TASK 1

Explain about OHS legislatives in accordance to Australian Standards, Industrial OHS standards, National safety Standard and safety code of practice?

The Australian Safety and Compensation Council (ASCC) leads and coordinates national efforts to prevent workplace death, injury and disease, and to improve workers compensation arrangements. A key role is to promote best practice in occupational health and safety (OHS), and to promote and implement the National Occupational Health and Safety Strategy 2002 2012 (the Strategy). One of the national priorities in the Strategy is to improve the capacity of business operators and workers to manage OHS effectively. Reducing work-related injury and disease is a significant challenge to business operators and workers and ongoing improvements in training and employment will enable business and workers to manage safety issues effectively The Commonwealth, states, and territories have all enacted legislation that establishes general duties for workplace parties to ensure healthy and safe working conditions.The OHS legislative regime consists of principal OHS Acts that codify the duty of care under common law, underpinned by more detailed requirements set out in regulations. Codes of practice provide practical guidance to duty holders on how to achieve the standard of health and safety required in the Act and regulations. The purpose of the Code is to provide practical guidance to employers and others about ways of achieving compliance with the obligations imposed by the Act. Code of practice is a source of practical guidance on safe work practices and risk management in relation to specific hazards and/or hazardous activities

TASK 2

Explain duty of care requirements in related to license ,ticket certificate of competency for different levels The Act imposes strict duties on key stakeholders in the workplace to ensure health and safety? These duties are called the general duties of care.The duties place responsibilities on employers, manufacturers, suppliers and persons erecting or installing plant, as well as employees themselves with respect to ensuring the health and safety of people at work. Breaches of the duties attract heavy penalties including civil penalties of up to $242,000 and criminal penalties of up to $495,000 for an offence causing death or serious bodily harm. Individuals can also be held personally liable.
TASK 3

Responsibilities to ensure your safety at work ? Employers are required to take all reasonably practicable steps to protect the health and safety at work of their employees. This duty is not, however, limited to employees. It also extends to contractors in relation to matters over which the employer has control or would normally have had control but for an agreement with the contractor to the contrary. The employers duty to non-employees extends to persons at or near their workplace.The employer also has a duty to take all reasonably practicable steps to ensure that persons at or near a workplace under their control, who are not their employees or contractors, are not exposed to risk to their health or safety arising from the conduct of their undertaking. The duty is concerned with risks to health and safety. It is not necessary for an accident to occur for there to be a breach of the duty. The mere exposure of an employee to a risk to their health and safety is sufficient. The same applies for non-employees at or near the workplace. TASK 4 PRINCIPLE OF RISK MANAGEMENT ? Risk means the potential for danger.

RISK MANAGEMENT SHOULD INCLUDE ; IDENTIFICATION HAZARD, CONTROLLING THE HAZARD ,ASSESSING THE RISK INSOLVING ?

OHS risk management is widely considered by all industries and businesses as the most practical way of finding and fixing workplace health and safety problems. It is now the standard process for controlling workplace health and safety hazards in all Australian OHS jurisdictions. The well defined steps of risk management are the primary tool used in the prevention of workplace injury and disease. Simply put, it is the systematic application of management policies, procedures and practices to the four step process of: identifying all hazards arising from work which present a risk to health and safety; assessing the risks associated with the identified hazards; eliminating the risks or, if it is not reasonably practicable to eliminate the risks, controlling the risks in accordance with the hierarchy of controls; and monitoring and reviewing the process to ensure that the desired outcome has been achieved TASK 5 WHAT IS HAZARD ? DISCUSS COMMON SONSTRUCTION HAZARD ?

A hazard is a situation that poses a level of threat to life, health, property, or environment.

Mechanical hazards Plant, equipment and items (and parts of them) that have the potential to cut, rip, tear, abrade, crush, penetrate, produce projectiles or cause sudden impact. Chemical and biological hazards Chemicals, compounds, materials, powders, dusts and vapours that have the potential to impair health, have adverse effects on human reproduction, cause disease or have explosive, ammable,toxic or corrosive properties. Sources of energy A range of sources of energy that have the potential to cause harm, including electricity, heat, cold,noise, high powered light and damaging radioactive sources. Body stressing or impact hazards Activities that cause stress to the muscles and/or skeleton, including manual handling of people,animals, goods or materials and things or circumstances that can cause a person to slip, trip or all at the same level. Gravity Activities that are carried out where a person can fall or an object can fall onto people. Psychological hazards Events, systems of work or other circumstances that have the potential to lead to psychological and associated illness, including work-related stress, bullying, workplace violence and workrelated fatigue TASK 6 IDENTIFY PRECAUTION BE TAKEN TO AVOID THE WORK PLACE HAZARDS CONSIDRING FACTOR LIKE a. ADMINISTRATIVE CONTROL ELIMINIATION b. ISOLATION c. PPE

STEP 1 Identify Hazards Know what hazards are present

STEP 2 Assess Risks Understand the nature of risks, the harm that could occur and the likelihood STEP 3 Control Hazards and Risk Determine options for eliminating or reducing risk, selecting the best and implementing it STEP 4 Check Controls Review the implemented controls to ensure they are working as planned and effective TASK 7/8 DEVELOPE A TEMPLETE FOR WORK PLACE HAZARD INCLUDING RISK ASSESSING AND IDENFYING HAZARD Job Location: Metal Shop Task Description: Worker reaches into metal box to the right of the machine, grasps a 15-pound casting and carries it to grinding wheel. Worker grinds 20 to 30 castings per hour Analyst: ASAD ARSHAD

Hazard Description: Picking up a casting, the employee could drop it onto his foot. The castings weight and height could seriously injure the workers foot or toes. Hazard Controls: 1. Remove castings from the box and place them on a table next to the grinder. 2. Wear steel-toe shoes with arch protection. 3. Change protective gloves that allow a better grip. 4. Use a device to pick up castings.

Job Location: Metal Shop Task Description

Analyst: ASAD ARSHAD

Worker reaches into metal box to the right of the machine, grasps a 15-pound casting and carries it to grinding wheel. Worker grinds 20 to 30 castings per hour

Hazard Description. Castings have sharp burrs and edges that can cause severe lacerations.

Hazard Controls: 1. Use a device such as a clamp to pick up castings. 2. Wear cut-resistant gloves that allow a good grip and fit Tightly to minimize the chance that they will get caught in grinding wheel. .

TASK 9 How shall we use and maintain PPE A comprehensive personal protective equipment (PPE) program not only can be one of the easiest safety and health programs your department can implement and maintain, but it also can be one of the most beneficial. Hand protection, e.g., gloves and barrier creams; Head protection, e.g., hard hats; Hearing protection, e.g., earplugs and ear muffs; Foot protection, e.g., boots with metatarsal guards and/or steel toes, slip and punctureresistant soles; Body protection, e.g., high-visibility vests, coveralls, welding leathers, life jackets or buoyant work vests, chemical suits and skin protection (sun block) Respiratory protection, e.g., half-face, full-face and supplied-air respirators and two-strap irritant dust masks; and

 Fall protection, e.g., personal fall arrest systems, harnesses and lanyards.

Maintaining PPE An effective system of maintenance of PPE is essential to make sure the equipment continues to provide the degree of protection for which it is designed. Therefore, the manufacturers maintenance schedule (including recommended replacement periods and shelf lives) must always be followed. Inspect PPE before each use. With most PPE, it only takes a few minutes to inspect the equipment for any breaks, tears and visible signs of stress or damage. Maintenance may include: cleaning, examination, replacement, repair and testing. You may be able carry out simple maintenance (e.g. cleaning), but more intricate repairs must only be carried out by.