Philosophy and Approaches to Health and Safety at Work

This essay discusses the philosophy and approaches to health and safety at work, focusing on internal/external organizational drivers, leadership approaches, legal framework, organizational response, risk assessment and management, accident investigation, safety improvement initiatives, and approaches to safety management.

Philosophy and Approaches
to Health and Safety at Work

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Internal/external organisational drivers ......................................................................................1
Leadership approaches................................................................................................................2
Legal framework and regulatory process....................................................................................3
Organisational response to management of occupational health & safety..................................4
Skills of risk assessment and management.................................................................................4
Accident investigation and safety improvement initiatives........................................................5
Approaches to safety management..............................................................................................6
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................7
References .......................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Philosophy and Approaches to Health and Safety at Work a place, it is the primary
preferences in over all work. In addition, it based on the philosophy that work of entire brokers
and managers to assure health and safety in their place of work. The organisation is Cadbury is
the chocolate making multi international company, It is famous for Dairy Milk chocolate, Crème
Egg or roses, selection box as well confectionery product. The function of this company is
making arrangements to secure wellness condition welfare. Moreover, fire prevention and other
topics, road safety, health and protective education and the improvement in the working area. In
this essay it will discuss about the organisational drivers, laws and leadership, management of
occupational health and safety (Almond, 2015). Furthermore, it will discussed about risk
assessment or management, measures the investigation of accident at work place. Moreover, the
effect on safety behaviours, climate and culture.
MAIN BODY
Internal/external organisational drivers
In health and safety workplaces the internal and external factors that impact an Cadbury
organisation. In external component that proceed economic, social, political as well as
technological. on the other hand the internal factor is go on to an success of the company that is
necessarily characterize the relationship in the institution of health and safety. The relationship of
the health ans safety which effect on Cadbury for the external environment in broad areas. The
health and protection in the place of work that being risk-free is very crucial. It is a obligation
that is shared through manager and worker. The one of the important Principle of health safety
workplace is risk assessments is recognised by entire potential or hazards for their harm while on
the job.
In the healthcare organisation environment that can be determined into external and
internal situations. The Internal environment is mention to the conditions in which the provided
services of healthcare and safety (Mahdevari, 2014). The facilities and resources requisite for
giving employment. On the other side external environment bring up impacts of their quality of
services and performance. In health or safety management system there are various type of
external and internal organisational drivers through the management system of well-being.

It covers in the different areas like they should set policies in the company for the safety
in the organisation. Other one is the planning procedure for ill prevention and accident in the
health and safety company, the responsibilities of the line management. Moreover, resources,
procedures, practices for implementing and creating, maintaining or reviewing the business
safety or health policy (Moatari-Kazeroun, 2015). There are several problems that covers by
health and safety management including external and internal factors. The primary revaluation
must compare existing well-being and protection are as follow below:
Best practices in the Cadbury organisation in United Kingdom employment aspects, the
existing published and authority guidance, The counsel of health and safety in the company.
Furthermore, the provisions set out in the administration as a protection statement. The
requirement of their legislations.
Leadership approaches
The leadership approaches of health and safety in Cadbury Company. In an enterprise to
improve and design of the employment conditions at this managers are main persons to guide
them and show their leadership qualities. The workers of this given organisation causing the
health of associates. Beside this it also have a large effect on the requirements of social support,
control and their general working demands.
The approaches of safety management are the crucial demands of any management
system is the constitution of agency to inadequately foreclose friable to the beginning of
organisation. The process safety management is a regulation to put into the motion that looks at
all procedure which regard using, storing, moving as well as manufacturing highly risky
chemicals. In this the behaviour based safety management is the leadership approaches, in this it
informs employees and the direction of the whole safety of the workplace of Cadbury company
through the safety observance.
In the management system and adaptive safety it is important because the infections,
accidents, injuries, errors. In this administration the safety of employee is a top preferences.
There is a strong health care teams that trim down the rate of infections and the leader is
checking again and again to their employees (Mohammadfam, 2016). Every manager create
their new latest leadership style at time to time. Their style is demand on variety of components,
it consider the organisational culture, values, experience and personality traits etc.

