Workplace Safety Action Plan for Health and Safety Hazards Report

This report outlines a comprehensive action plan for workplace safety, addressing various health and safety hazards. The plan identifies potential risks, such as employee unfamiliarity with safety legislation and insufficient training, and proposes specific actions to mitigate these risks. These actions include conducting workshops, providing personal protective equipment, implementing safety drills, and ensuring training materials are suitable for all employees. The plan emphasizes the importance of reporting incidents, updating safety standards, and conducting thorough risk assessments. It also highlights the need for stringent rules and penalties, along with a proactive approach to managing workplace hazards, involving team-based responsibilities and regular updates to safety protocols. The report provides a structured approach to improving workplace safety, including key performance indicators, timelines, and responsible parties for each action, with the ultimate goal of creating a safer and healthier work environment.

Running head: ACTION PLAN FOR WORK PLACE SAFETY
ACTION PLAN FOR WORK PLACE SAFETY
Name of the Student
Name of the university
Author’s note

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Action Plan for workplace safety and health hazards
Factors Actions to be
taken
Time Person
responsible
Additional
factors
Key
performance
indicators
1. Workers are
unsure of the
health and
safety
legislation
Workshops has to
be conducted in
order educate the
employees
regarding the
Work place health
and safety law.
This can be done
by providing
information
handouts.
Within a
month
All
managers,
supervisors,
workers.
Safety and
legislation
procedures
are not
mentioned
in the
contract
form during
their
appointment
.
Percentage of
the managers
and the
employees
with OSH
training,
Percentage of
the
management-
workers
meeting,
number of
the
management
visits.
2. Untrained
workers in
relation to
workplace
The workers
should be
equipped with
personal
protective
Within a
month.
Employees,
supervisors,
managers.
The
instructions
given might
not match
the literacy
% of trained
workers,
Percentage of
the managers
and the

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safety. equipments and
should be trained
how to use them.
Safety drills can
be organized.
Training should
be given in
language and
literacy level that
is suitable to the
employees.
level of the
workers.
employees
with OSH
training.
3. In sufficient
education to
the workers
regarding
workplace
safety.
Educate the
workers to report
illnesses, injuries,
concerns and
incidents. The
entire worker
should be
educated with
effective computer
skills for
submitting an
effective report
(Goetzel et al.
2012). Workers
should be
Within 2
weeks.
Managers,
workers,
supervisors,
contractor,
temporary
agency
worker.
Gaps might
have been
left during
the
education
program.
Percentage of
the managers
and the
employees
with OSH
training,
Percentage of
the
management-
workers
meeting,
number of
the
management
visits, rate of

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assigned with
specific roles for
carrying out
responsibilities
including control
and hazard
recognition.
the evaluated
business
partners
(Goetzel et
al. 2012).
4. Focus on the
workplace
issues
All the complaints
regarding work
place safety
should be kept
electronically and
should be called in
to action
immediately.
Within a
month
Managers,
workers,
supervisors,
contractor,
temporary
agency
worker.
The workers
might not
get access to
electronic
databases
due to lack
of computer
literacy.
Near misses
are reported,
turnover rate
of the
workers.
5. Lack of
proper teams
to manage
workplace
hazards.
Each worker
should be
educated about
their assigned
safety and the
health
responsibilities
and should work
in teams. The
workers should be
provided with the
Within a
week
Managers,
workers,
supervisors,
contractor,
temporary
agency
worker.
Team
conflicts and
confusion in
team roles
may affect
hazards in
workplace.
% of sentinel
evens and
near misses
are reported.

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opportunities to
ask any questions
and doubts.
6. Updating of
the set
standards.
All the set
standards should
be updated that
comply by the
WHS /OHS acts,
regulations and
the codes of
practice (Badri et
al. 2012).
Within a
month
The
managers
and the
supervisors.
The
managers
might not be
self updated
by the rules
and
regulations.
Workplace
hazard index
7. Management
of the
reluctant
approach
about health
and safety.
Stringency in the
rules and
regulations has to
be brought and
penalties can be
imposed on not
abiding by the
rules and the
regulations (Reese
2015).
Within a
two
weeks
The mangers
should keep
a close
watch that
all the
employees
are abiding
by the rules.
Lack of
stringent
rules and
penalties
may provide
chance to
the wrong-
doers.
Frequency of
the unsafe
events,
percentage of
the OSH
policies
finalized on
time, number
of the early
warnings
recognized,
work ability
index,
prevalence of

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the certain
health
conditions.
8. Proper risk
assessment of
the workplace
hazards.
Workplace risk
assessment should
be carried out in
five steps- Hazard
identification,
identify the
population who is
harmed, Assessing
the risks and the
action, keeping a
record of the
findings. Risk
identification can
be done by
undertaking
surveys or
questionnaires
with the
employees and the
managers. Hazard
checklist can be
maintained
(Covello and
Within
two
weeks.
The
employers
are
responsible
for
identifying
the risks and
reporting to
the
managers.
Lack of time
and proper
equipments
Number of
the early
warnings
recognized,
work ability
index,
prevalence of
the certain
health
conditions.

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Merkhoher 2013).
Risk registers can
be kept in order to
keep a record of
any measures
taken such that it
can be tallied with
the previous
results.
9. Insufficient
procedures in
place for
identifying
the risks.
A baseline hazard
survey can be
done. A job
hazard analysis
can be done,
safety data sheets
can be used for
identifying the
chemical hazards.
During the change
of new
equipments new
hazards can be
taken care of.
Accidents and
near misses
should be
Within a
month
The
managers
and the
supervisors.
Cost can
become a
factor for
taking up
new
procedures.
Work ability
index.