Evaluating Hazards in the XYZ Grocery Store Bakery Department

The task is to conduct a thorough risk assessment of the bakery department at XYZ Grocery Store. This involves identifying possible hazards such as slippery floors and evaluating their potential risks, including likelihood and severity of harm. The assignment requires creating detailed risk registers for each hazard, outlining existing control measures, assessing consequences, and suggesting preferred options for mitigation. Emphasis is placed on implementing effective engineering controls and administrative measures to minimize risks. For instance, addressing the risk associated with slippery floors involves considering various control options like floor coating or replacement, alongside training workers on safety practices. The goal is to enhance workplace safety by systematically managing identified hazards through strategic planning and resource allocation.

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UNITS: BSBRSK501 Manage Risk
BSBWHS501 Ensure a safe workplace
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Legislation and codes of practice
Theory Questions
Answer the following questions in your own words
1. Provide examples of how the following risks can occur at any workplace
RISK CATEGORIES GIVE TWO EXAMPLES OF WHAT CAN GO WRONG Or WHAT CAN
CAUSE THIS RISK
Natural disasters Earthquake : Earthquake occurrence can weaken the building of workplace. It
can also impact regular functional activities due to damage of of internal
property.
Flood: Occurrence of flood can cause external problems like employees may
face barriers in going out from the building.
Pandemic risk Flu : If one person at workplace is suffering from any infectious disease than
there is risk of transmission of virus in to other employees of workplace.
Pandemic diseases transmits from on person to another.
Legal risks Legal risk are those which generated due to company 's ignorance to
legislation made by government. Defamation of other company, copyright
breach and breaking of contract are some legal risk.
Technology Technology risk includes failure of hardware and software devices, malware,
phishing etc. These technical risks can cause the leak of confidential
information of workplace.
Suppliers Suppliers risk constitutes demand of particular product and the suppliers is
not able to supply in time. It cause the interruption in flow of services at work
place.
Employees Employees risk involves employee fraud theft of important data of company.

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It can damage the reputation of the organisation and relationships of
company with its clients.
Workplace health and
safety
Physical hazards such as equipment failure and electricity shock. It can
severely impact human body and can cause injuries.
Financial risk Credit risk, liquidity risk are some risk which constitutes to financial risk at
workplace. These risk can impact on company's revenue and profit.
Market risk Capital market risk , money market risk are some risk includes in market risk.
These risks can cause financial crisis in organisation.
2. What is ‘Risk Management’?
Risk management is termed as the steps which should be taken after the occurrence of hazard. These
steps and action are performed in order to minimise risk's aftermaths.
3. How is ‘risk’ defined by AS/NZS4360?
AS/NZS 4360 provides a framework for handling and dealing with risk. This framework give guideline
for maintaining balance between current work with minimising risk.
4. Explain at least 5 techniques that you can use to identify risks in a workplace

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Determine the occurrence of risk.
Find out future effects of hazard like who will get impacted by hazard
Evaluation of hazard and determine control measures
Create document of findings.
Review the assessment on timely basis and keep it up to date.
5. What political, economic, social, legal and technological factors do you need to consider when doing a risk
evaluation?
Political: Policies made by government need to be taken in account during risk evaluation
Economical : Condition of economy like inflation rate , interest rate in particular location need to be
considered while evaluating risk.
Legal : Current legislation and rules made for managing risk should be examined by organisation in risk
assessment.
Technological: Latest technological tools and devices used in managing risk should be identified for better
evaluation of risk.
Social : Social factors like latest trends and values of people need to be reviewed in risk analysis.

