BSBWHS401 Report: WHS Policies, Procedures, Programs & Compliance

This BSBWHS401 assessment report focuses on implementing and monitoring Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) policies, procedures, and programs to meet legislative requirements. It includes a workplace inspection checklist identifying areas needing improvement in a mining company, BHP Billiton, such as general lighting, chemical management, and rubbish disposal. The report references the WHS Act 2011 and related regulations, emphasizing the employer's duty to provide a safe and healthy work environment. It discusses the benefits of a strong WHS system, including increased operational efficiency and reduced risks. The assessment highlights the importance of risk control methods and adherence to WHS standards to ensure workplace safety and health.

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UNIT COMPETENCY RECORD SHEET
Student Name:
Student ID No:
Date:
Unit Code: BSBWHS401
Unit Title: Implement and monitor WHS policies, procedures and programs to meet legislative
requirements
Please attach the following documentation to this form
Result
S = Satisfactory
NS = Not Satisfactory
NA = Not Assessed
Reassessment
S = Satisfactory
NS = Not Satisfactory
NA = Not Assessed
Assessment 1 ❑ 600 words written report attached ❒S ❒NS ❒NA ❒S ❒NS ❒NA
Assessment 2
❑ WHS Training Session Details attached
❑ Student Observer Question forms attached ❒S ❒NS ❒NA ❒S ❒NS ❒NA
Assessment 3 ❒ Completed JSA Attached ❒S ❒NS ❒NA ❒S ❒NS ❒NA
Assessment 4 ❑ Written Assessment attached ❒S ❒NS ❒NA ❒S ❒NS ❒NA
Unit Outcomes ❒ Satisfactory ❒ Not Satisfactory ❒ Not Assessed
Final Assessment Result for this unit ❒ C (Competent)
❒ NYC (Not Yet Competent)
Assessor Comments & Feedbacks:(inclusive of reassessment, reasonable adjustment, further opportunities for gap training etc.)
Student Declaration:
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I declare that I have been assessed in this unit, and I have been
advised of my result. I also am aware of my appeal rights.
Signature: ____________________________
Date: ____/_____/_____
Assessor Declaration:
I declare that I have conducted a fair, valid, reliable and flexible
assessment with this student, and I have provided appropriate
feedback
Name: ____________________________
Signature: ____________________________
Date: ____/_____/_____
ASSESSMENT 1 – Report on WHS Policies & Procedures
For this task, you are required to identify and research a business’s Workplace Health & Safety practices, then
write a 600 words report that states why WHS is good business. If you are working in a business, then this report
is to focus on your current employer.
Details:
You will need to consider the type of business you are researching best practices for, as your report will differ
subject to the industry and risk level of each business. You could make good use of statistical information and
graphical representations. Make reference to, and give examples of, any specific areas in where WHS practices
and compliance need upgrading (based on industry levels)
Your suggested area of improvement could, for instance, relate to ongoing information dissemination, training,
inadequacies in existing risk control measures in accordance with the hierarchy of control, or to improving the
training format so they are less boring – etc.
Do not even consider stating that your all WHS & workplace practices are so good that they do not need
improvement. Everything can be improved!!
When addressing the statement that Workplace Health & Safety is good business, consider the concepts of
loyalty, caring, trust and honesty, relationship building, employee satisfaction, customer, shareholder and
stakeholder satisfaction.
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Be sure to also discuss the application of relevant Workplace Health & Safety legislative frameworks relevant to
your business.
