Enhancing WHS Policies for Pitstop: A Case Study

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Table of Contents
Task 1:........................................................................................................................................2
Simulated workplace information:.........................................................................................2
Organisational requirements for WHS management:............................................................3
Responsibilities and accountabilities for WHS......................................................................3
WHS risk management and procedures.................................................................................3
Documentation and recordkeeping requirements for monitoring..........................................4
Employee capability and need for training............................................................................4
Summaries of the consultation meeting:....................................................................................4
Research on design of WHS management plan:........................................................................4
Written outline:..........................................................................................................................5
Role-play:...................................................................................................................................5
Task 2:........................................................................................................................................6
Role play meeting:.................................................................................................................6
Outline of the plan:.................................................................................................................6
Risk assessment and control procedure:................................................................................7
Action plan:............................................................................................................................8
Task 3:........................................................................................................................................9
Executive summary:...............................................................................................................9
Introduction:...........................................................................................................................9
Minimization of illness and injuries:......................................................................................9
Risk assessment:.....................................................................................................................9
Leadership in WHS management:.......................................................................................10
Culture of safety:..................................................................................................................10
Conclusions:.........................................................................................................................10
Recommendations:...............................................................................................................11

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References:...............................................................................................................................12
Task 1:
Simulated workplace information:
The business process of Pitstop is based on solving the issues of vehicles for the customers.
The activities of the company include providing the fuels to the customers along with selling
snacks at the service stations. The activities involve storage of the fuels in the tanks,
delivering LPG as well petrol to the client. Due to the storage of petrol and fuel, there are
risks for the workers. The risks can evolve due to explosion of the petrol tank, fire and other
health hazards due to exposure with the chemicals. The store managers have the
responsibility to supervise the activities of the staffs. Although, this company give
importance on the health and safety of the staffs as well as of the customers, however; the
recent data show many incidents that have induced the safety risks for the staffs. The major
incidents that occurred at the stores of the company include fuel spills and burns. Other
incidents such as breathing difficulties of the staffs due to fumes that are exposed from the
oven cleaner and fire in the rubbish bins have also helped in addressing the safety concerns
for the customers and the staffs of the company.
After conducting visits to the store regarding audit on the health and safety it has been found
that unwanted chemicals have been exposing from the stores and the staffs have been not
trained for preventing themselves from any risks or accidents at the spots (Cruz et al 2017).
Although, there have been presence of first aid kits at the stores; however; these have been
only stored as the stocks and only the store managers have the right to stock those. In the
stores, sufficient numbers of safety audits have not been conducted which increases the risks
regarding safety of the staffs and the customers. Further, after conducting the review, it has
been also identified that the store keepers failed to keep any records of the incidents which
could have been useful for conducting safety reviews. All these loopholes can lead to huge
risks for the staffs and the customers in the future, if proper WHS management is not
implemented (Monney et al 2015). Further, the health problems of the staffs are prevalent in

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the company due to low work life balance and the amount of stress that they need to deal
with.
Therefore; after reviewing the information of the workplace, the planning should be made on
enhancing the WHS policies so that the safety of the staffs can be increased.
Organisational requirements for WHS management:
For implementing a proper WHS management is Pitstop, the first requirement will be to
assess the health and safety issues that the staffs are facing. The recent incidents at the stores
show the lack of proper safety measures for the staffs. Therefore; the main requirement will
be to implement the safety tools and techniques at the stores. Secondly, it will be essential to
train the store managers and the staffs about the methods they should apply for ensuring their
safety as well as for the customers. The stresses and the health issues due to extra working
hours for the staffs are required to be assessed and form an important requirement to develop
the WHS management.
Responsibilities and accountabilities for WHS
The main responsibility of maintaining the WHS policies should be taken by the store
managers and this is because; they are the ones who supervise and monitor the activities of
the staffs (Rasoul et al 2017). They are also accountable for processing the reports on WHS
management and the incidents to the management of the company so that those can be used
for the purpose of risk audits and for identifying the loopholes in the health and safety
management.
WHS risk management and procedures
The risk management policies of WHS would be made by understanding the gaps in the risks
control of the company (Hu et al 2017). As assessed from the number of incidents and the
possible risks, the first step will be to identify the safety regulations of Australia. The risk
measurement would be conducted by comparing with the standards of workplace safety. For
the service stations, it would be important to assess the storage capacity to store the petrol.
This would ensure that the petrol does not overflow at any condition. Another example of risk
management in this case is about the proper containment of the petroleum oil which can help