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6. What strategies can you use to test a risk management plan?
To test risk management plan risk manager should do proper monitoring of the plan and update the
processes involved on timely basis. Risk manager can do quantitative analysis and identify the risk factor associated
with risk.
7. Why is it important to review an organisation’s risk management plan?
Reviewing risk management plan helps to identifying the strength and weaknesses of plan. Risk manager can
give feedback by reviewing the plan so that weak areas of plan can be improved. Feedbacks from employee
will assist manager to make changes in plan accordingly.
8. What is business impact analysis?
Business impact analysis is defined as procedure to collect information which can bes used to recover
business from particular risk. This analysis helps in identifying potential impacts of disaster occurred at
workplace.
9. Why is it important to analyse critical business activities as part of risk management planning?
Critical business activities need to be analysed to find out that if the organisation is able to meet its objectives.
Evaluation is important to determine that all the function define in critical business activities are working properly or
not.
10. Research activity - Give two examples of types of available insurance and insurance providers in
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Property insurance: This insurance helps organisation to recover its internal and external properties after any disaster
occurrence. Property of organisation remains safe after occurrence of hazard.
Workers insurance: This insurance supports individual employee to get treatment for injuries caused due to disaster.
Insurance providers for organisational risk management :
Ansvar insurance
Aon's captive and insurance management services
11. Why is it important to have a law for workplace health and safety?
Law fro workplace health and safety is important to provide safe conductive environment to all the
employees of the business organisation.
12. What are the 4 advantages of having a Workplace Health and Safety policy for the organisation?
1. Work place health and safety policies shows that the business entity is committed to
workers safety .
2. It helps business venture to ensure that safe systems are used in operations
3. it supports organisation to manage the employee's health and safety effectively.
4. These policies gives guidance to employee for their future actions in legal way.
13. What is the difference between ‘Acts’, ‘Regulations’ and ‘Codes of Practice’?

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 Acts: _An act is legal explanation of workplace health and safety law which is made for particular
location or state. It defines duties which need to be followed by organisation in order to maintain
safety of employee at workplace. __________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
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 Regulations: Regulation are defined as collection of rules which are need to be ___imposed on
organisation. ____________________________
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
 Codes of Practice: Codes or practice gives guidance to accomplish the standard defined by
business entity in order to provide welfare to employees._______
________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________
14. What is the purpose of the ‘Privacy Act’?
Privacy act is made to protect the personal information of employee working in the company. It gives
worker a right to take actions if any information gets leaked. Worker can take legal actions against the
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15. Write down the names of the current Federal Act, Regulations and Codes of Practice that apply to
work health and safety in Australia
Name of the Act: ____Work health and safety act 2011____________________________________
Name of the Regulations: ________Model work health and safety regulation
2016_______________________________
Name of the Codes of Practice: __WHS Codes of practice 2011_________________________________
16. Go to http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/C2011A00137 (This will take you to the WHS Act 2011)
a). Find Part 2, Division 2 in the Act and read Section 19 of the Act
Who has ‘primary duty of care’
under the Act?
Individual conducting a business or employer of the business
What do you understand by
‘primary duty of care’?
It is duty of employer to ensure health and safety of workers in
the organisation.
b). Go to Part 2, Division 4, Section 28 and Section 29 in the Act. Answer the following questions:
i) What is the responsibility of
‘workers’ under the Act?
Workers should take care of themselves by their own
workers should co-operate with organisation’s policy.
ii) Does a visitor who is visiting
the workplace have any
responsibilities under the
Act?
Yes the person has equal responsibilities like other workers .
iii) Explain why If any visitor visits the workplace he/ she is subjected to take
care of metatheses and must follows the instructions given by
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iv) Which section of the Act
talks about the duty to
consult workers?
Section 29
v) Explain Section 38 of the Act
in your own words
This action explains that employer of the company must ensure
that regulator is informed instantly after occurrence of any
incidents.
vi) What is the duty/topic
discussed under Section 35-
39 of the Act?
Notifiable incident is discussed under section 35-39 of cat
17. Go to http://www.comlaw.gov.au/Details/F2011L02664 (This will take you to the Federal WHS
Regulations 2011.
a) Find Chapter 3, Part 3.1 in the Regulations and answer the following questions
Explain Section 35 in your own
words
An individual who holds duty in the organisation must try to avoid
risk related to health and safety of the employees. If elimination is
not possible than he should try to minimise the risk at least.
Explain Section 36 in your own
words
Individual person who has responsibility to avoid risk must apply
control measures to eliminate risk.
Explain Section 37 in your own
words
Responsible person or duty holder who use control measures
should maintain and updated these measures on timely basis.
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effectiveness.
Explain Section 38 in your own
words
Employer or duty holder must should review measures of control
and their applicability at particular time .
b) What is the obligation of duty holders under Section 34 of the Regulations?
Duty holder who manges risk for health and safety should be able to forecast the probability of
occurrence of risk .
18. Why is consultation important for workplace health and safety management?
Consultation is important with employee to identify that all the policies made by organisation for
health and safety are working effectively. Consultation also helps in promotion of health and safety policies.
19. As a manager, when will you consult with your employees?
Manage should consult with employees while making regulations and policies for health and safety for
them.