On 15 October , 2015 representatives from the health and community services union (HACSU) visited the workplace to conduct a health hazard evaluation (HHE). HACSU received a confidential request from HSR 's to investigate workplace health hazards . Hazardous manual handling, occupational violence and more importantly job stress were identified as major areas of concerns.
The purpose of the health hazard evaluation was to: determine the main hazardous tasks that cause workplace injuries for DDSO, determine the level of job stress and associated stressors for DDSO and evaluate employees work-related health concerns and make recommendations to control risks associated with the tasks to prevent workplace injuries.
2. BACKGROUND
2.1 Workforce Data
The department of health and human services (2015) employs approximately 220 disability development support officers( DDSO) at Plenty …show more content…
Philip Stuebbe, Ashraf Genaidy,Waldemar Karwowski ,Young Guk Kwon,Ali Alhemood (2002) suggest that workers are at greater risk of developing WMSDs if they are exposed to postural stress that exceed tissue biomechanical tolerance limits