Risk Assessment for Workplace Health and Safety in Fuel Station

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Introduction
Workplace health and safety (WHS) is frequently referred to as Occupational Health
and Safety (OH&S) which deals with assessment and mitigation of the risks at the work place
that has potential to impact on health, safety and welfare of the people in the workplace. This
mostly encompasses the service users, the service providers and the other stake holders like
suppliers, contractors and volunteers (Government of Australia, 2018). The following
assignment aims to highlight workplace health and safety prevailing in the fuel station as
analysed from the perspective of the customer service attendant (CSA). In analysing the
workplace health and safety, the assignment will follow six steps of risk assessment as proper
by the government of Canberra (Government of Australia Capital Territory, 2018). The
assignment will also cite hierarchy of risk control as framed by University of Sydney
(University of Sydney, 2018).
Workplace Health and Safety in Fuel Station
Fuel station or petrol filling stations store and handle large amount of hazardous
substances and thus present unique hazards due to high rate of inflammability of the products.
In order to comprehensively manage the risk of dispensing fuel safely, the CSA or the service
station manager must manage and maintain the fuel station in accordance to the work place
health and safety legislations (Department of Environment and Climate Change [DECC]
NSW, 2018).
Policies of workplace Health and Safety
According to Government of Australia Capital Territory (2018), the main risk
management process has six important steps and these includes hazard identification,

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identification of risk, assessment of risk, control of risk, documentation of process and proper
monitoring and review.
Figure: Risk Assessment for Health and Safety in Workplace
(Source: Safe Work Australia, 2011)
Identification of the hazard is done on the basis of work design, equipment used, and
the physical work environment. In Fuel station, common hazard arise from hazardous
chemical and mechanical equipment.

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Figure: Common example of hazards
Source: (Source: Safe Work Australia, 2011)
In order to find hazards proper inspection of the workplace is required to be
undertaken. The best time for inspection include work activity hours. Safe Work Australia
(2011) is of the opinion that in order to access hazards, proper questions must be framed and
based on this; hierarchy of the risk control is required to be done.