Occupational Safety and Health Assignment

OCCUPATIONAL
SAFETY AND
HEALTH

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
QUESTION 1...................................................................................................................................1
Opinions on the highlighted issues.........................................................................................1
Possible causes and effects of chemical waste dump in Sungai Kim Kim, Pasir Gudang.....2
Evaluation of precaution steps that owners and workers take to prevent chemical hazard. . .4
QUESTION 2...................................................................................................................................6
Conduction of interview with HR Manager...........................................................................6
Preparation and Submission of a Report................................................................................8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................15
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................17

INTRODUCTION
Occupational Safety and Health is an effective multidisciplinary field which is associated
with effective safety, welfare and health of individuals who are present at work as well as those
who are being or likely to be affected through working of the company. It is quite important for
an organisation to adhere to safety of personnel associated with their working and it is important
for the company to take appropriate actions which must promote as well as safeguard their health
and safety to ensure an appropriate and essential functioning along with long term sustainability
(Friend and Kohn, 2018). In addition to this, it takes into consideration all the potential hazards
which could be quite risky for people working within their organisation inclusive of effective
measures of how best to minimise the same. The report below is based on occupational safety
and health in different scenarios. It is divided into two sections, where the first addresses a
detailed examination of causes and effects of accidents at the workplace and precaution steps
which are required to be taken by owners and workers to prevent any sort of medical hazard
from happening. Further, the second part of the report is associated with evaluation of safety and
health practices within an organisation and recommendations to the company to enhance safety
and health standards within their organisations.
QUESTION 1
Opinions on the highlighted issues
Pollution is one of the biggest problems which is prevailing within each country,
especially in industrial areas, where there are ineffective waste management systems
incorporated within the factories (Donham and Thelin, 2016). According to the case study, the
Department of Environment within Malaysia is facing quite a few challenges related to the health
of individuals due to chemical waste dump in Sungai Kim Kim. As per the case, the area s
experiencing quite a downfall in terms of health of individuals living in the country. The reason
for the same is that there has been a chemical dump which is hazardous to people living near the
lake. In my opinion, such chemical hazards and mishaps, which could lead to such widespread
illness must be controlled by local communities. Dumping waste in such a prominent place
indicates that local communities were not aware, neither monitoring the safety standards in the
area until before the situation went out of hand and people fell sick. Such mismanagement lead
to the hazard which had quite a negative impact on health of individuals who are residing near
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that area. According to me, these communities are required to modify their operations in ways
which assist and guide them in conducting their duties in a better and more prominent manner.
As per the case, there are almost 30 factories which might be responsible for the waste
which was dumped within Sungai Kim Kim. Moreover, the waste which was dumped was quite
hazardous, as well as large in quantity. According to me, these aspects reflect that these factories
does not emphasise on waste management and there are quite limited or obsolete equipment and
processes which are associated with managing and handle these waste, which causes the waste to
be dumped in areas like Sungai Kim Kim. Furthermore, my opinion would stand corrected on the
fact that there is a dire need for government and local communities to intervene. Furthermore, it
is a vital and urgent need for these entities to provide these factories with waste management
equipment and processes and monitor them regularly (Cunningham and Sinclair, 2015).
According to my perception, there are several loop holes which are associated with this
case and which led to such harmful consequences. Such cases lead to further depletion in natural
resources and are being a risk to all the associated individuals which reside in the areas. In
addition to this, in case this situation is not immediately tackled, then there will be further
consequences which would be leading the whole area to be contaminated and more health issues
to the living beings in that locality. It is a case of ineffective occupational safety and health and
in my opinion, effective actions must be taken regarding improving the situation which is
prevailing near Sungai Kim Kim (Frumkin, 2016).
Possible causes and effects of chemical waste dump in Sungai Kim Kim, Pasir Gudang
It is very important to analyse cause and effect which is associated with rise in chemical
fumes in Sungai Kim Kim, which was responsible for illness and breathing problems for the
people living near Pasir Gudang. Carving out the cause and effect would help in determining all
the potential operations which could be dangerous to attempt and which could lead to facilitation
of harmful conditions within the whole area.
Possible Causes of Chemical Waste Dump in Sungai Kim Kim:
 Ineffective Inspection:
One of the biggest causes of chemical waste dump within Sungai Kim Kim is that
possibly there are no appropriate authority, which could have overseen the whole operation. In
addition to this, with absence of such a committee, it is highly possible, that factories associated
nearby dumped their industrial waste. Moreover, according to the case study, the industrial waste
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