ENG305 Assignment: Safety Risk and Reliability in Glass Recycling

This report presents a comprehensive safety risk and reliability assessment for a glass recycling plant located near Humpty Doo, adjacent to the Arnhem Highway near Darwin. The assignment focuses on identifying and analyzing various hazards, including intrusion, electrical hazards, chemical hazards, and toxicity hazards, which pose significant risks to the plant's workers. The report provides a detailed background, risk assessment, and recommendations for mitigating these hazards to ensure a safe working environment and efficient plant operation. The study emphasizes the importance of proactive safety measures, such as clear notice of restricted areas, proper electrical maintenance, and the implementation of modern technical designs to address identified risks. The report also highlights the need for worker training and strategic management to handle potential hazards effectively. The goal is to provide a safe environment for the workers. The report concludes with a discussion of the findings and emphasizes the importance of consistent safety management to prevent accidents and protect the health and well-being of the workforce.

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Executive Summary
The assignment includes the assessment of the safety and management of the glass recycling
organization in the Humpty Doo area adjacent to the Arnhem Highway, near Darwin. The
workers have determined the risks. Thus, it helps to provide a significant safe life to the
workers of that specific organization. There are various recommendations which are provided
according to the planning area of the plant which is to be established, and different things are
to be kept in mind for the proper establishments of the plant. The organizations have to look
into the proposals carefully to inherit proper diminish factors and save the workers from
further dangers.
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Introduction
In any plant, there are some designs which are set up, and in consideration, with the system,
the workers need to work. As such there are many kinds of hazards which offer as a danger to
the workers as well as the society. In such concern, there are many cases which have earlier
been noticed and reported by the workers as well a the others related directly or indirectly
with the organisation. In this assignment, the risks and the hazards mainly relate with the
plant of the Humpty Doo which is related to the plant of recycling scrap glasses. The main
stipulation related in the ground of every aspect needs to be the salient points of every aspect
of the plant according to the specific order of the plant. As such it is recommended that
launching the plant should be planned with grand mapping and tendencies of hazards which
are structurally operated with the safety precautions.
Background Information
In a particular plant or organisation, there should be proper safety and management at the end
of the workers. The specific purpose of the paper intends to ensure the identification of all the
possible hazards which can be entailed from the plant. These hazards need to be controlled so
that there is an overall safety in the work environment. There have been various
consequences which have been faced by the workers earlier and have been caused to die.
Therefore there should be proper mitigation methods so that these issues does not prevail any
further issues (investopedia.com, 2018). The specific hazards and its impact has been
identified which are then analysed and recommended successfully. The organisations have to
look into the proposals carefully to inherit proper diminishing factors and save the workers
from further dangers.
Risk Assessment
This is a critical issue which has to be noticed that there are possible hazards which are being
dangerous regarding the life of workers. Hazards can also be explained as something which is
injurious to health and if not prevented perfectly can cause a severe issue to the health. As a
plant comes in context then several hazards which comply to chemical toxic, intrusion comes
in the basic scenario which subtitles in the form of dangers to lives and livelihood when being
operated directly and indirectly with the people (simplicable.com, 2018). The workers are
often forced to accidental injuries due to such harmful hazards. Some such areas are being
subjected to various problems which are being highlighted in this assignment. Therefore a
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proper identification of risks diminishes the unwanted problems of the people who are
directly or indirectly related to plant as well as the organisation. [Refer to Appendix 1]
1. Intrusion
These hazards mainly inform in the point which notifies that there are some restrictions
regarding the visit of some places. There are many areas in the plant where powerful
operations are done and are restricted for people or worker who are expert in such areas. The
only reason behind these is that some precautions have to be taken when these areas are to be
entered which the expert knows well, but the person who is less aware of the functional part
of the area will miss many such precautions. Therefore it is a considerable hazard for the
workers operating in the plant of the concerned organisations where recycling of scrap
glasses is being carried. In this case, the authority should provide clear notice and hang it so
that the workers become aware of the disposition or restriction of the entry (Falkner et al.
2015). As in these plant of recycling of scrap glasses, there involves the mixture of some
chemical components to process the recycling process.
These need to be only accessed by the experts correctly. As they know the various regulations
of measuring safety from such chemicals. All these factors affect a lot in the overall health of
the employees of the plant. Therefore there should be a proper team in the organisation to
ensure about the risks before and so that the authority becomes aware of the issues and
accordingly provide notices in the rooms of the different operational works which are being
carried out for the complex process of glass recycling. These hazardous risks can only be
removed if the authority and the employees jointly perform to reduce it by only following the
guidelines with proper care. Some such activities can reduce the overall level of hazards from
intrusions (Hayne and Free, 2014). Therefore proper identification and mitigation can
adequately solve these problems. So the manager of the glass recycling organisation should
look on these matters perfectly.
