Report on Health, Safety and Risk Management at Smith & Nephew

This report examines health, safety, and risk management within the context of Smith & Nephew, covering legislative frameworks, policies, and procedures. It addresses the importance of these elements, including the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, COSHH, and RIDDOR, highlighting their impact on employee protection and organizational compliance. The report outlines procedures for complying with health and safety regulations, the consequences of non-compliance, and the development of policies to assess and manage risks. It emphasizes the importance of balancing risk management with individual rights and provides a hazard identification checklist, offering practical examples of safety measures and responsibilities within a workplace setting. The report also explores the feedback and evaluation of health, safety, and risk management practices, and recommends improvements to ensure a safe working environment.

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Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
LO 1.................................................................................................................................................1
1.1 Importance of legislative frame work for health, safety and risk management...............1
1.2 Impact of policies and procedures to meet health, safety and risk management
requirements...........................................................................................................................1
LO 2.................................................................................................................................................2
2.1 Procedures to comply with health, safety and risk management......................................2
2.2 Explanation of health, safety and risk policies to other organisation...............................3
2.3 Actions to take when health, safety and risk policies are not complied in organisation..3
2.4 Report on health, safety and risk management issues in accordance with legislative and
organisational requirements....................................................................................................4
LO 3.................................................................................................................................................5
3.1 development of policies and procedures to assess and manages risk of individuals and
others......................................................................................................................................5
3.2 Factors which assess potential risks and hazards while working with individuals and
others......................................................................................................................................6
3.3 Manage potential risks and hazards while working with individuals and others.............6
LO 4.................................................................................................................................................7
4.1 Factors which helps to balance management of risk with individual rights and viewer of
others......................................................................................................................................7
4.2 Importance of balance approach of risk management that encourage individual in taking
risk..........................................................................................................................................7
4.3 Evaluation on practices in terms of promoting balanced approach to risk management. 8
4.4 Description on how helping other to understand balance between risk and right in practice.
................................................................................................................................................8
5.1 Conduct feedback on health, safety and risk management policies and procedures for
individual an others. ..............................................................................................................8
5.2 Evaluation on heath, safety and risk management policies and practices at the work
setting.....................................................................................................................................9

5.3 Identification on areas of policies, procedures and practices that needs improvement and
ensures safety and protection in work setting.........................................................................9
5.4 Recommend the changes to policies and procedures to ensure safety in work setting....9
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCE.................................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Most important concern in every organisation is to develop health, safety and risk
management policies for employees of the organisation. It is measured as the standards which is
given by government to protect rights of the employees of the organisation. This present report
will cover legislative framework for health, safety and risk management in Smith & Nephew
organisation. Policies and procedures to meet health, safety and risk management in
organisation. Further, in this report compliance with health, safety and risk management in
organisation is to be explained with actions to take when these policies not comply in
organisation. Further, this report is provided on health, safety and risk management and
contribution to develop these policies. Policies which needs to develop to provide protection in
organisation working is also to be discussed in details.
LO 1
1.1 Importance of legislative frame work for health, safety and risk management
In an organisation risk management practises needs to be develop so that it helps them to
manage or to protect employees rights in workplace. There are certain acts which is given by
British government for organisation (What are the main health and safety regulations, 2018.)
Here provided act is 'Health and Safety at Work Act 1974
It is the type of act which covers health and safety in great Britain. Smith & Nephew is
the organisation which also follows this act to protect rights of the employees. This act is given
by government to ensure the lives of members of the organisation. Under this all the members
who are working under primes whether it is a casual worker, client everyone is to be protected
by organisation in their working. Under this different responsibilities are played by employer
and employees. These responsibilities for employer is to provide safety equipments and also
have to maintain safe system of work. Employer has to ensure materials are properly stored and
effective training is provided by employee to handle equipments.
Employee's duty is to take care of their own health and safety, they also have to
cooperate with employers and to maintain standards of health and safety. Quality assurance is
also a program which developed in organisation to provide health and safety to employee's. It is
the way by which management will able to prevent defects and mistakes in manufacturing their
products and services in organisation.
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To maintain health, safety and risk management there are two more effective legislation which
developed by government in organisation.
COSHH- this stands for control of substances hazardous to health. According to this act,
employers need to prevent and to reduce exposure of working of workers which prove as
hazardous in their health. This hazardous substances are chemicals, fumes, dusts, vapour, mists,
gases and biological agents. This act will overall helps in managing risk of the employees in an
organisation.
