Occupational health psychology

4.0 RECOMMENDATION ON APPLICATION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY PRACTICES Both management and employees are responsible to reduce workplace stress. Firstly, be fair to employees especially those who work on shifts. Hence, line manager is responsible to come out with flexible yet efficient duty rosters. For example, employees can leave earlier than the actual working hours to settle their matters if there are any emergency cases. But, this must make sure that their job tasks are not be…

Several prior studies argue that physical risk psychological safety may relate to inner psychological safety (Makin and Winder, 2008, Lu and Tsai, 2008, Wachter and Yorio, 2013). For example, Kahn (1990) contends that physical factor relates to the psychological availability of an employee. Kahn defines that psychological availability is the sense of having the physical, emotional or psychological resources to personally engage at a particular moment (p. 1989). Accordingly, psychological…

Tazreen vs. Triangle November 24th and 25th in the year 2012 a fire stormed the factory of Tazreen Fashions in Dhaka, Bangladesh where more than 100 workers perished (Bajaj, 2012). The blaze initiated on Saturday at 7 pm and took all night for firefighters to extinguish. A large majority of the plants manufacturing was made for Wal-Mart, as well as other American and European brands. Due to the notably poor fire safety precautions and the fact that the plants managers blocked off some of the…

1.3 Analyse health and safety priorities that are important in the respite care home. In the respite home, there are priorities to be set by Mr John on the health and safety in the workplace. This will reduce the conflicts which may developed in the implementation of the health and safety procedures. The priorities in the health and safety needed in the respite care home include; Falls from height: this is another aspect on health and safety which has to be given priority. The structure use for…

Definition Employees working in a warehouse are exposed to a number of strenuous activities that can threaten their well-being. According to OHSA, the number of forklift-related accidents reaches close to 100,000 per year (100 fatal accidents, 34,900 serious injury accidents, and 61,800 non-serious accidents). As a result, those who handle heavy material handling equipment such as forklifts need to take special precautions to ensure that the materials they transport are properly handled. Here…

There are several standards that nail guns and compressed air tanks have to follow in order to be in compliance with OSHA. These standards include both subparts E as well as subpart I in the 1926 CFR. Subpart E lays out the rules and regulations pertaining to the personal protective equipment required to operate a nail gun. The first of these rules and regulations is the 1926.100 which is head protection. It states that each employee that is exposed to an overhead hazard must be given adequate…

Task 1 – Knowledge questions 1.Identify and describe the three main elements to consider when providing induction training to new workers in an organization. - WHS policies and procedures: This is a major part of protecting the safety, health and welfare of the employments. Having a clear set of WHS policies and procedures will make it clear to all concerns and avoid problems that may occur. - The strategic position and policy of the organization: The workers should be informed about the…

Employees want to work for a safe healthy company because it shows they value their people. Safety is important to the community, and employees operate more efficiently if safety and health is not a concern. The company will thrive and become more successful with this approach and it will show through increased production of higher quality parts, loyal employees, and people that want to return to work more quickly after a minor injury…

In the United States, more than 90 million people spend most of the day at work. Employees are a valuable resource, and they should be protected. Until 1970, the government did not have an official workplace safety program. Millions of people were injured at their jobs, and thousands of people were killed in workplace accidents. OSHA Compliance All employers must comply with OSHA regulations. Safety should always be a high priority. When a company follows OSHA's regulations, the company will…

consistent frame work to ensure health safety and welfare of the workers and workplace. All organisations require their staff and all visitors to take reasonable care for health and safety. Managers and staff have a legal duty to work with in the legislation, regulations and their organisations policies and procedures, the organisations workplace health and safety managements plan and standards. Business Organisations need policies and procedures in relation to work health and safety. Employees…