Risk Assessment Assignment for Workplace Safety and Health

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Risk Assessment assignment
Assessment 1
Safety policy and procedures
Accident prevention is the single most important operation. To ensure that this
succeeds, the policy advocates for a substance free environment. The use of alcohol or narcotics
is strictly forbidden in the workplace. In the event that an employee is injured in the line of work,
the institution will cater for medical expenses and rehabilitation so that the employee can return
to work as soon as possible. To maintain safety however, all workers must follow the laid
procedure for reporting hazards. Basic safety rules will also be issues explaining how to carry out
specific tasks that may be prone to accidents. In case emergencies do occur, there is a laid-down
procedure which will explain how these are to be communicated. Employees have the role of
communicating this promptly to enable an adequate response1.
WHS consultation and communication policy
Officers, managers and workers have mandates under the policy to ensure safety, and
communicate instances where safety is seen as being compromised. In the policy, the
communication is mainly done through three stages of audit: internal site inspection, internal
1 T.Lyons, 'Best Practice Review of Workplace Health and Safety Queensland', WHS Queensland, 2017, 1-105

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audit and external audit. The health and safety committee should provide a forum for the
resolution of safety and health issues. It should also give a chance for the discussion and analysis
of relevant data, while providing the ideal environment for training and educating on WHS
matters. Lastly, such a committee should identify, review and publish procedure manuals
pertaining to health and safety2.
Reporting and First Aid
In instances where hazards are identified, or near misses, they should immediately be reported to
the relevant parties, who should be centralized and able to respond within the shortest time
possible. First Aid procedures should be clearly laid down. First aid kits should b availed in
strategic areas, especially those in which hazards are more. In the case of emergencies, the
evacuation policy should be referred to, to enable safe and efficient evacuation of staff and others
without endangering their safety. For every task that involves a significant degree of safety risks,
there should be a separate and thorough explanation of tasks and the relevant safe work
procedures3.
Assessment 2
Session Plan
During this induction plan, two team members will be taken trough the WHS induction process.
This is important in ensuring that the members internalize the laid out procedures, and that they
are able to properly respond to issues of safety, while acting as ambassadors for the company to
other employees in sensitizing them about safety issues, hazards and responses.
2 S. Bahn, 'Work Health and Safety Act “due diligence”: Will our current safety systems be compliant?' Journal of
health and safety research and practice, vol. 4, no. 2, 2012, 8-13.
3 J. Bryne, What Is A Workplace Induction?, 2016, http://www.whsconsultinghunter.com.au/whs/workplace-
inductions/, accessed 9/2/2017.

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The session will start off by discussing the organization's accident prevention plan, and safety
provisions4.
As a major requirement, it is expected that accidents be avoided at all costs, by minimising
hazards. In instances where this is not possible, risk mitigation as laid down in the procedure
should be applied. It is imperative that the relevant department come up with measures of
training its members of on safety. The induction was a base from which team members should
acquaint themselves with safety procedures. These include reporting hazards and accidents, or
instances described as near misses. It is also important that such training is undertaken in line
with the existing guidelines as set out in the policy5.
The team members are to be issued with manuals on the various safety and operational
equipment, and be given initial training on usage. This is expected to b transferred on to other
team members in later instances. The team members are also to be given information about the
first aid kit, and how to respond to emergency situations. Having acknowledged their
understanding of the policy, as well as other regulations relating to safety, the induction session
will be brought to close, followed by a quick evaluation by the facilitator of the team members’
understanding of pertinent issues6.
Assessment 3 Workplace Hazard and Risk Assessment
Part A: the checklist
Are workers sufficiently advised about hazards they
face
Do they have enough materials to respond to these
4 J. Bryne, What Is A Workplace Induction?, 2016, http://www.whsconsultinghunter.com.au/whs/workplace-
inductions/, accessed 9/2/2017.
5 Queensland Government, Work health and safety inductions, 2016, https://www.business.qld.gov.au/running-
business/employing/taking-on-staff/inductions/whs, accessed 9/2/2018.
6 W. Middleton, Safety first. Australasian Leisure Management, No. 110, 2015, 66.