RIDDOR- this stand for reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulation
2013. This act developed with the motive of providing health safety to employees of
organisation. It is the act which regulate statutory obligation in which company have to report
deaths, injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences that take place in the workplaces.
1.2 Impact of policies and procedures to meet health, safety and risk management requirements
Smith & Nephew manager have developed policies and procedures by which they will
be able to meet health, safety and risk management requirements in an organisation. These
policies are developed in organisation rectify some possibilities and this may include-
 Helps to prevent injuries
By developing these policies company will be able to prevent serious injuries which
suddenly occurs in organisation. This act has to be followed by both employer and employee of
the organisation in which both have to follow work procedure which is accordance with some
standards (Baum, 2016).
 It minimizes risks
Another importance of these policies is that it helps to minimize overall risks of the company. In
manufacturing company's there are more chances to face risk and to cure that risk these risk
management policies helps organisation to rectify the problems of the organisation.
 Comply with law and policies
Health, safety and risk management policies maintain a standard of working in organisation by
which company will be able to keep safe employee health and chances of sudden accidents will
get minimized.
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LO 2
2.1 Procedures to comply with health, safety and risk management
There are various procedures by which company will able to comply health, safety and
risk procedures. To ensure as an employer to identify and manage risk employer will develop
Health and Safety in Employment Act 1992. By this act employer will provide a safe workplace
for staffs and will also control and identify hazards. He/she will also train employee to keep
maintain their health. Employer will keep informed their employees regarding procedures to
maintain health and safety procedures which helps them to comply with standards (The
Importance of Workplace Health and Safety, 2015).
Employer will record all accidents and serious injuries and also makes a report on that
and report will be sent to Occupational Safety and Health service. This act will ensure them to
maintain effective safe environment of working by which company will able to comply health,
safety and risk management procedures. To comply these policies' employer's must ensure that
all equipment’s and machinery of the organisation are safe and employees are undergone with
proper training of using these equipment's.
2.2 Explanation of health, safety and risk policies to other organisation
Safety in workplace is the desire of every employee so that they work hassle free in
organisation. There is certain importance of these policies which also must have to develop in
other organisation.
It keeps people safe- this health, safety and risk policies in organisation helps to keep
safe people at their workplace. Mostly accidents and serious injuries are happened to that
organisation whose employee did not have provided for the use of equipment’s so these policies
helps organisation to keep people safe. Therefore, to overcome with these issues managers have
to develop effective communication practises about wearing of gloves while performing some
task that can harm work related practises of the organisation.
It saves cost, time and money- according to recent survey of occupational heath and
safety administration nearly $1 million is paid by employer's for worker's compensation.
Therefore, these safety policies helps them in saving their time, cost and money and also other
safety measurements of the organisation.
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Reduced employee morale- organisation which does not have effective risk measurement
policies develop a negative impact on employee morale by which company's overall productivity
get reduced (Hofmann and et.al., 2017). Employee morale only gets increased when proper
health, safety and risk policies are developed by organisation to protect their overall rights and
duties.
2.3 Actions to take when health, safety and risk policies are not complied in organisation
If any company did not follow or adopt risk assessment policies in their organisation,
then it is considered as a serious offence for which company has to bear some prosecution and
penalties. If it is found that employer's and employees are not following health and safety
regulations, then they have to pay fine which is around £20000 and if it is found that individuals
or organisation continuously breaking law then it could lead to imprisonment.
Authority will firstly send notice to organisation to comply with health, safety and risk
management policies and if it is found that they have not provided an appropriate answer writing
21 days of notice then certain fines will have to face organisation and prosecution is also run in
magistrate court. If any employee is injured during his work time or at workplace then they may
claim for compensation from employers and if employers will not provide that compensation to
employee then it comes under statutory law duty which charge heavy penalties on them (Hopkin
2018).
2.4 Report on health, safety and risk management issues in accordance with legislative and
organisational requirements
A report is presented for hazard identification checklist in an organisation.
Description of hazard What to look for
Moving parts of machinery  Reasons behind fading of material
 Reasons by which parts exposed
cuts  Either by knife or with use of equipment’s
Extreme temperature  In the workplace
 Near equipment’s
Short circuit  With the Machines
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 poor light fighting’s
Sprains and strains  With heavy load
 Engaged work areas
Falling with moving object  Objects which cause fall
 While carrying an equipment’s
After description now a report is made by which company will able to know person work
and their responsibilities in doing their work.
Examples of what to do Person responsible
 To be sure that guards are there before using
equipments.
