Project 1

• You work in a large department store and are the newly appointed health and safety representative for your work group. The organisation is wanting in its compliance with health and safety compliance.
• You have just completed an investigation and have discovered the following:
• workers are unsure of the health and safety legislation and codes of practice that relate to them
• workers have not received training in the organisation's health and safety policies, procedures and programs for two years and people are unsure which are current and which have been superseded
• there is no mechanism to inform workers of hazards (and their assessment) that have been identified in their work area
• historically there has been little encouragement or support for work teams to manage work area hazards
• if workers raised issues they were generally ignored
• there was little communication back to workers if consultation about health and safety issues did occur
• a health and safety training needs analysis has not been conducted for two years
• there are some pressing health and safety information gaps that can be addressed by training
• management are reluctant to approve health and safety training as they fear it will cost too much
• the workplace hazard assessment has not been updated for the last six months
• there are four hazards that were identified in the last hazard assessment that have not been actioned
• there is no procedure in place to use data to identify risks, control those risks, or monitor outcomes of reported inadequacies
• management are unsure of what health and safety records must be kept or how to fill them out
• Your task is to create an action plan (3-5 pages) for what you will do to address these problems and turn your workplace into an example of health and safety best practice. Use the template provided as a guide.
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