Reflective Portfolio on Safety Health and Environment Management

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Reflective portfolio on Safety health and environment management
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The safety of labourers are compromised despite of precautions and safety measures
adopted by the various industries. Therefore, a full proof planning and strategies are
extremely necessary for ensuring safety of the workers. In oil drilling industries, workers are
exposed to high risk as it involves some of the life threatening procedures and a number of
things could go wrong. The biggest disaster that the offshore industry encountered was the
Deepwater Horizon Blowout on April 2010 (North et al., 2014). The accident involved 11
workers who were declared dead as a result from that event. In my opinion, this disastrous
event lead many people to believe that the safety measures followed in the offshore industry
is not up to the mark and may lead to fatal incidents. In this case, the reason behind the
blowout was the negligence of the BP plc. that lead to the blowout killing 11 people and
creating a long term oil spill disaster (Matejek & Gössling, 2014). However, I believe that the
safety measures and trainings provided in this field of industry is high and a number of
training sessions are provided to the labourers in order to avoid any harm. For instance, the
BOISET training offers all the workers of this industry with the general offshore training and
emergency training in escaping the disasters that the workers might encounter. Along with
this, the workers are provided with Helicopter and Underwater escape training that is
extremely essential and toughest part of the training. The rigorous part of the training ensures
that the workers of this industry are able to escape the scene of vicious event efficiently. The
response team in case of any disaster are quick to act and provide first aid to the labourers.
Another industry that have hazardous effect on its labourers are the Marine industry. One of
the significant disaster that the Marine industry encountered was the Piper Alpha explosion
on July 1988 that resulted 167 death of crewmembers on board (Swuste, Gulijk & Zwaard,
2017). The investigation run by then senior member of Scottish judiciary Lord Cullen
exposed the cause of the tragedy and provided recommendations that were later included in
the safety management, training and regulations (Bennear, 2015). The investigation even

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made a huge contribution in bringing changes such as mandatory use of automatic safety
valves on rigs in order to ensure to cease the flow of hazardous fluids that might cause
explosion. I believe this inclusion in the system benefited the marine as well as the oil drilling
industry immensely as it significantly decreased the risk of explosion caused by toxic and
hazardous fluid leakage. The first case study also highlights the stereotypical discrimination
that exists in such professions. For instance, the number of female professionals in such
industries are extensively low compared to male professionals. The reasons range from a
generalised thinking of the society that female would not be competent enough to deal in
such harsh situations. This conception has lead to gender inequality in almost every
profession including in these industries as well. In my opinion this issue could be eradicated
if the majority of society challenges the shallow thought that have been existent for a long
period of time.
The third case study provides the possible hazards that are more likely to occur in
offshore industries or in other industries such as construction or mining industry. The severity
of these hazards are maximum, as I believe that the range of accidents mentioned in this case
study may lead to life threatening incidents and thus, causing a negative impact on worker’s
health. This might lead to employers abandoning their position in these industries and shift
towards those professions that ensures full safety to a workers health. However, I believe that
proper training and suitable amendments in the required area could ensure wellbeing of a
labourer. In my opinion, bringing a change in the safety measures and the necessary changes
in equipment’s as well would ensure a better functioning that would ultimately secure the
workers’ health. Now, discussing about the fourth and final case study, it highlights the
significance of product safety. The most basic criteria that a company has to fulfil is to ensure
its consumers that the products manufactured are safe. Bringing out a quality product in the
market is a necessary obligation along with building a trustworthy relationship with the

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consumers. Therefore, in order to provide tests and certification of the products for ensuring a
quality of the products, the TUV SUD corporation delivers thousands and thousands of
organisations with certifications, trainings and tests which ultimately makes sure the safety
check of the products manufactured by various organisations and companies (www.tuev-
sued.de, 2018). The significance of the product checks is of highest priority as it may refrain
a possible accident from occurring. In my view, when a company manufactures a product,
everyone involved with the company are responsible for its impact on consumers. The
negative impact could cause fatal accidents, which involves the consumers. For instance, in
this case study, it is mentioned that the over charged battery of a drone caused a devastating
fire in 2016 that involved the death of an individual and was a valued consumer (Huiwen,
2018). Such incidents could bring in grave reputation towards the companies and eventually
deteriorate the profit of it. The job of providing quality products to the consumers and
building trust between the organisation and the consumers benefit both the company as well
as the consumers in the market.
The course that I opted for Safety Health and Environment Management course would
benefit me in my career since the profession that I look forward fall under the category of
hazardous industry (Sousa, Almeida & Dias, 2014). The various safety measures related to
various industries which was thoroughly discussed throughout my course helped me gain
knowledge and made my decision to choose a specific profession in the future (Glendon,
Clarke & McKenna, 2016). The course could provide me with the basic knowledge of safety
measures and potential hazards that I might have to face in my career in future. It also
benefited me with the history of certain regulations that were amended in recent times. This
course has extensively offered instances that how lethal the hazards may occur in various
circumstances. It has even made my choices clear to choose as the various case studies in
described in the course help me critically evaluate the circumstances that may arise in a