Work Health and Safety Policy: Hazard Identification and Control

This report provides an overview of Work Health and Safety (WHS) policies, emphasizing hazard identification, risk assessment, and control measures. It covers the importance of WHS policies in ensuring employee safety, addressing biological, physical, and chemical hazards, and exploring the role of ergonomic and environmental factors. The report outlines the relevant regulations, including the Work Health and Safety Acts, personal protective equipment regulations, and guidelines for managing health and safety. It also details methods for identifying hazards through audits, inspections, and data analysis, as well as implementing control methods to prevent accidents and promote a safe workplace. The conclusion highlights the shared responsibility for safety and emphasizes the importance of adhering to WHS standards. References to academic resources are included to support the information presented.

WORK HEALTH AND
SAFETY(WHS) POLICY

Overview
 WHS policies are designed for influencing
employers for their actions and decisions towards
any hazard in the employment space.
 The purpose is the safety of all the employees
from any injury or accidental hazard at workplace.

Hazard Identification
CHEMICAL HAZARDS
Example - pesticides
ERGONOMIC
HAZARDS
Example – lifting,
repetition
PHYSICAL
HAZARDS
Noise, ventilation,
temperature
HAZARDS
RELATED TO
SAFETY
Example – Trips, faulty
equipments, channels
and slips at workplace.
HAZARDS AT
WORKPLACE
Workplace Stress and chaos
THE
BIOLOGICAL
HAZARDS
Example – Communicable
disease, insects and pests

Risk Assessment

WHS Procedures
 Health and Safety (Display Screen Equipment)
Regulations
 Work Place Health and Safety Acts or the
Occupational Health and Safety Acts
 Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations
 NSW code of practises
 Manual Handling Operations Regulations
 Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous
Occurrences Regulations
 Management of Health and Safety at Work
Regulations

Implementation and Monitoring

Hazard Information
 A hazard is anything that has the potential to
cause injury or illness.
 Hazards in the workplace can include:
• noise and vibration
• temperature and
humidity
• poor lighting
• poor ventilation
• dangerous goods and
chemicals
• poor ventilation,
which can cause
problems with dust,
fumes, vapours.
• Equipment and
furniture
• Channels and
wires and
workplace
• Bullying
• Ineffective
communication
• Workplace chaos
Physica
l
Chemic
al
Environ
mental
Human
behavio
ur

Identification and Reporting
 Ways to identify hazards
 Audits and Inspections
 Workplace environment monitoring data
 Reports related to hazards
 Analysis of the job profile
 Monitoring of the data related to the health of the
employees
 Data sheets related to material safety

Control Methods

Conclusion
 Accidents can be prevented by following
WHS standards and prevention
procedures.
 Safety is everyone’s responsibility

References
 Grasso, M., 2016. Work health and safety resources
and advice.
 Rameezdeen, R. and Elmualim, A., 2017. The impact
of heat waves on occurrence and severity of
construction accidents. International journal of
environmental research and public health, 14(1), p.70
 Teague, P., Conomos, J. and Jennings, M., 2016,
August. Noise Reduction Advances at Major Defence
Facilities in Australia. In INTER-NOISE and NOISE-CON
Congress and Conference Proceedings (Vol. 253, No.
5, pp. 3134-3144). Institute of Noise Control
Engineering.