 Go through proper check of machinery
before clean it.
 Use effective gloves or safety measurement
before using cutter.
 Keep check whether that knife or cutter is for
purpose or not.
 Minimize time to spent in that particular
area.
 Use appropriate clothes before use that area.
 Use elements which is good conductor of
electricity.
 Go through proper details before using
electrical elements.
 Develop proper guidance of lifting heavy
weights.
 other----
 Use of protective headgear before working
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on equipments.
 Keep eyes and mind open when working
with equipments.
LO 3
3.1 development of policies and procedures to assess and manages risk of individuals and others
Risk management is the procedure to identify factors which affect overall business
operations in business market.
 To assess the risk
When company has identified factors which leads to cause risk in organisation then they
will assess the risk (Raj and Wadsamudrakar, 2018). It will establish by two factors in which
company first identified factors which provides frequency of occurring risk and its impact on
overall business operation. Then control of risk will develop by organisation by eliminating
factors, by substitution, by developing administrating control or by developing protection in use
of equipment’s. Company will also adopt best working practices by which work run under
proper code of conduct which helps to access risk of the company. For example:- manual
handling assessment tool is the tool which was developed to helps the workers of organisation
regarding safety measurement. This is the model which provides safety tools for doing
operations like transporting, supporting a load or lifting, putting down, pulling, carrying or
moving items in organisation. This tool avoids hazardous handling operations and will reduce
risk of injuries in organisation.
 To manage risk
To manage risk in company cost effective options are developed by organisation to
manage risk. This factors may be avoiding the risk in which company will change business
process, reduce risk, will develop proper code of conduct to follow business practises. Company
will also develop alternative process of production, transfer the risk under which company will
transfer risk to another party and lastly by accepting risks. Communication practises helps
organisation to clarify the risk management practises among employees. This risk management
practises helps to develop safety and security in organisation.
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3.2 Factors which assess potential risks and hazards while working with individuals and others
To assess potential risks and hazards of individuals and others in working there are
mainly five steps-
step- 1: Identification of Hazards
Duty of employers in company is to assess health and safety procedures of the employee
of the organisation. Four factors are must be check by employers and that includes mental,
physical, chemical and biological hazards.
Step-2: Identification of factors which causes harm
Another factor which needs to identify is risk which associated with full-time and part-
time employees. Employers must have to identify risk which is associated with their staff or
peoples which outside belongs to organisation.
Step-3 Assess risk and take action
Employers now have to find factors which cause harm in business operations. Employer
must have to identify level of risk which low, medium or high. While working with individuals,
employer's must have to identify risk which is associated with them (Gouldby and et.al., 2017).
Step- 4 Develop record of findings
Employers must have to identify risk assessment of their staff if they have more than
five in organisation. These details needs to be in record about assessment, action taken and to
reduce or to eliminate that risk.
Step- 5 Review the assessment
Under this employer has to ensure all risk assessment factor which provide safe working
in an organisation.
3.3 Manage potential risks and hazards while working with individuals and others
To manage risk employer must have to develop factors which helps them to eliminate
risk factors of the organisation (Parker and et.al., 2017). After assessing risk managers of Smith
& Nephew company have to develop effective elements which include business process, reduce
risk in which company will develop alternative process of production, transfer the risk under
which company will transfer risk to another party and lastly by accepting risks. This factors
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helps employers to reduce or to manage overall risk of the company. Quality assurance is also a
program which developed in organisation to provide health and safety to employee's. It is the
way by which management will able to prevent defects and mistakes in manufacturing their
products and services in organisation. Quality assurance is considered as effective strategy
which developed to guide employees regarding prevention which needs to developed in
workplace. Main motive of this system is to prevent any defect to enter in workplace. After
assessing risk effective acts like COSHH and RIDDOR act needs to be develop which prevent
lives of the workers in business environment.
LO 4
4.1 Factors which helps to balance management of risk with individual rights and viewer of
others
Organisation has to develop risk assessment factor which helps them to guide young
people and children of the organisation. These risk assessment factors must protecting their
rights of working in an Smith & Nephew organisation (Glendon and Clarke, 2015).To face any
sudden accident or injury arise in organisation, managers have to develop effective training and
development programs which guide them about precaution which needs to develop in their
working. It develops by improving awareness between the employees of the organisation.
Employers must have to provide them effective tools and equipments by which no harm
cause to them in their working. Health and safety act 1974 is applied in organisation by which
employees rights are properly protected and management of health and safety act 1999 is another
act in which employer will eliminate risk factor in their organisation.
