Reference no: EM133202366

Question 1. You decided to email a report to the Contracts Manager, in a further attempt to convince them that safety needs improving. The report contains unsafe behaviour that you have observed, unsafe behaviour associated with historic incidents and unsafe behaviour relayed to you from other workers. Also, the report contains voluntary feedback on safety given to you by workers and managers. Based on the scenario only (a) what unsafe behavior would be included in the report? (6) (b) what voluntary feedback would be included in the report? (4) (Continued) (c)You try to inform the contracts manager that the root causes of unsafe behaviour are usually management failures. Based on the scenario only, what management failures are likely to have contributed to this accident?

Question 2. Imagine that your scenario company made many improvements in safety

(a) Based on the scenario only, what short term actions could be taken to prevent a repeat of the incident? (5) • (b) What long term administrative control measures could the manager have suggested, to the experienced worker, so that a repeat of this incident is avoided?

Question 3. You have decided that the recent accident, when a worker narrowly escaped from vehicle hit, needs to be investigated. Decide what level of investigation (minimal, low, medium, high) is appropriate in this case, clearly justifying each step you take that leads to your decision. (10) Note: You should reference the likelihood and consequence criteria described in HSG245. You should support your answer, where applicable, using relevant information from the scenario?

Question 4. At the health and safety committee meeting, you discuss the recent car park near miss. Some of the committee members dismiss the idea of investigating trivial car park near misses, but you disagree. What arguments can you give to convince the committee to investigate this car park near miss? (10) OR How could investigation of previous near misses have helped prevent this accident? Note: You should support your answer, where applicable, using relevant information from the scenario?

Question 5. Imagine an email sent by the H&S advisor in the scenario to contracts manager, what is likely to have prompted him for the policy review? (The manager's reasoning for a health and safety policy review) • OR • Why does this organisation need to urgently review its health and safety management system? (10) Note: You should support your answer, where applicable, using relevant information from the scenario. • OR • What types of information should this Health and safety performance (management) review consider?

Question 6. You invite the contracts and operations Managers to a health and safety management review. Based on evidence from the scenario only, comment on how the organisation is performing in the following areas Answer with two related points for each area. (i) active and reactive monitoring. (2) (ii) the adequacy of current risk assessments. (2) (iii) operational procedures and rules. (2) (iv) compliance with legal requirements. (2) (v) Based on evidence from the scenario only, what sources of benchmarking information could be used?

Question 7. Based on the scenario only, comment on results of reactive monitoring at the company that should be a cause for concern (if it would have happened)?