Assessment Summary
You are to submit the following evidence / perform the following tasks
● Submit your written report as outlined above
Workplace Inspection Checklist
Item Yes No N/A
1 Fire
- Extinguishers are in place Yes
- Are clearly marked Yes
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- Have been serviced in the past 6 months Yes
- The area around extinguisher is clear for a 1-meter radius Yes
- Fire exit signs are in working order Yes
- Exit doors are not blocked Yes
- Exit doors can easily be opened Yes
- The fire alarm is in working order Yes
- An emergency plan is displayed Yes
- Emergency drill carried out within the last 6 months Yes
2 Electrical
- No broken plugs, sockets or switches Yes
- No frayed or damaged leads Yes
- Portable power tools in good condition Yes
- No temporary leads on the floor Yes
- Testing and tagging of electrical items have been attended within the last 12 months Yes
3 General Lighting No
- There is adequate illumination in working areas No
- There is good natural lighting No
- There is no direct or reflected glare No
- Light fittings are in good working condition and are clean No
- Emergency lighting is operational
N
o
4 Walkways Yes
- No oil or grease Yes
- Walkways are clearly marked Yes
- Walkways are clear of obstructions Yes
- There is an unobstructed vision at intersections
N
o
- Stairs not blocked and are in good condition Yes
5 Rubbish
N
o
- Bins are located at suitable points Ni
- Bins are not overflowing Ni
- Bins are emptied regularly
N
o
6 Work Benches
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- Clear of rubbish Yes
- Tools are stored properly Yes
- Adequate work height Yes
- No sharp edges Yes
7 Storage
- Materials stored in racks in a safe manner Yes
- Pallets are in good condition (no broken wood) Yes
- The floor around racking is clear of rubbish or obstacles Yes
- Racking is in good condition, no damaged uprights, beams etc Yes
8 Chemicals
- SDS for all chemicals No
- SDS Register is available and up to date No
- Containers are clearly and accurately labelled No
- All chemicals are stored in accordance with the SDS No
9 First Aid
- First aid kits and contents clean and orderly Yes
- First aid kit is adequately stocked (as per the Schedule in the kit) Yes
- Easy access to first aid kits Yes
- All employees are aware of the location of first aid kits Yes
- At least one worker on site with current Senior First Aid cert Yes
10 Floors
- Even surface with no large cracks, holes or trip hazards Yes
- Floors are not obstructed Yes
- Floors are free from grease, oil, etc Yes
11 Office
- No exposed leads Yes
- Air conditioning working adequately Yes
- Filing cabinets are stable and in good repair Yes
- Workers' chairs at the correct height (knees at right angles, feet flat) Yes
- Workers' monitor's correct distance (arm's length away when seated) Yes
- Workers' monitor's correct height (eyes in line with the top of the screen) Yes
- Workers' mouse located beside keyboard (allows relaxed arms and wrists) Yes
- Workers' keyboard located near the edge of the desk (allows relaxed arms) Yes
12 Machines
- Power equipment maintenance carried out Yes
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- Power equipment clean Yes
- All guarding in place and interlocks working Yes
13 Display Material
- WHS policy statement signed by the Managing Director and displayed on notice boards Yes
- Return to work program signed by Managing Director and displayed on notice boards Yes
- "No smoking" signs are displayed Yes
- "Staff only" or "Restricted area" signs are displayed in relevant areas Yes
- "Report that Hazard" poster displayed Yes
- "Manual Handling" poster is displayed in the warehouse area Yes
- Safety noticeboard is available and up to date Yes
14 WHS Information
- WHS Manual available to workers Yes
- Incident report form available Yes
- Hazard report forms available Yes
- Emergency evacuation plan displayed Yes
- Training records up to date Yes
Additional comments or actions required:
Signed: Date: Copies sent to:
Executive There are various benefits of having Good and effective Work Health and
Safety system which business can get. As seen below BHP Billiton a
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Summary mining company in Australia has some lacks in the WHS practices which
has been identified and solved. This has also improved its WHS system
and ensured that the company has created an effective work environment
which will increase the operational efficiency and decrease the risk of
operations.
Introduction In this assessment, there will be discussion over the WHS workplace
safety issues which exist in BHP Billiton which is a mining company in
Australia. The company carries out Mining activities in different parts of
Australia. The assessment has been conducted on the work health and
safety aspects of the company to look at the work safety measures taken
by the company. Through this report there is proper measure taken to
identify the backdrop in the current WHS practice by the department.
There is aspects identified which the company will have to develop in are
also justified. The assessment will also discuss on the WHS legislation of
the department, where the shortcomings of company will be mitigated by
showing them the guidelines and standard for maintaining effective
Workplace safety and health. It is to mention that through the use of
effective risk control methods risks will be identified and the following
will be mitigated to ensure that there is an evident measure taken by the
firm in order to ensure workplace safety and health.
Hazards in the
work
environment
As seen in the checklist above that the company has some problems with
maintaining health and safety in respect of
1. General Lighting
2. Chemicals
3. Rubbish
It is to be mentioned that through the use of WHS checklist all of the
above problems have been identified. In the category of general lighting,
it was seen that problems in the regulation of proper lighting in walkways
and the presence of natural light are concern within the mining sites. This
certainly indicates a negative aspect without following the WHS standard
in the operational activities (Sinelnikov, Inouye and Kerper, 2015). It
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should be said that there is no thorough use of proper lighting within
workplace company. There has to general lighting activities to make sure
it meets the standard criteria of the workplace (Donham and Thelin,
2016).
The company has also been identified with problems in the department of
Chemical management in the area of the workplace. As the company
carries out mining activities it is hard to say that their chemicals present
within the operations of the workforce is not in direct contact of the
worker involved in the mining activities. Proper labelling of containers
are not done causing an effect on the process. It is quite obvious that the
SDS standard of chemical treatment is not being properly followed which
causes affect to the Work health safety aspects of the firm (Mahmoudi et
al. 2014). This can cause serious health effects on the worker involved in
the mining process. Hence, the company should make sure that the
following aspect in work health and safety is resolved so that there are no
problems for the firm to operate safely for their workforce. The rubbish
management within the company also been identified to not be
satisfactory in terms of Work health safety standards which affect the
waste management system of the firm can have hazards to the mining
workers in a direct way (Landsbergis et al. 2014). Hence, it can be said
that the WHS department of the company should focus on making sure
that there are no such problems in managing rubbish within the
operational activities of the firm. All of these problems have been
identified through the use of Work Health and safety checklist on which
the company will have to improve its operations (Koskela, 2014).
