Work Health and Safety Policy in Australia

Running head: RISK, CRISIS AND DISASTER MANAGEMENT
WHS Policy
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Table of Contents
Executive summary:........................................................................................................................2
Introduction:....................................................................................................................................3
Discuss:............................................................................................................................................3
Identification of Risk factors:......................................................................................................3
Hazardous Risk identification:....................................................................................................4
Outdoor risk assessment:.............................................................................................................5
Jurisdiction and legal requirements:............................................................................................5
Hierarchy of hazard controls/ Application of theories:...............................................................7
Costs benefit analysis:.................................................................................................................8
Consequence for not improving workplace hazard:..................................................................10
Recommendation:..........................................................................................................................10
Conclusion:....................................................................................................................................11
Reference:......................................................................................................................................12
Appendices:...................................................................................................................................14

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Executive summary:
Work health and safety policies are inevitable for the workers. It is their basic right to claim free
and healthy workplace and it is the duty of the employer to provide them secure atmosphere so
that they can work in healthy condition. In Australia, there are certain relevant legislations that
are enacted to protect the interest of the workers. Further, all these legislations help to promote
the idea of hazard free environment. The scholars have proclaimed certain theories. This report
has been prepared to identify the relevant legislations and certain recommendations have also
been made to this effect.

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Introduction:
The subject matter of the case is based on Work Health and Safe policy of Australia. The
main objective of the task is to identify all the necessary policies mandatory for any workplace
and point out the provisions that deals with effective steps taken for made any breach regarding
the provisions of these safe work policies. Many provisions and legislations deal with the safe
workplace matter. Safe Work Australia is a government agency that makes investigation in the
workplaces to understand whether the employer has maintained all the policies or not. It has been
established in the year 2008. In this report, an attempt has been taken to examine whether all the
policies regarding the occupational health and safe plan has been maintained or not. Further, the
possible workplace hazards have been mentioned in this report. All the risks have been assessed
and priority has been given to the risk procurement policies. In addition to this, a cost benefit
analysis has been annexed with the report. Importance of making all these changes have been
discussed here and the consequence of not improving the changes have also been mentioned in
this report.
Discuss:
Identification of Risk factors:
Hazards are very common in case of every workplace and the workplaces are suffering
from certain loopholes. However, according to safety law, the workplaces should not make any
infringement regarding the workplace safety issues. The main objective of the hazard
identification is to eliminate the loopholes to avoid the accidents and injuries. According to the
Act, proper steps should have to be taken for the best interest of the workers. There are certain