Queries and concerns about safety in the workplace can be reported to the workshop manager or the office manager. 5. What are the procedures for identifying existing and potential hazards in the workplace, reporting them to designated persons and recording them? Procedures for identifying existing and potential hazards in the workplace, reporting them to designated persons and recording them include informing the workshop manager or office manager, completing an incident report or writing it on the correspondence whiteboard or diary. The workshop manager or office manager will then identify the hazard and arrange for it to be fixed, it is also recorded in the workshop diary.
Employers have duty to assess the risks surrounding any activity that involves manual handling. They must put in place measures to reduce or avoid the risk. Employees must follow manual handling procedures and cooperate on all manual handling issues. Health and safety (first aid) regulations 1981 These cover requirements for the provision of first aid in the workplace. Reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrences regulations (RIDDOR) 1995 These regulations require employers to notify the Health and Safety Executive, or other relevant authorities, of a range of occupational injuries, diseases and dangerous events.
Before implementing risk controls, you need to assess the potential effectiveness and possible consequences. You should then suggest a realistic and acceptable time frame for implementation of controls and ensure that deadlines are complied with. Employees should also be consulted as they might have good ideas of what can be done to reduce the likelihood of injury or damage. Also when controls are to be implemented, organizations should communicate proposed plans to affected employees via a form of specific training, staff notices or the revision and a public workplace statement of revised standard operating procedures. It is important to identify and implement WHS procedures and instructions to keep aware of Possible hazardous occurrences, and to be on top of workplace WHS.
CU311 The principles of infection prevention and control 1.1 Explain employees’ roles and responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of infection. It is our responsibility as employees to take precautionary measures to prevent and control the spread of infection in the workplace this involves working safely to protect myself, other staff, visitors and individuals from infections. Some of the legislation and regulations that relate to the control and prevention of infection include the Health and Safety at Work Act, COSHH and RIDDOR. It is important as employees that we are aware of these so that we can work safely. 1.2 Explain employers’ responsibilities in relation to the prevention and control of Infection.
Developing systems for and overseeing the reporting of adverse events, near misses, and potentially unsafe conditions. Reporting responsibilities may include internal reporting as well as external reporting to regulatory, governmental, or voluntary agencies. This includes the development and implementation of event-reporting policies and procedures. 2. Ensuring the collection and analysis of data to monitor the performance of processes that involve risk.
Some of the training involved for employers trying to improve health and safety would be risk assessments, setting up emergency procedures and making arrangements for implementing the health and social measures identifies as necessary. (Health and safety regulations, 2014) The legislation requires good management and employers to have a common sense when it comes to the understanding how hazards in the working environment can have
In order to decide what provision you need to make the employer should undertake a needs assessment. This assessment should consider the circumstances of your workplace, workforce and the hazards and risks that may be present. The findings will help decide what arrangements that are needed to put in place. In assessing needs,
When it comes to organizational culture affects the way workers respond and react when positioned in ethical problems Organization’s culture can disclose the unwritten ethical standards that guide workers in their decision-making. Some companies can prevent unsafe ethical behavior by changing their organizational culture. Organizational culture is the study of the attitudes, beliefs and psychology within an organization. It not only includes how workers act together, but also how they connect with others outside of the organization. Ethical standards are the code of conduct required by the organization for workers to follow.
The employees have an obligation by law to report any hazards that may cause harm or injury to children or adults within the setting. These hazards may be ones which have been brought to the attention of staff, either through a risk assessment on equipment or an environment, or because of a hazard which has occurred through accidentally broken equipment, wear and tear or vandalism. These hazards should be reported immediately and depending on the severity of the hazard may be reported personally, especially if they may cause injury, or as in the procedure within my placement, written into the site managers H and S job book which is located in the staff room and can be accessed by any member of staff. This book is looked at at the start of the working day and repairs are attended to accordingly. If the hazard needs to be reported urgently and the site manager is unavailable, then a member of senior management is usually the next person available to deal with the situation appropriately.
Ensure A Safe Workplace The hazard identification process is designed to identify all the possible situations where people may possibly be exposed to injury, illness and disease arising from all sources including the above. Prior to the introduction of any plant, substances, processes or work practices in the workplace, it is essential for the hazard identification process to be carried out to identify whether there is any potential for injury, illness or disease associated with such introduction. This essay will analysis a case study in ABC Chemical about the hazard identification process. Legislation The Occupational Health and Safety (Hazardous Substances) Regulations 1999 require employers to ensure that: * an assessment is made to determine whether there is any risk (likelihood of injury, illness or disease) associated with the use of a hazardous substance at the workplace; and * any risk is eliminated, or if that is not practicable, reduced so far as is practicable. The Occupational Health and Safety (Noise) Regulations 2004 require employers to ensure that: * any risk to employees from exposure to noise is identified; and * employees' exposure to noise is controlled so as to minimise risk to health and safety.