Work Health and Safety (WHS) Policy for Desklib

1 A
Question
Who is the WHS authority in your State or Territory?
Safe Work Australia
2 A
Question
In 50-100 words, describe the responsibilities of a person
conducting a business or undertaking as specified in Work Health
and Safety (WHS) laws, in relation to the health and safety of their
workers while at work.
It is important to note that a person who is conducting a business should make sure that it is
crucial to abide all laws and regulations of Work Health and Safety laws (Australia, 2021). It is
the duty of businessman that all employees get workplace with all safety concerns.
2 B
Question
Describe the WHS responsibilities of officers. (50-100 words)
The officers of WHS are responsible for ensuring that business should match WHS duties. They
are also making sure that workers and other persons of workplace are protected against harm
(Australian Council of Trade Unions (ACTU), 2019). It is also found that they are ensuring that
business has suitable safe work systems.
2 C
Question
In 50-100 words, describe the WHS rights and responsibilities of a
worker.
WHS covered rights as well as responsibilities of worker. It is the responsibility of workers that
they need to follow all the laws of employer safety and health rules. They should be responsible
for wearing the safety equipments while working. It is the right of worker that they get proper
and safe workplace environment (Becher and et.al., 2018). All the important information should
be disclose in front of employees for the protection of their interest.
3 A
Question

Workplace health and safety record keeping requirements for the
harmonised jurisdictions are provided in the Model Regulations to
the Workplace Health and Safety Act and incorporated into each
jurisdiction’s own regulations.
Provide an outline of the requirements for reporting a notifiable
incident and provide two (2) examples of notifiable incidents. (50-
100 words)
It is very important that workers need to report for notifiable incidents. For example, death of a
person and a person needing medical treatment within 48 hours both cases are important that
requires to report.
3 B
Question
Explain the requirements for recording and reporting workplace
incidents.
It is very important to record and report workplace incidents so that company is able to take right
measures (Blackman Debnath and Haworth, 2020). This is important to note that when situations
become critical or serious injury found then it is the case where recording and reporting is
becoming very important.
3 C
Question
Discuss the requirements for record keeping relating to health and
safety matters or incidents in the workplace. In your response,
include the requirements for maintaining records of accidents or
incidents and the different types of record keeping requirements
associated with work health and safety.
It is necessary for business that there are seem important information which they need to record
according to WHS such as Standard operating procedures, Register of Injuries, Health and safety
policies and procedures, Training and induction records, Workplace health and safety committee
meeting minutes, etc.
3 D
Question

Outline how an organisation can ensure that its WHS policies,
procedures and practices are up to date with current legislative
and regulatory requirements.
For the purpose of updating WHS policies and procedure, it is necessary to note that company
needs to subscribe to industry newsletter such as Comcare's Safety Essentials (Education and
Employment References Committee, 2018). They can also visit the news section of National
Safety Council of Australia.
4 A
Question
In your own words, discuss general duty requirements as it relates
to WHS and due diligence.
It is very crucial to maintain up to date knowledge work related to health and safety matters.
4 B
Question
What is the PCBUs responsibility in relation to due diligence?
It is identified that PCBUs should exercise their due diligence which can be possible with the
help of attempting for meeting health and safety obligations (Loosemore and et.al., 2019). For
that purpose, they should take all precautions.
4 C
Question
Explain when a PCBU must consult with workers: (50-100 words)
In order to identify and satisfy that all the health and safety measures are properly taken by
employers then at that time, it is very important for PCBU to consult with workers.
4 D
Question
Discuss the requirements for consultation with employees and how
their contributions can support better work health and safety. In
your response, discuss the benefits of employee consultation (50-
100 words)
In order to ensure that all laws are properly abided by organisation then PCBU should consult as
it is very beneficial in order to support better work health and safety (McLinton and et.al., 2018).

Employees will feel confident and respectful that they are working in the place where
employees’ consultation is crucial.
5 A
Question
Discuss the Code of Practice relating to manual tasks and its
relationship with the WHS Act.
Code of practices in WHS Act is providing detail information that how an organisation is
achieving their business standards. In manual tasks, code of practices is concerning about the
management of risks associated with hazardous manual tasks.
5 B
Question
What are four (4) injuries that may be sustained from hazardous
manual tasks and from a generic perspective, what are three (3)
main causes of these injuries?
Four injuries are including back injuries, sprains and strains, hernias and chronic pain (Provan
and Pryor, 2019). The main causes of these injuries are falling whilst carrying a load, dropping a
load, and incorrect or unsafe use of a handling equipment.
5 C
Question
What are the manual tasks that put workers at risk of injury in the
community care sectors and how can these injuries be avoided or
minimised? (50-100 words)
Manual tasks are including lack of physical space, Heavy physical work, etc. In order to
minimise injuries, it is crucial make the load lighter and smaller, modification of workplaces, etc.
6 A
Question
Explain the hierarchy of control and the associated strategies for
controlling risks.
It is defined as the system which is used for the purpose of controlling risk in workplaces.
Strategies for controlling risk are including isolation, substitution and engineering controls.
6 B
Question