Workplace Health and Safety: WHS Act and Regulations for Building Block Pvt Limited

Running head: HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK
Health and safety at work
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1. WHS act applicable for building block Pvt limited
The following acts are applicable for construction organizations like Building block Pvt
Limited
 Civil and Administrative Tribunal act 2008
 Architect act 2004
 Architect regulation at 2004
 Boilers an special vessel regulation ACT 1952
 Building (general) Regulation 20081
 Building and construction industry (Security and payment)2009
 Construction and Occupation act 2004
 Construction Occupational regulation 2004
 Dangerous goods 2009
 Dangerous substances regulation 2010
 Discrimination act 1991
 Electrical safety act 1971
2. Who is the regulator
A regulator is referred to a public authority or government agency which is responsible for
exercising autonomous authority over some area of human activity within a supervisory or a
regulatory capacity2. The chief purpose of a regulator is to implement as well as enforce laws
enacted by legislatures. The regulator of the above mentioned company can be considered as
unique government entities since they are empowered with legislative, executive as well as
judicial functions.
1 Sanchez, Fabian Alberto Suarez, Gloria Isabel Carvajal Pelaez, and Joaquin Catala Alis. "Occupational safety and
health in construction: a review of applications and trends." Industrial health 55, no. 3 (2017): 210-218..
2 Adeyemi, O., Adejuyigbe, S., Akanbi, O., Ismaila, S. and Adekoya, A.F., 2013. Manual lifting task methods and
low back pain among construction workers in the Southwestern Nigeria. Global Journal of Research In
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3. Importance of reporting notifiable events to the regulator
It is required to report notifiable element to the regulators that the issue can be handled by the
same in an emergency basis and the risk of major mishappening can be prevented. The regulator
after obtaining the report attends the injured worker and provides first aid to the same. The first
aider determines if the injury obtained by the worker’s is severe enough to require external medical
attention. Secondly, the worksite is secured in order to prevent further accident.
4. Powers that the regulator must have in order to access information
As being discussed earlier, a regulator as been empowered with empowered with legislative,
executive as well as judicial functions so that he can assess a situation associated with workplace
safety completely an act keeping accordance to greater good3. The chief power of the regulator
includes power to conduct audit, power to enforce the deed and power to implement regulation on
an emergency basis.
5. Duty holders in the company and legislative requirement for providing information and
WHS information required to comply their duties
The chief duty holders of the Building Brick company includes
a. Contractors
b. Project supervisors
c. Designers
d. Labors
And the legislative requirements that needs to be provided to the stake holders includes
 Registered Business Name
 State and Local Taxes
 Federal Taxes
3 Kvorning, Laura Veng, Peter Hasle, and Ulla Christensen. "Motivational factors influencing small construction
and auto repair enterprises to participate in occupational health and safety programmes." Safety science 71 (2015):
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 Business Permits and Licenses
 Business Laws and Regulations
6. Review of the WHS/OHS Act and regulation for the compilation of the checklist
with the types of records according to the legislation
Work health and safety laws are generally based on the legislations of the national models
that target towards the protection of the people’s health and safety at the workplace. In the above
case study or the case scenario, types of records like the codes of practices, guidance in case of
critical accidents and the records of the fatal accidents resulting into serious injuries and deaths
must be ensured and kept in record according the regulatory measures.
7. List of the people who are the users of the WHSIS
Work health and safety information system aims to support the health and safety of the
workplace. In the case scenario of the Building Blocks Pty Ltd, the WHSIS is applicable to the
individuals who provide end to end contribution to the management of the WHSIS. These include
the managers, supervisors, health and safety inspector and the employees or the staffs of the
services.
8. Factors supporting the people towards their access and usage of the required information.
In the above case study of the construction company which deals with the renovation
module of the primary and the secondary schools in the country, the implications of the WHSIS is
a big question4. To deal with this scenario health and safety inspector visited the unit and had
proper access to the hardware usage in the unit, the cultural background of the employees in the
workplace, the skills and the trainings received by the staffs for the usage of the dangerous
equipments in the construction industry for the analysis of the health and safety norms. Together
with these, access to the software for the data on last accidents and the data format are some of the
main tools to determine the workplace culture of the construction firm.
4 Graeve, Catherine Utecht, Patricia Marie McGovern, Bruce Alexander, Timothy Church, Andrew Ryan, and
Martha Polovich. "Occupational Exposure to Antineoplastic Agents: An Analysis of Health Care Workers and Their
Environments." Workplace health & safety 65, no. 1 (2017): 9-20.