Work Health and Safety Practices: Assessment 1 and 2

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Implement and monitor work health and safety practices
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Assessment 1
1. Under the WHS Legislation, there are 5 situations when a person conducting a
business or undertaking (employer) must consult with workers. Name 3 of them.
 The identification of hazards and assessment of risks arising from the work
already undertaken or to be undertaken.
 The making of decisions on ways of eliminating and minimizing the risks.
 The making of decisions on consultation procedures with workers, resolving of
issues regarding workplace health and safety, monitoring the workers’ health,
monitoring workplace conditions and the provision of training and information for
the workers.
2. List 4 ways you can provide staff with workplace health and safety information.
 Training staff on safe work practices
 Provide an effective system to identify and control hazards
 Compliance with OSHA regulation
 Provide open communication and caring in a conducive climate to safety
3. An emergency evacuation plan is one example of a WHS procedure which helps
to keep people safe. List 4 others relevant to your industry.
 location of the fire escape, fire exits, and points
 location of first aid supplies
 specific procedures which deal with the injury of workers.
 Medical emergency response procedure
4. List 2 methods of monitoring that staff are following WHS procedure.
 Collect data of incidents in the organizations and compare with previous
records
 Review feedbacks from the staff.

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5. List 5 types of document that would act as evidence of your company’s
compliance with WHS laws.
 WHS Policy
 Psychological Health & Wellbeing Policy
 WHS Objectives and Targets
 WHS Responsibility Statement
 WHS Management Review Guidelines
6. List 4 possible steps you could take if you observed a staff member not
complying with your company’s WHS practices or a hazard control measure was
not working properly.
 Communication with staff about the importance of complying with WHS
Practices
 Applying consulting procedures
 Dealing with issues raised during the consultation that makes employees not to
comply
 Recording and consulting with work team regarding outcomes and encouraging
comply with WHS practices for their personal safety.
7. List 5 WHS issues or potential hazards you need to monitor in your department/
industry on a daily basis.
 Psychological – stress, constant low-level noise, the threat of danger,
discrimination, harassment
 Physical – slippery floors, fire, poor lighting, excessive noise, misused or
unsafe machinery, objects in walkways.
 Chemical – liquids, vapors, fumes, dust, gases
 Biological –fungi, virus, infection by bacteria

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 Ergonomic – poor equipment design, repetitive movement, manual handling,
 Radiation – ultraviolet, infra-red, microwaves
8. List 3 matters you might discuss as part of making consultation arrangements.
Changes needed to take place within the organization
 The decision to be implemented.
 Organisation structure.
9. Name 3 methods you can use to provide staff members with the opportunity to
contribute their views on WHS issues
 contributing to team meetings
 talking with your workgroup
 giving feedback on policy and procedures when asked
10. If you cannot resolve a staff member’s WHS issue or control a hazard yourself,
name 3 people you might refer the issue to in order to find a resolution.
 Health and safety representatives
 Crisis manager
 Associate Director of WHS
11. A staff member has raised WHS issues in the workplace which now have been
resolved. Why is it important to communicate the result back the staff member
who raised it?
 Communicating back the result back to the employee who raised the issue is
important as it is a way of letting the employee know that the company has
considered their concern. Additionally, its an opportunity for the organization
to assess the satisfaction of the employee with the solution.

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12. Safe Work Australia’s Code of Practice “How to manage work health and safety
risks” lists the instances when risk management must occur and hazard controls
must be used. List 5 instances when this needs to occur in an organization.
 In a situation where new employees have been recruited in the organization and they
are not aware of risks.
 In a situation where there is increased of risks and many employees have been
involved
 When the organization has been accused by the government for not complying with
WHS procedures
 When there is the possibility of occurrence of risk in the future and its impact is likely
to be high
 In a situation where new resources like machinery and equipment’s have been
introduced into the organization.
13. List 4 different types of WHS training methods.
 Instructor-Led Training
 Interactive Techniques
 E-Learning
 Computer-Based Training
 Hands-On Training
14. Give 2 examples of when you must provide WHS training to your staff.
 When employees are not complying with WHS procedures in their
workstations.
 When they are increased in accidents and incidents in the organization.
15. Give 4 examples of training you might organize with a specialist WHS training
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 Technology-based learning
 Lectures
 Tutorials and group discussion
16. Give 3 reasons you should monitor the effectiveness of training programs
 To make sure employees and all participants have thoroughly understood the
concepts that they are trained.
 In order to make sure that the training has developed professionalism and
brainstorm employees on basic knowledge
 To identify key areas that need improvements.
17. Where should Safety Data Sheets (SDS) be kept>
 Safety data sheets should be kept current and in an area which is accessible
and readily available in the workplace for easy location during an emergency,
like fire (Suleiman & Svendsen 2014).
18. List 4 pieces of information you can find on an SDS.
 Potential hazards
 Control measures
 Management of hazards
 Safety precautions
19. What information can you get from a completed risk assessment document?
 Identification of hazards
 Potential people who can be harmed
 Risks assessment and action is taken
 A record of the findings
20. List 4 pieces of information that should be recorded as a training record for a
staff member who has undertaken WHS training.