Safety and Risk Management : Assignment

SAFETY AND RISK
MANAGEMENT

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
Description of Workplace...........................................................................................................1
Safety breach can be avoided......................................................................................................1
The case and the practices to resolve such issues.......................................................................2
Things which can drift the situation differently at the workplace..............................................4
CONCLUSIONS..............................................................................................................................5
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................6
Illustration Index
Illustration 1: Risk Management process.........................................................................................4

INTRODUCTION
Safety and risk management are the practices which protect the right of individuals
working at hazardous locations. Implementing safety practices at work place play an important
role as it protects the employment rights of the workforce. Moreover, the report will analyse case
of Canberra in which from last few years almost 1.1 million dollar death were served due to
uneven and low establishment of power lines in the mid of road way. Further, it will outline the
case of Michael Booth, the truck driver who died in an accident due to minor touch with slung of
power lines at the site of work under Kenoss Contractor. Thus, the report will evaluate the safety
measures which can prevent the accidents at Construction Companies of Canberra.
Description of Workplace
The construction site where Michael was working was full of risk due to uneven and low
placement of power lines. The Contractors do not even focused on putting any signboards
regarding warning and creating awareness for the drivers therefore while driving the individuals
like Michael slung with power line and die. Further, there are many risks which can be the
reason of increasing death in the capital city of Australia. The authorities like, government, and
the specific contractors who are running projects under such conditions should focus on
implementing measures to protect the employees from various risk of construction site. The
major risk at work places of city is like, risk of falling from heights, confined space, pressurized
gas piping systems, use of hazardous chemicals and substances, energize electrical installation,
high temperature and midway establishment of power lines which interrupt the way of trucks at
work site.
Safety breach can be avoided
There are various models which can be implemented to prevent from hazardous incidents
at construction site of Canberra. The measures which should be followed by the project manager
of construction site are, Demolition of Work: This model states that every individual working under hazardous
condition should be provided with appropriate guidance regarding location of site and
work. This model aims at managing and controlling risk at construction site (Kines, &
et.al., 2010). This model should be under the rule book of every Contractor of
construction business.