Safety and Risk Management at Kenos Contractors in Canberra Report 2022

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Safety and Risk Management at Kenoss Contractors in Canberra
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Executive summary
The main aim of report was to identify hazards and risks that contributed to the death of a
driver at Kenos Contractors in Canberra. The company was fined$1.1 million for the breach of
occupation health and safety policies. The report found that Kenos Contractors in Canberra had
various hazards that resulted to risks including workplace serving as both a storage site for
materials and equipment and a dumping site, nature of activities nature involved in construction
works, lack of alignment of potential hazards with consideration of safety and health policies and
procedures, Poor inaccessibility of the site, low power lines at the access point, live power lines,
Inexistence of safety signs; safety signs, poor contractor management. Safety breaches could
have been avoided by Canberra Kenoss Contractors adhering to all Construction sites rules and
regulations as mandated by OHS including proper insulation of electric cables and power lines,
wearing of helmets and overalls and having safety signs and symbol in place. The report
concluded that it is important for an organization like by Canberra Kenoss Contractors to
conducts risk management and assessments after some time to avoid breaching of safety and
health policies in an organization.
Table of Contents

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Introduction......................................................................................................................................3
Background information of Safety and Risk Management at Kenos Contractors in Canberra.......3
Findings from Kenos Contractors in Canberra Case study.............................................................3
Workplace and Hazards...............................................................................................................3
Recommendation delivered from the findings................................................................................5
How safety breaches could have been avoided............................................................................5
What happened and how did Safe Work resolve the issue?........................................................6
What could have been done differently to prevent the occurrence of the incident?....................6
How would you address the issue if responsible for the safety systems?....................................7
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................8
Introduction
Risk management and safety standards are aspects of importance to a work environment
for prevention of injuries, loss, and even deaths. However, their implementation incurs costs of

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necessity that some organization tries to minimize to attain larger profits. Breaches of the safety
standards and risk management standards attract fines and criminal liability sentences as a form
of punishment by existing health and safety agencies (Bluff, 2014). It is both the duty of
organizations and statutory agencies within the respective countries to ensure safety standards
compliance.
Background information of Safety and Risk Management at Kenos Contractors in
Canberra
In Australia, Kenoss Contractors was found guilty of breaching safety standards in
relation to risk management standards (Occupation Health and Safety policies OHS) in 2012.
They were fined $ 1.1 million over truck driver’s death within their workplace as he was
fulfilling his duties (ABC News, 2015). The death occurs as a result of negligence of OHS safety
measures which were in place to curb the occurrence of any risk. Critical aspects of its
workplace were vulnerable to existing hazards, which the management ignored, resulting in
safety breaches that attracted fines.
Findings from Kenos Contractors in Canberra Case study
Workplace and Hazards
Hazards are potential aspects or elements that may result to risk in an organization or
workplace. Monitoring of Hazards in a workplace is essential in a workplace as it promotes
conducive environment which is adhered to policies and procedures of OHS. At the time of
incident occurrence, The Canberra Kenoss Contractors was conducting a road resurfacing project
in Australia. Its workplace served as both a storage site for materials and equipment and a
dumping site (Cooper Grace Ward, 2017). These increased activities within the Canberra Kenoss
Contractor’s workplace increased the risks of employees being exposed to various hazards that
were available in sites. Generally, the workplace had many hazards as a result of activities nature