Thus, there are some framework that categorize into the various risk analysis with the help of
timing and phrase of the incident and it is defined in the following appropriate mode.
Before an incident occurs- In terms to prevent the occurrence.
During the accident- In terms to mitigate the or to address the potential consequence.
After an accident- in term to prevent with the recurrence.
4.2 Importance of balance approach of risk management that encourage individual in taking risk
It is important to develop risk management to create awareness between children and
young people in their working. It does not mean to guide them not work. It only means that to
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work in an environment which is challenging and also safe to work. Therefore, employers of the
organisation have to develop that effective environment where peoples feel safe to work.
Effective guidance needs to provide them in which they have learnt that there are many
dangerous place to work in this world (Smith and et.al., 2015).
By developing safe and positive environment peoples and children will able to develop
their strengths and will take challenges in working and also to improve their skills. If there is
total risk free environment, then they will not able to develop appropriate behaviour of working.
With the help of developing the safety compliance the all things can be done in the better
manner. The risk management system is need to be managed in the carefully and appropriate
mode. The all other activities that can hamper the all practices must be sustained.
4.3 Evaluation on practices in terms of promoting balanced approach to risk management.
This is significant to balanced approach to risk management as a practitioner working
with the children it is foremost duty to provide essential care to children. I do this in term to have
the regular consultation with staff team and young people we care for. In order to overcome with
it I use to take the regular consultation with the manager so that there can be effective discussion
of the issues and this is need to be sorted out.
4.4 Description on how helping other to understand balance between risk and right in practice.
In this term, it can be said that the helping others can be helpful in terms to make the
balance between risk and rights and it plays the essential role in order to greatly bring
improvement in the practices (MUTUKU, 2017). Thus, the direct work with the young pole and
formal supervision will work as to creates the forum for discussion and allows reasoning and to
understanding the things in the better manner. This is the term that greatly affects practices and
also helps to create open environment for the future discussion so that there can be
compromisation to be achieved. There is need to make the better understanding between the risk
and right in practices.
5.1 Conduct feedback on health, safety and risk management policies and procedures for
individual an others.
In this, it can be said that the formal boardroom review of health and safety performance
is very crucial. It takes the number of the initiatives in terms to establish healthy and safety
principles. Thus, there must be strong and active leadership, worker involvement and assessment
and review. Thus, the better health and safety principles will help to reflect the attractive
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organisation structure. In this, the risk management and health and safety system is need to be
reported to the board in the timely manner. In the smaller size of the business enterprise there is
less formal and simple work can be conducted. The thins will be conducted in the manner as face
to face discussion, toolbox talks and periodic meetings etc. in this way, the things can be sorted
in the fast manner. The feedback in terms to the health, safety and procedures can be consulted
with the managers so that all things can be done in the better mode.
5.2 Evaluation on heath, safety and risk management policies and practices at the work setting.
Under this, all kind of the safety and risk management polices and practices with the
work setting can be evaluated in the regular manner. Thus, risk assessment in relation to the
young people can be fluctuate on the regular manner and this all is need to be done in terms to
needs and current affairs of the individuals (Haryanto, Novitasari and Subangkit, 2017). In
addition to this, the nay kind of the updated information must be updated in the quick manner.
Furthermore, health and safety policies and procedures are must be evaluated and reviewed and
the many areas of the concerns are should be concerned and work setting can be managed in the
appropriately manner. This kin of the facilities can leads to manage the better working in the
society.
5.3 Identification on areas of policies, procedures and practices that needs improvement and
ensures safety and protection in work setting.
In this, the all safety and procedures must be maintained so that all things can be
undertaken in the better manner (Starcevic, Peles and Vidovic, 2018). It was concerning the
issues so that all things can be conducted effectively. With the help of taking the initiatives all
activities of enterprise can be sustained in better and attractive mode. It is very essential to
maintain the protection in the work setting so that all things can be conducted in the better
manner.
5.4 Recommend the changes to policies and procedures to ensure safety in work setting.
In this, there are number of the recommendation and this all are in relation to bring the
changes in terms to policies and procedures so that there can be possibility in order to ensure the
safety at the working environment. Thus, I have to make the consultation with the manager and
maintenance team and with the implement it in the near future. The all rules must be framed with
the consultation of the legal officers.
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CONCLUSION
Based on above report it can be concluded that it is crucial to maintain develop and
health relationship of the individual by providing greater facility of risk management. Thus,
present report is based on developing and managing the health of the employees so that all things
can be done.
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