Reference no: EM133202356
Question 1: The contracts manager tries to reassure the health and safety committee that the company has an adequate statement of general policy for health and safety. Copies of the policy are shown to the committee - see below: This health and safety policy is a commitment to:
• Prevent accidents.
• Investigate accidents and near misses.
• Prevent injury and ill-health.
• Provide safe and healthy working conditions.
• Provide safe plant and equipment for office and mobile workers.
• Ensure safe handling and use of substances.
• Set and review specific, measurable, achievable, realistic and timebound (SMART) health and safety objectives.
• Meet legal requirements.
• Identify health and safety hazards and risks in the workplace.
• Provide adequate training.
• Consult with workers.
• Review this policy every 10 years. Based on the scenario only, comment on how effectively this policy has been implemented?
Question 2: ISO 45001: 2018 incorporates the Plan, Do, Check, Act stages. Indicate which one of these stages the following arrangements belong to (10) Note: You only need to select 10 of the following arrangements.
• (a) Active monitoring.
• (b) Occupational health and safety (OH&S) objectives (for the whole site).
• (c) Management review (accidents with serious consequences).
• (d) Re-visiting plans and documents (re-visiting the risk assessment).
• (e) Competence (permit issued by a competent person).
• (f) Hazard identification (hazards identified and understood by the permit issuer and contractor).
• (g) Internal communication (weekly feedback meetings).
• (h) Resources (providing resources for the OH&S management system).
• (i) Control of documented information (careful version control).
• (j) Managing incidents (incident investigation to identify root causes).
• (k) Evaluation of compliance (thorough reporting, recording of accidents).
• (l) Emergency response (rescued by the site's emergency response team).?
Question 3. To satisfy the expectations of the Client, contractors and your employees, you have developed a formal safety management system in line with ISO 45001. Based on the scenario only, what are the likely benefits to the organisation of having this formal safety management system?