In the leadership approaches there are various types of theories that can be consider as
Trait theory, it is based on the symptomatic of most of the leaders that is both unsuccessful and
successful are used to anticipate the effectualness of leadership (Sinelnikov, 2015). Several traits
of leadership is recognised that initiative, tenacity, knowledge of the business, flexibility,
creativity, better knowledge skills as well as able to use good decisions and judgement.
Moreover, It is the primary assumption due to this belief the leaders are born. The
accurate qualities or traits are good suited for the leadership. This theory is recognised the
characteristics of the behavioural that are common in leaders. The examples of this concept is
that make an effective leader regarding with intelligence, integrity, determination and self
confidence.
Legal framework and regulatory process
The legal framework of the health and safety in UK developed over the years instead of
piecemeal manner. There are many legislations that is covering a number of different regions of
employment considering factories, quarries, mines. The laws comprises a variety of
unsatisfactory gaps. Just for example, it covering the large numbers of workers, while several
types risks that were not controlled by law, some areas of employment. There are several laws
and regulations are as follows:
The health and safety at work Act 1974, The important intention of this law as laid out
in Section 1Act, to save another and different people against hazard to their safety or health
arising out of the activities of people where they work, It secure the health, welfare, safety of
person where they work. It imposes the general duties of care in order to well-being and
protection on workers.
Duties of care under Health and safety Act 1974, This act is referred to schools as well
as all the workplaces in the UK. The chief crucial work under this Act has placed to the leader
and member of the public, pupils, traveller has railed finished which the act places on associate
of the public.
The Regulation of the health and safety management at work 1999, It making the
assessment of hazard to this topic of their workforce as well as act upon risks and identify, so
they can reduce them. providing employers with the information and training on occupational
health, Operating a written and health an safety policies.

Organisational response to management of occupational health & safety
There are various different organisational responses occur in order to manage the health
and safety in the organisation. If any of the organisation has poor practices then it can increase
the piteous safety and health. The management of health and safety is a part of the organisation
to ensure the safety of their employees. There are some factors involve in the organisation that
impacted on the occupational health and safety. The organisation implements different policies
that can help in the management of health and safety (Terry, 2015). It also involves planning,
measuring the evaluation of safety with in organisation and auditing the management. The safety
and health policies should apply in the organisation in order to improve the implementation of
rules. There are some policies which set as part of health and safety by maintaining the rule in
managing the organisation.
The responses includes improvement of business performance and consideration of laws
with in workplace of organisation. The workplace of any organisation should implement a plan
by managing the structure of delivering policies. The organisation can involve health and safety
by promoting the laws to the employees. The involvement of staff in this can increase the
implementation of health and safety in organisation. With effective communication and
approaches of management that is responsible in contribution of health and safety. The
organisation can improve their safety and health regulation by continuously auditing the action
of rules in organisation. The Cadbury organisation works on improving the policies that can help
in securing the health of workers. They implemented different activities of health and safety
from public can protect against the issue of health and safety. It also includes the constantly
improvement of laws and declare some new regulation to improve the health and safety with in
workplace.
Skills of risk assessment and management
There are some skills which are necessary in implementing the health and safety among public.
The risk management refers to the combination of assessment of risk with decision that are
necessary to be taken to prevent risks. The risk assessment refers to the proper analyses of any
process that can help in identifying the risk factors of the organisation. It includes the
identification of various risk in food industry while making and packaging of the product. This is
necessary to identify as in the food industry, the manufacturing process consist various risk

