HRPD 707 Assignment 2: Employee Health and Safety Report

This report analyzes a workplace accident involving a young employee and a riding lawn mower, focusing on the incident, relevant regulations, and the role of Human Resources in preventing such occurrences. The report summarizes the accident details, including the outcome and applicable legislation. It discusses the HR department's responsibilities in accident prevention, such as setting hiring tones, administering safety programs, and fostering a safety-conscious culture. Furthermore, it explores the implementation of safety gear policies, considering both the economic aspects for the company and the need for such policies to protect employees. The report references relevant sources to support its findings and recommendations, providing a comprehensive overview of workplace safety and accident prevention strategies.

Running head: EMPLOYEE HEALTH AND SAFETY
EMPLOYEE HEALTH AND SAFETY
Name of the Student
Name of the University
Author note

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Table of Contents
Question 2........................................................................................................................................2
Question 4........................................................................................................................................2
Question 5........................................................................................................................................3
References........................................................................................................................................5

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Question 2
`The accident of the given case study is about a young girl of 21 years of age who died
because of the injuries at the time of working on a large riding lawn mower in the village Alberta
(Mertz, 2019). Some regulations are there associated with the death of a person at the time of
working in the workplace. The safety obligations have originated directly in the federal levels
but the state also have some specific rights for developing their own standards. The occupational
health and safety program is a definite plan designed specifically to prevent the employees from
the safety and the occupational diseases. Specific some parts of the program is required under the
occupational health and safety legislation in almost Canadian jurisdiction. As the organizations
are different, the regulations may not be effective everywhere, the effectiveness of the rules are
different to different sectors (Bayram, Ünğan & Ardıç, 2017). No languages should not affect the
interpretations of the regulation or the legislations. The legislations or regulations are unique and
its effects must be same to each and every one. There is no chances of occurring any kind of
biases regarding the languages.
Question 4
The HR of any company has some specific roles in the prevention of accidents. The
specific roles are described below:
 Setting a proper tone at the time of the recruitment and the hiring is going on. The newly
joined employees must know properly about the needs to maintain the good health and
safety of the organization.
 Proper administration and implementation of the new safety program. The role of the HR
in preventing accidents and injury includes maintaining the culture of the organization,

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making new policies and programs for regulating the safety of the workers,
communicating with the employees and monitoring of the safety program (Haghighi et al,
2017).
 They must also be sure that what the employees find what is in for them. The employees
must understand the need to maintain the safe workplace.
 The HRs are also responsible to make sure that the training and the development of the
workers regarding the maintenance of safety are succeeding or not.
 They must ensure that the workplace is committed in maintaining the safety of the
workers. They should make an analysis regarding which persons are more prone to suffer
from the accidents and who are not and specific actions should be taken accordingly
(Alavi et al., 2016).
Question 5
In the organization where I works, so many people works here, among them some are
part time employees while some are full time employees. An accident has occurred in the
workplace which took the life of the employee at such a small age. In order to prevent people
from accidents, the organization must form a new policy of wearing safety gear at the workplace
so that the employee can prevent himself from any severe injuries. So many jobs require
uniforms whereas those jobs which require to wear safety gear are those jobs which require
separate dress code. A person who works in any organization or factories need to wear gear. In
this organization also there is an urgent need to make a new policy of introducing the new law.
However in order to introduce the new policy (Younesian et al., 2016). For implementing the
new policy the managers and the leaders of the organization should take necessary steps in order
to implement the new policy. At the initial conditions the company have to bear the costs of the

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safety gear for all the employees working in the organization. Apart from this, the company has
to look after the economic condition, whether or not, they will be able to provide all the workers
with the safety gears.

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References
Alavi, S. S., Mohammadi, M. R., Soori, H., Jannatifard, F., & Mohammadi-Kalhory, S. (2016).
The determination of Cognitive-behavioral features of bus and Truck drivers during road
accidents in 2013-2014. Safety Promotion and Injury Prevention, 3(4), 223-232.
Bayram, M., Ünğan, M. C., & Ardıç, K. (2017). The relationships between OHS prevention
costs, safety performance, employee satisfaction and accident costs. International journal
of occupational safety and ergonomics, 23(2), 285-296.
Haghighi, M., Taghdisi, M. H., Nadrian, H., Moghaddam, H. R., Mahmoodi, H., &
Alimohammadi, I. (2017). Safety Culture Promotion Intervention Program (SCPIP) in an
oil refinery factory: an integrated application of Geller and Health Belief Models. Safety
science, 93, 76-85.
Mertz, E. (2019). Alberta village facing 7 OHS charges after woman killed by falling lawn
mower in 2017. Retrieved from https://globalnews.ca/news/5378416/alberta-dewberry-
ohs-charges-workplace-fatal-lawn-mower/
Younesian, S., Mahfoozpour, S., Shad, E. G., Kariman, H., & Hatamabadi, H. R. (2016).
Unintentional home injury prevention in preschool children; a study of contributing
factors. Emergency, 4(2), 72.