WHS Legislation The WHS Act 2011 and the Work health and safety regulations in 20111
under the Commonwealth Jurisdiction states the provisions of
maintaining the decorum of having a safety and health work environment
(Laberge et al. 2014). The provision under the stated act also determines
the legislation and framework for chemical hazard, waste management
and lighting provisions. The acts state that it is the duty of the employer
to make sure that the employees are working under safe and healthy work
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environment deprived of any shortcomings which are to mitigated at its
earliest stage (Amponsah-Tawiah and Mensah, 2016). It is to be
mentioned that through this the company has to make sure that that the
guidelines provided under the said regulation and act is mentioned so that
there are no problems for the employees and they are working a safe and
sound work environment.
Risk control
methods utilised
Now in order to mitigate the above-stated riks, the following method has
been followed:
1. Rubbish: As it has been identified that the rubbish within the
operational activities of the firm is there and is causing hazards at
workplace the waste management system has been called to
ensure on why their rubbish is not managed in a proper way. The
management of the company will look over the process in which
the company manages its waste so that it can identify the
shortcomings. In the current case the shortcomings which have
been identified is that of the low communication due to which the
waste produced was not properly communicated with waste
management hence the following has been mitigated to ensure that
the company is able to manage waste in an effective manner and
increase the Workplace health and safety standards of the firm
(MacIntyre et al. 2014).
2. General Lighting: The lighting in the walkways have been
increased to make sure that there is sufficient light for the workers
to pass and that there enough light for the workers to operate. The
problems for such improper lighting was identified that
management did not focus on the complaints which are why the
problem of improper lighting occurred. Hence the management
will be said to make sure that there is effective and proper lighting
done in the workplace so that the worker and employees are able
to work in an evident manner (Fan et al. 2014).
3. Chemical: The company has identified that the mining process of
the firm is too much exposed to the Chemical hazard which can be
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there in the employee operational activities. It is to be mentioned
that through the use of effective process the company ensures that
the employees are not too much in contact with these chemicals.
Hence the SDS framework has been used by the company to
ensure that there is a low amount of chemical hazards which is
caused to the workers of the company. The management of the
organization has also ensured that there is proper labelling of the
containers so that the operational safety of the worker increase
(Friend and Kohn, 2018).
In this way, the company ensured that the company is able to maintain a
high level of Work Health and safety within the organization to ensure a
safe work environment for the employees.
Benefits of an
effective
workplace health
safety (WHS)
management
system
There are various benefits which a systematic and effective work health
safety management system can reap from the company. Although, it is
important to consider that through the help of an effective management
system the company will be able to ensure workers safety, there is still a
higher objective of having a sound work health and safety management
system. Hence, the benefits of an effective WHS system are as follows:
1. One of the benefits which the business can take is financial in
nature. As the company will have a better and improved WHS
system the cost in relation to the accidents and incidents gets
reduced which ultimately increases profit margin of the firm. In
this sense cost reduction through use of WHS system can be done
as it will decrease the accidents and incidents within the firm's
operating activity (Robson et al. 2017).
2. The company through the use of an effective WHS system will be
able to meet the legal requirements of the jurisdiction as the
number of accidents and incident will decrease the company will
commit less offence in terms of Work health and safety. This will
help the firm in being legally effective in its operational activities
(Frick et al. 2016).
3. Through the usage of an effective WHS system, the company will
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be able to look after their employees in a more evident way. This
will increase the morale of the employees and the motivation
levels will be benefitting the operational activities of the firm.
Hence, the workforce operational efficiency can increase in terms
of giving employees motivation and by making their morale high
in the operations of the firm (Yazdani et al. 2015).
4. WHS system which is effective in nature will ensure that the
company has a good amount of control over their operational risk,
which will increase managerial control of the firm over the
operational risk. This, in turn, will increase the operational
efficiency of the firm and will make the operation less risky in
nature.
5. There will be external benefits which the company can also get
through the use of effective WHS system. The stakeholders within
the firm and investor will now have more confidence in investing
within a firm which is well managed and has a lower operational
risk (Noe et al. 2017).
It can be said that through the help of an effective OHS management
system the company will be able to increase their operational efficiency
and get other benefits. This the reason why the company should maintain
an improved and effective WHS system.
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