2. Electrical Hazards
These hazards generally arise from the short circuit of various electronic components present
in the plant. These can often lead to a stop of the operation of the whole plant. If the situation
is not handled correctly, the destruction can even touch to a level where it can burn the whole
plant and subsequently everything will be in flame. This type of hazards can lead to suffering
which is untold and unexpected leading to a huge massacre. The destruction will be of the
workers, authorities as well as the properties of the organisation as well. Some such electrical
hazards arise from the welding machines as well as the machines which are related to the
plants that are oil oriented pieces of equipment (Bowers and Khorakian, 2014). There are
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various components in a plant in which the workers are trained with so that the work can be
done smoothly. When being trained of work, then they have to be also trained on the
unexpected behaviour of the machine so that in any case if the machine behaves
unintentionally, then proper training can guide the specific precautions which are required to
manage the situation tactfully. The authority must send people for checking the electronics
pieces of equipment of the plant and the electrical warnings so that there is no chance of any
short circuit which can destroy the whole planet. There should be a proper strategic
management team who are involved in the overall identification of issues and proposing the
mitigation process to overcome such a dangerous life taking hazards skillfully (Wu et al.
2014). There has to be proper maintenance of fire control within the firm so that if flaming
issues occurs then there could be adequate resources to control the flame tactfully. As this is a
considerable hazard because it can instantly take away the life so proper maintenance of
safety and management are a must to deal with. Involvements of modern techniques as a fire
extinguisher can also help a lot in the overall improvements and dealing such situations.
Not only these the workers should be previously trained in managing such situations are
should be provided with specific guidelines of escape so that no one can lose a life. This
should be done because it may happen that the strategic management teams are not present
every time in managing situations, so the workers only have to manage the whole situations
tactfully. Therefore all this should be done and maintained by the organisation so that there
are no issues with electrical health hazards in the plant of the concerned organisation
(Heckmann et al. 2015). The managers also need to incorporate modern technical design for
the purpose. So the manager of the glass recycling organisation should look on these matters
perfectly.
3. Chemical Hazards
Chemical hazards are also a form of hazards which are very much injurious to the health of
the workers who are involved directly in the organisation. These occur in almost every firm
as because every organisation is dealing with some of the dangerous chemicals. These
chemicals saturate in the environment and mix with the air and which in turn forms an
environment which is corrosive in nature as well as if comes in contact with air can be ingot
(Rampini et al. 2014). These kinds of hazards not only harm the environment but as well as
mix herms the breathing system of the workers along with the skin.
When both lungs and skin are getting affected, then it is seriously affecting the overall work
performance of the employers, and the whole working is getting stopped. There are different
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versions through which chemicals make an impact (Kotseva, 2016). They may be corrosive,
they may have huge smokes and are dull. They can also be so strong that a little ignorance
while working with acids can either burn the specific area or else can make a severe injury on
the person dealing with those specific chemicals. For such purpose different steps have to be
taken by the authority to manage such hazards carefully. There are various chemicals which
affect the sensitive parts of the organisation in such a way that it can be life taking at times.
Therefore organisations need to instal various new technologies to maintain the balance
properly and also have to look upon various management strategies so that these kinds of
risks are identified along with the substances which are posing risks and also provide
immediate mitigating techniques (Mengze and Wei, 2015). The managers need to incorporate
modern technical design for the purpose. These kinds of hazards are dangerous like the
electrical hazards as it can take away the life of the workers in an unexpected way. So the
authority has to very much care about such issues and its management strategies (Cole et al.
2017). These hazards are nasty that it can make the environment much polluted harming the
people who are linked and are not linked with the plant and its operation (Wynne, 2016). All
these make degradation to the environment too. So the manager of the glass recycling
organisation should look on these matters perfectly.
4. Toxicity Hazards
These hazards generally retail one of the most critical hazards of the workers working in
glass recycling plant. As if there is an increase in the overall toxic or harmful matters, it can
mix with the body and gets transported to the kidney, brain as well as in the liver. The organs
slowly stop working when the accumulation level of such toxic element increases to a level.
Such kinds of toxic which are generally accumulated from the plants are so heavy that the
organs also fail to excrete these. These slowly deteriorate the health conditions of the workers
and finally cause death. This is so because the failure of multiple organs cannot let the person
survive for too long (Bromiley et al. 2015). The primary organs which are threatened by the
toxic hazards involve reproductive organs. These generally threaten the arrival of the next
generation.
Therefore various techniques have to be indulged by the recycling authority which involves
the use of stringers and minimises the use of harmful chemicals so that the toxic
accumulation increases slowly. Therefore the recycling company needs to be much more
effective in such parts of the management so that they do not have to lose workers from their
organisation. More improvements relating to the matters are to be checked by the concerned
organisation to decrease the level of hardness and illness of the workers who are working in
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the concerned organisation. Therefore this has to be kept in the right order for a proper
management process of the organisation (McNeil et al. 2015). Toxic is a weighty issue and
needs to be managed accordingly as it cannot be avoided as chemical usage will be there
which cannot be mitigated. So the concerned organisation needs to see that the minimum
amount of chemicals should be used to decrease the level of toxicity in the air. If the level of
toxicity in the air decreases then there will be a natural fall of these hazardous matters or
substances. This will, in turn, save the lives of the worker as well as the other related person
in the concerned organisation.
