CHC30113: Workplace Health and Safety Incident Analysis in ECEC

This project analyzes a workplace health and safety incident in an early childhood education setting, specifically focusing on a back injury sustained while lifting heavy objects. The initial response to the incident involved assessing the injured person's condition, providing first aid, and arranging hospital admission. A workplace incident report was filed, and discussions regarding financial support ensued. The analysis references the Work Health and Safety Act 2011, emphasizing hazard identification, control, and assessment, along with the use of personal protective equipment and emergency procedures. Preventative measures, such as proper lifting techniques, equipment utilization, and hazard awareness through signage, are discussed. The project also highlights the importance of post-incident hazard identification, risk evaluation, and the implementation of first aid and emergency transport facilities. The impact of stress and fatigue on concentration and the role of safety practices in minimizing risks are also considered. References to relevant books and journals are included.

Certificate III in Early
Childhood Education
and Care

Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
CONCLUSION ...............................................................................................................................1
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................1

INTRODUCTION
1. During the participating at the early childhood education and care, a person have got
some back injury when lifting any heavy things to displace one place to another place.
So, this project is based on the incident of back injuries at the time of lifting.
2. When person had get injury then the person was first checked by the service and made
sure that the person Was not in dangerous condition. After ensuring, they provided first
aid to the person. After given first aid service was admit that person in nearby hospitals
(Balladares, and Kankaraš, 2020).
3. Detail physical events that happened at the work and affect physical health of person was
reported in the workplace incident reports. These documents were submitted to the higher
authorities of service managements.
4. At that time, some of the important discussion regarding financial support to that person
was discussed after that incident.
5. WHS that is work health and safety act 2011, was relevant to that incident. Work health
and safety act 2011, identify, control and assess hazards. It provide description for the use
of personal protective equipment, some emergency strategies and procedures.
6. To prevent back injuries, Work place safety procedure should be follow at the workplace.
To prevent the back injuries persons should follow the the work health safety rules and
regulations. (Kuusisto, 2022).
7. There are several approaches by the use of which that person could decrease the accident
like:
 Use appropriate skills to lift some heavy things.
 Use some of the best equipments to uplift that things.
 By improving the right attitude about uplifting heavy things.
8. By using the some danger sign, caution sign and some of the general safety information
sign can be used to decrease that type of incident occur at the work place. Some of the
safe uplifting sign can also be utilise to decrease the risk of injuries at the work place
(Manning, and et. al., 2019).
9. after getting injured, hazards identification process could be change as what is the
appropriate procedure to uplift the heavy substance, appropriate way to minimise the risk
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with uplifting the heavy substances. There are some procedure of identification of
hazards are following:
 Identify the risk
 Evaluate risk
 Take appropriate steps to reduce the risk.
10. In response to the incident, it becomes necessary that all of the work place should have
the facilities to provide first aid and should have facilities of emergency transport.
11. Discuss the main cause of risk with that person and about their body posture and try to
avoid the risk in future. (Torr, 2019).
12. Stress and fatigue level can decrease the concentration of the person, which could
become the cause of incident.
13. By including the safety practice in daily work, anyone can decrease the risk of incident.
REFERENCES
Books and Journals:
Balladares, J. and Kankaraš, M., 2020. Attendance in early childhood education and care
programmes and academic proficiencies at age 15.
Kuusisto, A., 2022. The Place of Religion in Early Childhood Education and Care. In The
Routledge International Handbook of the Place of Religion in Early Childhood Education
and Care (pp. 1-16). Routledge.
Manning, M., Wong, G.T., Fleming, C.M. and Garvis, S., 2019. Is teacher qualification
associated with the quality of the early childhood education and care environment? A
meta-analytic review. Review of Educational Research, 89(3), pp.370-415.
Torr, J., 2019. Infants’ Experiences of shared reading with their educators in early childhood
education and care centres: An observational study. Early Childhood Education
Journal, 47(5), pp.519-529.
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