Understanding Health and Safety in the Business Workplace with ASDA (GC01282)

Table of Contents

Introduction

P1 Explain the legal requirements and regulations for ensuring the health, safety, and security of those employed in the business

P2Describe the requirements for a healthy and safe workplace, as applied to the physical environment and equipment used in ASDA

Physical Environment

P3 Explain the roles and responsibilities for health and safety of key personnel in ASDA

P4 Plan a risk assessment for a selected administrative work environment

Conclusion

References.

Introduction

Health and safety improve the employee’s confidence in the workplace it also motivates the employees to work in an efficient manner. Managers of a company should provide a healthy and safe work environment to the employees of the organization. For this assignment, ASDA is selected. In this assignment, there are four key tasks. The first one is explaining the legal requirements and regulations for ensuring the health, safety, and security of those employed in the business. The second is about the description of the requirements for a healthy and safe workplace, as applied to the physical environment and equipment in ASDA. Explaining the roles and responsibilities for the health and safety of key personnel of ASDA is the third task. And the last and final task of the assignment is risk assessment about the work environment of ASDA.

P1 Explain the legal requirements and regulations for ensuring the health, safety, and security of those employed in the business

In this report, I am going to be discussing the health and safety regulations that people in the college need to be aware of. In order to make sure that everything is being done according to the law, legislation are put in place so everyone is aware of what should happen/should be happening. The legislation is there to ensure that society runs properly and so everyone is safe and protected.

According to Lucas (2014), in the past, health and safety in the workplace was very much the employer’s responsibility. Now, employees have more rights and responsibilities and the health and safety legislation is focused on employers and employees working together in partnership to ensure that everyone is safe in the workplace. There are many responsibilities an employer had towards his employees. For example, all the teachers and staff should follow the statutory duties of employers and employees relating to health and safety, this is so the staff of college can provide teachers training, maintenance, and a safe place to work.

The teachers should also follow health and safety as they have the responsibility of the students and must take reasonable care of everyone around them. The college must monitor and review all hazards and dangers so the staff can make it a better place and so no one is harmed.

Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999

This regulation protects employees in the workplace. This regulation is put in place to reduce harm by requiring the assessment of all potential risks and the creation of action plans for emergencies. The regulation puts a duty on the employers to assess all risks for all of their workers. Employers must complete and review risk assessments at set times and make modifications to safety standards if there are any significant changes in working practices or equipment. The high management of the college must make sure they have all the appropriate health and safety equipment available within the college (Henarath, 2012).

They must also make sure the equipment is checked and replaced if needed; this includes fire exit signs, fire alarms, and fire extinguishers, etc. They must ensure they have trained staff to deal with health and safety and that they understand it. The college must record all incidents/accidents that occur and put safety measures in place. The college meets this law by carrying out an assessment in college including all classrooms to assess the risks and how they can be reduced/eliminated. Risk assessment should at least be done every 12 months unless hazards are identified as dangerous.

Health and Safety at Work Act 1974

The Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 imposes loads of duties on employers. Employers must protect the health, safety, and welfare at work of all their employees, as well as others on their premises, including all visitors and the general public. Employers must ensure that explosive or highly flammable substances are stored, used, and transported safely and replace existing safety legislation to remain up to date. Employees have a responsibility as well, they must take care of themselves, other people, not put anyone including themselves in danger, and cooperate with their employers with health and safety issues. In college, the visitors should be protected and all other students and staff in the building.

Health and safety should be taken into consideration by the public especially people that come into the building that is new for example, visitors, new students, etc. as they are unaware of the dangers even the fewer risks like the edges of the tables in the classroom. The college must meet this law by having a logbook where all visors and the general public have to sign and the members of staff assist visitors.

Workplace Regulations 1992

In this Act, all workplaces should make sure they follow the basic requirements which apply to the building of all workplaces. The workplace should have a reasonable temperature, lighting, room space, workstation, seating, cleanness, waste material, and washing facilities, etc. The aim of the regulation is to make sure that the basic welfare needs of employees are met.

The staff of the college should make sure the temperature is reasonable so students don’t feel cold and that there are clean classrooms and seats as hygiene are very important. The room that is provided in all buildings should be suited as to how many people will be in the room as people should not feel cramped. There should be an open space. The college must meet this law by having radiators in every class and by providing stationery and clean tables and chairs.

Reporting of Injuries, Diseases Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995

This regulation puts duties on employers, self-employed and people in control of work premises to report certain serious workplace accidents, occupational diseases, and specified dangerous occurrences which in other words are called ‘near misses'(Miller Haslam, 2015). The premises and people in charge should keep records of work-related accidents which cause death; work-related accidents which cause certain serious injuries; diagnosed cases of certain industrial diseases and certain ‘dangerous occurrences. This should be done as it is a legal requirement. The report informs the enforcing authorities about deaths, injuries, occupational diseases, and dangerous occurrences, so they can identify where and how risks arise, and whether they need to be investigated.

Any accidents/incidents that take place in the college, a member of staff should keep records of them all as this is important for the safety of everyone and it is a legal requirement. If the college does not record the accidents then that could impose danger on everyone else in the college as one spot in the college could have serious danger and unless it is recorded, no risk assessment can be carried out. The college must meet this law by keeping records of all incidents and by investigating any dangerous occurrences.

P2Describe the requirements for a healthy and safe workplace, as applied to the physical environment and equipment used in ASDA

In order to ensure safe and healthy working in the workplace, ASDA must ensure safety and a healthy environment. To make the workplace healthy and safe the company should follow some rules and regulations in the workplace. The manager of the operations department is responsible for looking up any unhygienic condition or unsafely in the workplace (Kessler and Stang, 2016)

Physical Environment and Equipment

Falling objects– Heavy items such as heavy-duty equipment should not be kept at a height to ensure the likelihood of accidents is kept to a minimum. According to Lucas (2014), Objects stored in high places must be lightweight, one that if, did happen to fall on a person would not cause any form of harm or injury as an event. Items are to be organized in a form that prevents the likelihood of this happening.

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