5. Poor Communication channel Hazards
The communication issues mostly matter in such recycling glass plant operations. As because
there can be various problems which can arise in the society to communicate with the
authority or the safety team there should be a proper communication channel. The poor
communication channel leads to severe problems and is considered as a part of the hazards in
respect to the workers. This is because if any kinds of unexpected issue occur which can lead
to serious harm to the plant or the property of the organisation as well as the members. There
should be a toll-free number planted in every area of the organisation and its plant so that
these hazards can be mitigated accordingly. The organisation also has to look at the
installation of part of new sensors which can detect any kinds of issues in any part of the
plant to get the solution before the whole mishappenings (Hillson, and Murray-Webster,
2017). This is a significant threat on the part of the employers which are needed to be
resolved to save the lives of workers.
Conclusion
The assignment overall concludes that there are various health hazards which are identified
and mitigation process have also been mentioned to reduce all the problems which can relate
to dangers and can be life taking. The authority and the management have to be aware of such
dangers before the final operation of the plant. If this is slightly ignored, then there will be
various management issues which have to be further dealt with ethical issues properly.
Therefore strategic management regarding the mitigations of risks is to be carefully handled.
The concerned management has to report every detail of the organisation and the ongoing
operational process to prevent any harmful and life taking dangers.
There should be necessary equipment is provided by the firm for operating inside the plant
where the central recycling of glass is being done. So that the workers can work safely with
perfect job satisfaction. The worker's safety should be the main aim of the organisation as
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they are a soul of the firm, and without them, the operation would not be carried on correctly.
Therefore if the worker's lives are at stake, then the management must solve it accordingly.
There are some recommendations provided below by the plant site and the operation which
should be followed for a better and successful result. Therefore proper maintenance and
proper strategic management should be involved to mitigate risks and instil safe working
within the organisation.
Recommendation
● The organisation should look at the roadways on the site before the construction of the
plant. This is because without proper roadways the construction of such a huge plant
is not at all possible.
● The turning radius also needs to adequately measure so that afterwards it does not
show any problems.
● The buildings which are already situated one by one should have clearance between
them for proper industrial planning. Without proper clearance, there cannot be a
proper work structure inside the plant of the concerned organisation.
● The stack heights of bundles need to be checked because if the height increases then
the operation can be delayed, it can also lead to a massive problem for the workers
working there. The height hazards are the central part of such problems.
● The crane operations should be safe and technologically checked to avoid any
mishappenings or danger with the lives of the worker involved with the operation of
the plant. If technical issues persist in the crane, then it can take away someone's life
● The technical operations related to the forklift are to be handled with proper care. If
there are any technical errors in the forklift part, then it can harm the work
performance and can also lead to problems.
● There should be proper lightings both inside the plant as well as outside the plant so
that due to lack of less light the work does not hamper, or any other risks does not
occur. Less light can be very harmful and can lead to problems.
● There should be enough facilities given to the employees so that the workers do not
feel that there is no space given to them. Lack of facilities might drop down the level
of work and can cause problems to the authority of the organisation.
● The employees should be provided with the medical rooms so that if they are sick at
times, then they can be admitted in the medical sections for the primary treatments. In
working with the plant, there can be mishappenings, and sudden accidents can take
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place. Therefore to avoid such problems a medical team and a medical place has to be
there inside the plant.
● The sides of the plant should have high fencing so that the operations of the plant do
not harm the society. The society can get disturbed by the operation of the plant so the
area should be covered by any means.
● The area where the plant will be set up has to be wide so that during the time of
operations there is no miss management with the spacing issues. Recycling of glass
has to dumped, chemically transform and other processes also involve a requirement
of the large area. So more full space area is a must.
● Definite techniques of safety measures related to fighting with fire should be installed
in the plant so that if there are any issues relating to short circuit, it can be handled
with care. Without improved techniques and signalling detectors the fire cannot be
detected. So proper installation and fire safety devices have to be present.
● Lastly, the glass recycling organisation also has to give focus on the positioning of the
main sheds and the heights of the internal clearance.
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Appendices
Appendix 1:
TASK
/ACTIVITY
RISKS Identified RISK
ASSESSMENT [
RISK
RATI
NG)
CONTROL
MEASURES
PERS
ON
RESP
ONSI
BLE
COMPLETION
DATE
LIKE
LIHO
OD
CONS
EQUE
NCE
Activity
1. Chemic
al
mixing
Intrusion C 3 M Wear
protective
masks.
Before reaching
2. Installat
ion of
Electric
al posts
Electrical
Hazards
D 4 L
The workers
should wear
shock
absorbers.
Should be checked
Construction
1. Digging
Founda
tion
The employee's
harm
A 1 H There should
be a
supportive
machine to
help
Perfectly on time
2. Cement
ing
foundat
ion
Chemical
Hazards
C 3 M
Wearing of
boots that
would
prevent
injury
Before reaching
Electrical
Wiring
1. Installat
ion of
the
wires
Poor
communication
A 1 H The workers
must be well
educated and
wear
necessary
attire
Electrical
operation
direction
2. Operati
on of
Toxic
B 2 H
There should
fire
Check of the fire
extinguisher.
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