Health and Safety Management in NZ SME: HRM Report - MIT Manukau

This report examines health and safety management within an NZ SME that produces customized resin formulations. It highlights the dangerous goods legislation and general occupational health and safety regulations relevant to the company's use of flammable and volatile chemicals. The report discusses the implementation process for health and safety measures, including employee assistance programs and training. It also addresses the psychological safety and stress management aspects, particularly in light of economic downturns and increased employee responsibilities. The report emphasizes the importance of adhering to health and safety regulations to protect employees and improve overall organizational performance. The document is available on Desklib, a platform offering a wide range of study resources, including past papers and solved assignments, to support students' academic needs.

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Table of Contents
Introduction......................................................................................................................................2
Dangerous goods legislation............................................................................................................2
General Occupational health & safety legislation...........................................................................3
Implementation process...................................................................................................................3
Legislation processes in volatile solvents........................................................................................4
Psychological safety and stress management..................................................................................4
Conclusion.......................................................................................................................................5
References........................................................................................................................................6

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Topic: Health & Safety Management in an Organization
Introduction
Organisation health and safety management is an important planning process for the
employees associated with the company. In case avoiding accidents or health-related issues,
management has implemented the process for the organisation employees. In case of reviewing
and maintaining the line management responsibilities, proper safety and security of employees
can be processed (World Health Organization, 2015). In case of international standard Health
and Welfare at Work Act 2005 (Section 20) illustrates the issue of employees' safety and security
(Parliament.nz, 2018). The continuous improvement and cost effecting approach are essential in
this case and that is the reason health & Safety management needs to be introduced.
In case of this NZ SME, involvement with chemical ingredients and volatile solvents
creates toxic engagement in the workplace and employees are in the hazardous end. The
formulation of resin needs fibres like carbon, glass fibre, C-epoxy composites and G- epoxy
composites and it used in case of driving boats and motor body-building industries. Employees
Health & Safety issue is important in that case and additionally, in case of economic downturn,
added responsibilities will hamper the psychological balance of employees.
Dangerous goods legislation
Transporting dangerous good is stated under regulating authority of New Zealand. For
the designing of environment administration, HSNO Act and Regulation is important in this
country. The legislation covers all hazardous substances expect the radioactive material and
infectious substances. In case of the department of labour, HSNO Act controls the enforce

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placement and employees specification issues in hazardous cases (Employment.govt.nz, 2018).
Radiation Protection Act 1965 or the Land Transport Management Act 2003 protects employees
from dangerous goods (Employment.govt.nz, 2018). In the process, in which dangerous goods
are evolved through the process in the workplace cannot mitigate or stopped as the process of
manufacturing resin in a proper way, this element will come out. The planning is needed to
prevent the situation for employees so that they will not come under this threat. Legislation
process is the only way to control and prevent the situation.
General Occupational health & safety legislation
General Risk and Workplace Management Regulation 2016 is the general occupational
health & safety case that has been initiated by the organisation (Employment.govt.nz, 2018). In
case of doing reasonable practice in the workplace, as the employees of this SME has done for
the formulation of resin, the organization is the responsible person of every individual. Health &
Safety at Work Regulation 2016 also covers major hazard facilities (Employment.govt.nz, 2018).
In case of involving with hazardous substances or operating with those hazardous materials this
health & Safety legislation is important. In case of exploration and extraction cases in mining
sections and petroleum processes, this workplace safety law is important and those entrails in
organisational behaviour and attitudes of employees.
Implementation process
Employee Assistance Program and educate employees about the health and safety issues
in the organisation is the concerning part of this process. In case of implementation knowledge of
those issues and the training is important for employees. Employees need to know do and don't
that need to be done in the workplace and if they do not know the limitation of their productivity,

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that will harm their professional and personal life at the same time. Protection from the
chemicals and solvents completely depends on their safety measurements and that will dissolve
their future physical problems as well.
Legislation processes in volatile solvents
Under the section of 3.2(5) (a), Ministry of health is focusing on the health and safety
issues of the employee in the workplace (Employment.govt.nz, 2018). In case of volatile
contexts Health and Safety at Work Regulations 2016, is the concern matter where duty holders
and response from the organisation derived from (Worksafe.govt.nz, 2018). To improve the
facility in case of volatile aspect, protection in hand or face may be convenient for the
employees. The minimal changes have happened form 2015 Act and installation of this act in the
organisation may change the safety concern for the organisation. The act also influences the
safety-critical roles in mining sections and imposed in those areas where chemical things are
burn out and evolved from the whole workplace (Idubor & Oisamoje, 2013). In this organization
as the economic downturn has possessed thus building and plant maintenance managers are
expelled. That is the reason, ignorance in health and safety procedure continues in the
organisation and that impacted badly over the employees.
Psychological safety and stress management
The psychological approach is one of the safety approaches that organisation can adopt
for their employee's retention. If additional responsibility will come in place and employees have
to take that for the organisational development then work-life balance may penetrate employees
are not finding their workplace satisfaction by that process (Ismail, Doostdar & Harun, 2012).
Communication, bonding with employees and organisation and ensure the team dynamics are the

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three things that can set the safety process and managing stress in the workplace. Additional
work pressure effects on employees' health and this stress can be mitigated by the corporate
philosophical process to segregate the section in the different genre and that will help in
mitigating stress. Taking a break in between the work or exercise a bit, get social support in the
workplace or to smile and laugh and make fun in the workplace is always impactful for the
employees. Particular shift timing is also important to manage work-life balance as well. As the
mentioned SME, managers are expelled from the organization due to the economic downturn
employees have to take additional responsibilities and stress factor is increased (Grote, 2012).
Change in organisation management procedure will commit better outcome as the result and
proper health, safety and stress management are aligned with the process.
Conclusion
Therefore, it can be concluded that the manufacturing process the mentioned SME has in,
is an alarming process for a theme to look after their health & safety processes. There are some
laws and regulations are aligned with the workplace and that influenced employees' safety to
execute better work in the organisation.

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Parliament.nz (2018) The Legislative Process retrieved from:
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