Workplace Health & Safety Policies, Procedures and Program

This article discusses health and safety legislation, hazard identification, risk assessment, consultative mechanisms, hierarchy of control, and action plan for health and safety legislation. It emphasizes the importance of providing relevant health and safety programs or procedures to create awareness among the workers. The article also provides an action plan for implementing and monitoring workplace health and safety policies, procedures, and programs.

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Workplace Health & Safety Policies, Procedures and Program
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Implement and Monitor Workplace Health & Safety (WHS) Policies, Procedures and
Program to meet Legislative Requirements
Question 1
Health and safety legislation relates to the expectation as well as responsibilities of both the
employees and the employers whilst during work. The critical aspects of health and safety
legislation include health and safety of the employees, duty of care, and protection for all
including the patients (Claxton, 2017). The legislation also requires the employers to conduct
a regular risk assessment on the benefits of the job and the working environment.
Additionally, the legislation concerns the development as well as maintenance of a suitable,
safe, and appropriate working atmosphere. According to Potter et al. (2017), health and safety
legislation requires every employer to provide working systems which are risk-free, practical,
reasonable, and in this regards the employers are expected to promote hygienic and safe
working environment.
Question 2
Hazard is anything (behaviour, practice, situation, condition) which can potentially cause
harm including disease, death, or injury. An organization can identify hazards through
assessing past incidents, consulting the employees, getting information about equipment, and
inspecting work sites (Chapman & Thompson, 2016). On the other hand, the risk assessment
would involve identification of the factors which may have contributed to the risk, reviewing
of the health and safety information, and evaluating how severe the harm could be as well as
how the hazard may cause damage (Martinov-Bennie et al. 2014). Subsequently, risk
mitigation or control can be conducted through ensuring that all the equipment are in
excellent condition for operation and ensuring that the working environment is conducive and
safe for any operation. These mitigation programs can lead to minimal or no hazards in the
working environment.

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Question 3
It is vital to note that work teams ought to be provided with relevant health and safety
programs or procedures to create awareness among the workers. The work team should be
provided with emergency procedures, first aid stations locations as well as health and safety
duties, including the responsibilities specified by the legislation (de FariaNogueira et al.
2015). These policies, programs, procedures, and legislation help the work to do right things
all times, therefore, avoiding unnecessary injuries within the working environment. Provision
of these systems also prevent confusion amid the work team hence promotes high-quality
services to the customers. Additionally, provision of any information regarding a past hazard
assists the work team to shun the occurrence of such a risk again.
Question 4
A safe working environment is more effectively and efficiently attained when everybody
involved in the work cooperates and communicates with one another to identify risks and
hazards which may affect the operations and service delivery. Consultative mechanisms help
the workers to find solutions concerning health and safety of the employees as well as
customers (Sinclair, 2014). Notably, the consultative mechanisms can aid in mitigating health
hazards and risks among the employees and patients. The work must consult each other often
to avoid risks which may occur in the workplace so that every can be safe at all times.
Outstandingly, consultative mechanisms entail collaboration and effective communication
amid the workers; this help in effective service delivery.
Question 5
The hierarchy of control sets out the sequence of the control measures beginning from
riddance to substitution, engineering, followed by administration, and eventually personal
protective equipment (Abbas & Khan, 2014). The hierarchy is demystified according to five
levels, and level one involves undertaking the work on solid construction or ground. Level

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two include conducting the work through the use of passive fall protection devices while
level three include undertaking the work through the usage of a work positioning system. On
the other hand, level four encompasses undertaking the action via the use of fall injury
prevention equipment whereas level five involve undertaking by implementing administrative
controls.
Action Plan for Health and Safety Legislation
The health and safety ought to be given equal priority due to its significance just as any
activity (MA, 2016). It is crucial to encourage active and able leadership in championing the
importance as well as a standard sense model to health and safety in the working
environment.
Actions Plan
Action/Factor How it Will be
Achieved
Date Person
Responsible
Additional
Factors
KPI
Support of
SIMPL
initiatives
The
management
director to sign
up to pledge.
The executive
officer to have
overall
responsibility
and duty at the
board level for
health and
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Director
Proper
leadership
Minimal
injuries in
the
workplace

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safety
programs.
Provide training
of employees
across work
group.
Site responsible
directors to
effectively
monitor health
& safety
arrangements as
well as
performance
Responsible
employees to
attend health
and safety
trainings.
Every site
responsible
director
complete
minimally two
yearly audits.
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The Chief
Executive
All the
employees
to take part.
Reduced
number of
risks and
hazards.
Offer training to
all employees
Provide regular
training the
employees to
make them
more
experienced on
the operations
of the firm.
Patients’
satisfaction
and decline
of
readmission
rate.
Establishment
of a procedure
of risk
Create work
group which
would help in
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Board
Directors
Harm
events per
100

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identification,
control, and
monitor.
the
identification
of the risks and
come up with
solutions
towards the
risks.
workers.
Addressing
employees
needs
Create a
special team to
address
worker’s
concerns and
motive them.
Board
Directors
Employees’
motivation.
Employees’
satisfaction.
Enhancing
collaboration in
the workplace.
Establish a
special unit
where workers
can effectively
communicate
to enhance
service
delivery.
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Directors
Cooperation
among the
workers.
No workers
injuries and
effective
service
delivery.

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