assessment. These includes such as use of appropriate machines so that while making chocolates
it does not harm workers. It also consist of risk of fire that can cause risk in health and safety of
employees and workers.
There are some skills required to identify the risk in the organisation includes auditing the
performance, evaluation of machines and others. The auditing skills can help in establishing the
risk management of cadbury organisation as it helps in identifying the performance of workers.
In this, they analyse the knowledge of workers sop that it can not bring up any risk with in the
organisation. The others skills consist evaluation of proper functioning of machines that can
bring the risk in safety of workers. The communication skills are necessary in risk management
as the leaders can identify the risk by the workers because the workers are mostly aware about
risk in an organisation. With the help of these, the risk can be minimized from the organisation
and can develop the safe system for workers. These risk assessment can be manage by
organisation in order to develop health and safety of employees With the help of analysing the
risk assessment it can be managed through some management skills (Xie, 2016). As it is
necessary to promote health and safety in the organisation.
Accident investigation and safety improvement initiatives
The investigation of accidents can help in analysing the cause of hazards from that it can be
developed. With the proper investigation, the event of incident can prevent from happening
again. The main purpose of investigation is to find the facts that can lead the organisation to help
in maintaining the health and safety in the organisation. It can help in analysing the root cause of
investigation such as management of poor policies, unsafe condition, improper act and other
environmental factors. The cadbury organisation investigate various previous events that bring
hazardous events in organisation. The purpose of this accident investigation is to improve the
equipments, regulation and working practices of ensure the quality of event that it does not
happen again. The injuries which are caused by machines can also be improved in cadbury
organisation.
Some investigators help the organisation to checkout the hazards of their organisation
which threat health and safety of employees (Skeepers, 2015). From investing accidents, it helps
in establishing some of the contributing factors that are involved in this. These accidents can be
occur by improper training and other human and manufacturing errors. There are some initiative

can be taken to improve the accidents in an organisation. It includes the data collection of system
that can drive safety and health of workers. The communication with workers can developed the
core value of process that are occurring in organisation. The continuously improvement can also
initiates the improvement of safety and health. The activeness of the workers can also help in
maintaining the health and safety in cadbury. The other initiative includes adapting the action
plan for hazards, alertness, take previous accidents seriously and to train employees about
previous risk. The initiative of right protocol in the organisation can also help in minimizing the
effect of accidents. The proper and hygienic environment can also reduce the risk of health and
safety in given organisation.
Approaches to safety management
There are different approaches that can be used in management to maintain the health and safety
of the organisation. The process approach comes under the dealing the situation regarding any
operational events. It is based on the proper functioning of machines that can prevent the risk of
health and safety in organisation. The workers needs to discuss about the improper functioning
of any machines as there are lot of chances of risk in given organisation. So, the new approaches
of safety by improving the functioning of machines can be achieved. The behaviour approaches
can evaluate the safety management in the organisation. It includes the behaviour of workers that
involve thinking of their workplace. It also includes to maintain the hygiene in the workplace so
that risk of health and safety can be prevented. Sometimes, the miscommunication between the
employees can also increase the risk. So, a better communication can also help in achieving
required connection between employees so that risk can be prevented. The training approach can
also provide the changes in the behaviour of employees so that they can take steps in prevention
of risk.
The management approaches contains the acquired policies which are need to be follow
in cadbury. There are some policies occur for health and safety that are necessary to be
implemented in the organisation. The approach of adapting and bringing new policies to the
organisation can help in maintaining the safety management. The management systems must
initiates these policies to all the department of the organisation. With this, the climate and culture
of employees can be increase in organisation. The adaptive safety approaches works on the
new procedures that help in achieving the health and safety of organisation. In this, the workers
as well as the management needs to adapt the new safety approaches. The new safety approaches

includes new policies, rules, machines and various training programs that can help safety
management.
CONCLUSION
From the above report it has been concluded that the Philosophy and approaches of health
and safety at workplace. In this essay it has defined the internal and external organisational
drivers and their risk assessment in the organisation. Moreover, it has been terminated that
legislation Acts and the regulation in health and safety and their risk management, there were
various type of laws that has been considered queries, factories and mines. As well as the
regulations which adequate heating, lighting, ventilation at workplace for their safety.
Furthermore, this has been ended accident and improvement in safety as a workplace and their
approaches to safety management.
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