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Occupational Health and Safety Risk Management PDF

   

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Running head: OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENTOCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENTName of the StudentName of the UniversityAuthors Note
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1OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENTExecutive SummaryIn the given report occupational health and safety risk management for themining industry is ascertained. The risk management strategy to enable effective riskmanagement in the organization is analyzed. Systematic approaches and team basedmethod is used in managing, analyzing the unacceptable risks related to people and theorganization. In the report, two articles related to occupational accidents are alsoreviewed. Moreover, the recommendation for the safety and health managementpractices is provided. Through proper planning, effective implementation andoperational methods the consequences related to the health and safety managementsystem is evaluated.
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2OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENTTable of ContentsIntroduction:.......................................................................................................................3Risk Management:.............................................................................................................3Principles of Risk Management:........................................................................................5Occupational Health and Safety Management:.................................................................6Recommendations:............................................................................................................8Conclusion.......................................................................................................................10References & Bibliography:.............................................................................................12
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3OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY RISK MANAGEMENTIntroduction:Health and safety is all about providing health and safety environment to theiremployees in the organization. The occupational health mainly focuses on maintenanceand promotion of all the highest degree of mental, social and physical well beings of theworkers (Barger et al., 2015). The main focus of the organization is concernedwithachieving the desired health and safety outcomes. The two papers that are required tobe critically reviewed are ‘Analysis of investigation reports on occupational accidents’and ‘Examining the asymptote in safety progress’.Since the last few years there hasbeen a great safety improvement both in mining Industry (Ranängen & Zobel, 2014).The majority of this change is related to the generation and application through riskassessment methods. Furthermore theses team- based and systematic techniqueshelps in identifying, assessing and managing the unacceptable risks related to people,environment, assets and production (Serpell, Ferrada, Rubio & Arauzo, 2015). Theresults have therefore improved the management systems within the mining industry.Various industries safety performance is measured through the absence of negativeevents that showcases the consequences of injuries and incidents (Kirsch et al., 2014).Moreover, preventing all the industrial accidents through greater penalties would lead topoor health and safety management.Risk Management:According to the research paper, Salguero-Caparros, Suarez-Cebador andRubio-Romero, (2015) have commented thatsafety practices are mostly related withcompliance, qualification and control are only partly responsible. The vital first stepinvolved in the implementation and design of adequate preventive measures areinvestigations. As mentioned by the authors, the measures are required to ensure thatthe health and safety of a person at workplace includes maintaining and providing safeenvironment. this would does not risk to health as well as ensures that adequate safetymeasures are taken for any kind of machinery, equipment, article, plant or processesused by the employees (Gomes et al., 2014). It is the duty of the employers to ensurethat employees are provided adequate information and instructions. Moreover,
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