OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY

Occupational Health and Safety

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Executive Summary

The topic around which this research paper revolves is occupational health and safety. The purpose of this research paper is to analyze and explore hazards, policies, laws and improvement actions to deal with hazards in a construction firm. This research paper with the help of exploratory research discovers all these issues. For the purpose of this research paper, the construction firm that is chosen is “Huey Construction Ltd”. Huey Construction is an old organisation. It undertakes variegated tasks of construction. There are a number of hazards that the employees of this organisation may face but this organisation is effective when it comes to the formulation of policies according to laws. At each and every level of the organisation, the concerned person has enough knowledge about the policies, laws and statutes through which they can deal with these hazards. This makes the legal environment of the organisation strong and effective. The organisation has its own detailed policy statement. The policies that are stated in the policy statement are according to the requirements of HSE (Health and safety executive UK). Besides that ACOP guidance are also utilized by the organisation. There is a health and safety management system in place. This system is effective and does not have any flaws. However, with the help of gap analysis it is revealed that the culture of the organisation in terms of health and safety is weak. Although, there are policies and laws are in place but employees do not understand the dogma behind that. The paper reveals all sorts of hazards that are faced by the organisation. Not only this, but the research paper also presents the risk assessment of the two of the hazards. The last section of the paper presents recommendations and action plan to further improve the condition of health and safety.

Table of Contents

EXECUTIVE SUMMARYII

INTRODUCTION1

Aims and Objective1

Methodology2

INTRODUCTION OF THE COMPANY3

What organisation Does?3

Description of the Processes that organisation Undertakes4

Employment Profile and Work Patterns6

Managing Director6

Directors6

Safety Directors7

Health and Safety Consultants7

Construction Director8

Site Manager9

Sub Contractors9

Office Staff10

LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF THE ORGANISATION10

A7A8A9 as relevant Statute for the organisation12

Implementation of these Statutes12

Regulations and ACOP standard and guidance13

Control of Substance Hazardous and ACOP Guidance13

Provision of First Aid at Work and ACOP Guidance16

HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT IN THE ORGANISATION17

Description of the Health and Safety Management System HSG6519

Policy20

Organizing20

Planning and Implementation21

Measuring Performance22

Reviewing Performance and Audit23

Initial Status Review of the Safety Management System24

Gap Analysis26

PRINCIPAL HAZARDS WITH THE ORGANISATION27

15 Relevant Hazards27

COMPREHENSIVE RISK ASSESSMENT OF TWO HAZARDS29

Risk Assessment of the Psychosocial Hazards30

Risk Assessment of the Ergonomic Hazards31

Justification of the Two Hazards Chosen32

Review of the Existing Control Methods32

CONCLUSION33

RECOMMENDATION34

The Cost Benefit of the Recommendation34

THE ACTION PLAN35

Preliminary Hazard Analysis (PHA)35

Job Hazard Analysis JHA36

Event Tree Analysis (ETA)37

Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)37

REFERENCES40

APPENDICES43

Appendix 143

Initial occupational safety and health status review43

Appendix 249

Risk Assessment of the Ergonomic Hazards Checklist49

Occupational Health and Safety

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