Workplace and fire Safety

Work Place
and
Fire Safety

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
1. Immediate and underlying causes of the accident within the improvement plan...............1
2. Prevention of further injuries to staff members..................................................................2
3. Meeting the requirements of RIDDOR..............................................................................3
4. Compliance with health and safety act 1974, information, training, instruction and
supervision for employees......................................................................................................3
5. Minimising potential for compensation claims..................................................................4
6. Action plan designed to minimise similar accident occurring in the future.......................5
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
Safety is a concept that consist of all measures and activities taken to preserve the life,
health and bodily unity of people. At the workplace, safety is measured by a series of metrics
that track by the rate of misses, injuries, fatalities and illness (Afa Michael, 2018). In respect to
modify these metrics required to staff member and manager of the organisation aware for any
incident and examine workplace safety. For this require to assure about the safety and follow all
the protocols and measure are being followed or to apply new one if required. This assignment
based on the Fork lift truck accident in the manufacturing company. There has been record good
accident with only minor injuries being reported. They claim it is an example of exploitative
management so media take interest in this case. In the report consist of reason of the accident and
prepare improvement plan to improve future safety practices and prevention for future injuries,
meet with the requirements of RIDDOR. Along with apply suitable act for work place safety and
reduce for compensation claims and prepare action plan.
MAIN BODY
1. Immediate and underlying causes of the accident within the improvement plan
There are defined different reasons that become reason of accident like slips and trips,
falls, being caught in machinery, being struck by an object, lift goods through truck in warehouse
and most other accidents type are preventable. There are discussed different reason of the fork
lift accidents in the manufacturing company such as:
 Speeding: Many times driver become irresponsible during drive and do not comfortable
with the vehicle so that time travelling too fast on a fork lift shortens a driver's reaction
time.
 Housekeeping issues: If work place housekeeping mess so it become unsafe working
atmosphere for the driver. Such as, a lack of clear driving approach can easily lead for the
sedate accidents. To developing fork lifts only arise when putting up different barriers
that take long way regarding to safer work atmosphere (Guntrip, 2017).
 Poorly trained driver: A poorly trained driver responsible for the changing work place so
carry of new inventory goods, barriers and staff members or changes in floor gradient
that problems are become reason of inexperienced operator.
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