Safety

Safety 24/7: Building an Incident-Free Culture provides relevant and useful information while telling the story of a newly-appointed safety manager trying to implement changes and improve the safety culture at his organization. Kurt Bradshaw is promoted to “Manager of Worldwide Safety” for his organization. Before the promotion, he was an operations manager. He’s given the task to make the necessary changes needed to improve injury rates and lost time, but he only has 120 days to do so. Since he…

The health and safety legislation, regulations and codes of practice make up a general framework used by employers and employees to manage health and safety in the workplace. PCBU Obligations Previously workplace accidents and injury was seen to be at the fault of the employee. Legislation now recognises that an employer, known as a PCBU (persons conducting a business or undertaking), has a duty of care to ensure: • a safe workplace • safe systems of work • the health and safety of - every…

injury” (Haight, 2012, p. 114). Example: MIL-PRF-680, Type II Warning “A warning indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, COULD result in death or serious injury” (Haight, 2012, p. 114). Example: Clorox Original Bleach Caution (with the safety alert symbol) “Caution indicates a hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in minor or moderate” (Haight, 2012, p. 115).…

Campus safety has always been a major priority for most colleges across the country. This unfortunately wasn’t the case for some universities back then. On April 16, 2007, a Virginia tech Senior managed to kill a total of 32 people on campus. Campus safety soon than became an important issue for universities around the nation and the outcome of this incident is best described as a “trigger for the growing number of campus safety resources nationwide”, said by Jill Castellano. As every year…

Following WHMIS, it is vital that safety be a priority when conducting labs. Especially when handling chemicals, the ideal setup of labs should avoid any obstructions and potential hazards that may occur. This is due to the possible dangers: flammable and combustible chemicals (alcohol, sodium), oxidation (hair dye), bio hazardous products (which causes AIDS, rabies), toxic items (lead, benzene), poison (carbon monoxide), corrosive compounds (bleach), dangerously reactive chemicals (fluorine)…

Association’s Occupational Safety and Health Law Midwinter panel discussion. The focus of the meeting was about the new standards issued by The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA). Some of the new standards introduced include placing limits on post-accident drug-testing programs and having certain measures in place for protecting employees from silica and beryllium exposure. Based on these changes, employers will have to revise their workplace safety policies to comply.…

Williamson, is actively involved in his unit’s safety and health program. He has issued a commander’s policy on safety and developed unit mishap notification procedures. His priorities and expectations for safety are stated clearly. Maj Williamson frequently conducts meetings in which the Unit Safety Representatives brief current safety items such as unit mishaps and open discrepancies. B. Unit Safety Representative (USR) Involvement: Occupational Safety: Complies: 2d Lt Bryant…

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…

Regulations for Confined Space Rescue Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is the regulatory agency protecting workers in the workplace. One of the most important regulations is the one covering confined space rescue and the employees working in confined spaces. Every company must understand OSHA 29 CFR 1910.146. Every employee has a right to a safe work environment. Working in confined spaces is even more dangerous than other working environments. Confined Spaces: • Large…

provides $75 million for the Comprehensive School Safety Initiative. This Initiative is to be overseen by the National Institute of Justice (NIJ) within the Office of Justice Programs (OJP). In implementing this initiative, NIJ is to collaborate with key partners from multiple, relevant disciplines on developing a strategy and model for comprehensive school safety. The goal of the Comprehensive School Safety Initiative is to improve the safety of schools nationwide through the development of a…