspection should
be done regularly.
Weight and height should be
measured and controlled based
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