PUBH6002 Assessment Brief 2 050717.docx Page 1of 8 ASSESSMENT BRIEF Subject Code and Title PUBH6002: Global and Environmental Health Issues AssessmentAssessment2: Work health safety assessment Individual/GroupIndividualLength1,500words(+/-10%)Learning Outcomes B. Describe key agencies, institutional structures, political processes, influences on and challenges for environmental health.D. Understand the way in which globalisation and the social, economic and political determinants of health influence disease, including identification of vulnerable groups.E. Understand the concept of sustainable development.F. Identify and critique ethical elements relevant to environmental health protections, policies, and industry practices, from global to local scale.G. Critically analyse the relationships between environmental risk factors and social, economic and political determinants of illness and injury from global to local scale.H. Apply skills in conducting an environmental health assessment and designing an intervention to mitigate environmental health risks.SubmissionBy 11:55pm AEST/AEDT Sunday of Week 10Weighting30%Total Marks100marksContext:Each state in Australia has legislative requirements that govern work health safety. Australian workplaces are obligated to conduct work health safety assessments and provide methods by which safety incidents can be reported.Work health safety has significant implications for public health, butall workplaces are required to put work health safety policies and procedures in place to promote safety in the workplace.Instructions:To prepare for this assignment:PUBH6002 Assessment Brief 2 050717.docxPage 2of 8Locate a suitable environment for conducting a work health safety risk assessment.This may be your own workplace, the workplace of a friend or family member, or ahome office space. Make sure that you seekpermission to conduct an assessment ina professional environment.Download the work health safety risk assessment template.Review the resources at the Health and Safety Handbook website, and the guide to managing risks: https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/system/files/documents/1702/how_to_manage_whs_risks.pdfTo completeyour work health safety risk assessment:1.Work through the risk assessment and management process, and use thetemplate provided to record any hazards identified, existing controls in place, therelative risk level, and any controls that are needed to further reduce risk. Rememberthat the purpose is to reduce risk and mitigate the effects of risks where risk isinherently present.2.In a diverse workplace there may be subpopulations that are more vulnerable to theeffects of a safety risk than others.Identify and describe any vulnerable populations,and propose solutions for mitigating risks for these groups.To write up this case study:1.Identify and describe any key agencies or institutions that govern work health safety inthis type of working environment, andany policies that are relevant to maintaining asafe work environment(policies can be organisational, discipline-specific and/ornational).2.Summarise the findingsof your work health safety assessment,including detailsrelevant to managing risk for vulnerable populations, and provide recommendations toresolvethe work safety risksidentified.Assessment criteriaThe following factors will impact the assessment ofyour review:1.Knowledge, understanding and application(40%)Understanding of the concepts that underpin work health and safety assessmentApplication of the risk assessment process to identify and evaluate elements of risk inthe environment2.Analysis and application with synthesis of new knowledge(30%)Development of recommendations appropriate to the riskand context3.Ethico-moral reasoning(10%)PUBH6002 Assessment Brief 2 050717.docxPage 3of 8Awareness of vulnerable groups in the workplace ie disability, gender, ethnicity, and theeffect of identified work health safety risks for those vulnerable groups4.Academic conventions(20%)Is well written with appropriate sentence construction and without typing, grammar orpunctuation errorsAdheres to academic conventions and appropriate terminologyUses APA style for in-text citation and references
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Introduction
Risk assessment is a formal tool used to systematically identify what can psychological or physically damage or injure a person, the level of possible harm, the current actions taken to avoid the harm (the control), determine whether the action taken (control) is effective to avoid the harm, determine whether additional control should be put in place to better avoid the harm. A Health and Safety Risk Assessment is a process that involves identifying, assessing and controlling hazards that may affect people at the place of work(Evans, 2011). The risk management process involves four main steps of assessing the risk: identification of hazards, assessing the risks of the hazards, selecting appropriate risk control or decide to discontinued with the action, and periodically review the process and the risk controls to ensure they are working and preventing harm.
It is important to note that risk management process is utilized to assess risk of many of organizational tasks which include security, disasters, third party accidents and insurance, credit and finance in addition to health and safety(Australian Government, 2018). The risk management process relies on Health and Safety Risk Assessment to identify practical steps to protect all workers from real injury and harm. Risk assessment is conducted in the workplace for three reasons:
- Ethical: Its is the responsibility of the employer to ensure that workforce and the staff work in a safe working environment and return to their home in the same condition they came to work.
- Financial: Illnesses and injury causes a burden through knowledge and skills loss as well as monitory. Therefore, it is the obligation of the employer to facilitate a safe working place for all the workers to minimize the financial burdens caused by the injuries and illness.
- Legal: The employers are legally bound by a “duty of care”. The WorkCover Authority of New South Wales administers Health and Safety laws and inspector mat request for a risk assessment while investigating any safety incident or near misses.
The Australian Work Health and Safety Legislations requires that all hazards in the workplace must be eliminated unless it is not possible to do so(Health and Safety Team, 2018). If the hazard cannot be eliminated, the employers are obliged to manage the risks using the set formula termed as “Hierarchy of Controls”. Failure by the individual and organization to comply with the legislative requirements attracts substantial fines.
This assessment conducted risk assessment of Melbourne Seafood restaurant regarding food and spices preparation as well as the cleaning of floors and tables. The assessment was based on the need to establish whether cooks and other kitchen staff members as well as the housekeeping staff delivers their services as expected(Evans, 2011). Risks assessment identified some gaps the needed to be addressed appropriately in order to avoid food poisoning and eliminate injuries caused by falls. The summary of the assessmentshave been presented in the last page of the paper.
Identifying hazards
This is the first step of risk assessment process and it involves finding situations and things that could potentially cause harm to workers. It is important to note that hazards result from different aspects of interaction and their work including physical environment, equipment, materials and substance used, work tasks and how they are performed,…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………,…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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