Unit 27 Understanding Health and Safety in the Business Workplace with Lidl (GC01296)
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 Lidl
P3Explain the roles and responsibilities for health and safety of key personnel in Lidl
P4 Plan a risk assessment for a selected administrative work environment.
Conclusion.
References.
Introduction
Enforcing health and safety policies in the workplace helps prevent national dangerous activity and ensures a safe and conflict-free environment in corporate setups. The chosen organization for this assignment is Lidl. This assignment focuses on four key tasks. The first task of this assignment explains the legal requirements and regulations for ensuring the health, safety, and security of those employed in the business. The second task describes the requirements for a healthy and safe workplace, as applied to the physical environment and equipment used in Lidl. The third task explains the roles and responsibilities for the health and safety of key personnel in Lidl. Finally, the fourth task plans a risk assessment for Lidl’s administrative work environment. There is a lot of importance to these rules and a few are discussed above as well.
P1 Explain the legal requirements and regulations for ensuring the health, safety, and security of those employed in the business
The management of occupational health, safety, and wellbeing are now central to the effective running of LIDL. There is strong evidence linking patient safety, patient experiences, and the quality of care with the safety, health, and wellbeing of the workforce (Zhou, 2016). However, looking after the health and wellbeing of staff is far more than supporting staff to develop healthy lifestyles: there is a legal duty to protect the health and safety of staff as detailed in LIDL Constitution.
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999
The Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999 (the Management Regulations) generally make more explicit what employers are required to do to manage health and safety under the Health and Safety at LIDL. Like the Act, they apply to every work activity. The main requirement for employers is to carry out a risk assessment (Zhou, 2016). Employers with five or more employees need to record the significant findings of the risk assessment. The Act sets out the general duties which employers have towards employees and members of the public, and employees have to themselves and to each other.
These duties are qualified in the Act by the principle of ‘so far as is reasonably practicable’. In other words, an employer does not have to take measures to avoid or reduce the risk if they are technically impossible or if the time, trouble, or cost of the measures would be grossly disproportionate to the risk. What the law requires here is what good management and common sense would lead employers to do anyway: that is, to look at what the risks are and take sensible measures to tackle them.
Health and Safety at Work Act (HSWA) 1974
This Act places a legal duty on employers to ensure, so far as reasonably practicable, the health, safety, and welfare of employees, and to ensure that employees and others are kept safe. Under the Act, Lidl have an obligation to ensure any potential risk of work-related violence is eliminated or controlled. If Lidl has five or more employees Lidl must have a written health and safety policy statement, setting out how Lidl manages health and safety in the organization (Zhou, 2016).
The Workplace (Health, Safety, and Welfare) Regulations 1992
The workplace and equipment, devices, and systems are maintained in an efficient state, in good working order, and in good repair. These regulations seek to ensure that the ‘workplace’ (any premises or part of premises that are not domestic premises and are made available to any person as a place of work) is safe for the workforce. The workplace and equipment, devices, and systems of Lidl are maintained in an efficient state, in good working order, and in good repair (Zhou, 2016).
The main aim of the act is to ensure basic welfare is kept. This act is broken down into 2 areas; the working environment and facilities. In the working environment, this includes regulations to do with ventilation and the operational department must ensure they have an effective supply of fresh air. All the windows and doors in the operational department at Lidl get cleaned effectively and often to ensure they are following the act and ensuring hygiene is met.
The Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995
Under the Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations 1995, employers, the self-employed, and anyone in control of work premises are required to report some work-related accidents, diseases, and dangerous occurrences to either the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) or the Local Authority. The reporting of certain work-related accidents, diseases, and dangerous occurrences is a legal requirement and the information allows the HSE and the Local Authority to identify where and how risks arise and to investigate serious accidents (Zhou, 2016).
When a Notification is received Lidl normally attempts to contact the injured party by telephone or letter to request details about the accident or incident. Lidl aims to visit the accident site where this is appropriate within a maximum of seven working days. If the incident has resulted in a death or multiple injuries, then the scene is visited as soon as possible.
Electricity at work regulations 1989
The environment of Lidl would relate to obvious electrical risks such as exposed wires but also common risks such as the wiring of plugs, the use of adapters, and the test of portable appliances (Zhou, 2016).
Noise at work regulations 1989
These regulations require employers of Lidl to reduce the risk to employees arising from noise exposure as far as are reasonably practicable. It is rarely an issue in offices but consideration is often made to staff who are positioned near machinery (Zhou, 2016).
The Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002
Control of Substances Hazardous to Health’ and under the Control of Substances Hazardous to Health Regulations 2002, employers need to either prevent or reduce their workers’ exposure to substances that are hazardous to their health. This regulation has been enforced by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) who keep a constant watch on businesses to ensure they comply with COSHH law. Noncompliance can result in prosecution as well as hefty fines. If Lidl fails to adequately control hazardous substances, employees or others may become ill. Effects from hazardous substances range from mild eye irritation to chronic lung disease or, on occasions, death.
This may result in lost productivity to businesses, leaving them liable to enforcement action, including prosecution under the COSHH Regulations, or result in civil claims from employees (Zhou, 2016). Using chemicals and other hazardous substances at work can put employees’ lives at risk, causing health problems, such as asthma or dermatitis, or even life-threatening conditions like cancer. As a result of improved safety practices and procedures, COSHH reduces the loss of business productivity from accidents or illness.
P2Describe the requirements for a healthy and safe workplace, as applied to the physical environment and equipment used in Lidl
The physical environment at work plays a vital role in employees’ productivity in Lidl. Management must take an active part in defining the physical environment in which the health workers carry out their daily tasks to make it conducive. Management style can also influence worker’s commitment and this should be monitored, these styles can be altered to suit the workers. This refers to changing aspects like ethics, behavior, commitment, drive, interpersonal relations, and professionalism (Affleck, 2017).
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