Objectives of WHSMS Implementation
WHS procedures are essential and important for Pitstop Pty Ltd to implement. Pitstop employees needs and expectations will have to be matched across NSW, Victoria and Queensland for piloting WHSMS implementation. Pitstop Wollongong service station has most WHS incidents. A plan for WHS implementation has to be developed along with consultation with senior members, directors, CEO and other personnel. Therefore, close consultation for implementation with all relevant stakeholders needs to be attempted. The scope of current analysis deals with analysing risk control procedures with final plan for implementation.
- Plan containing outcomes of consultation
While developing a comprehensive WHS procedure and plan, along with management system, relevant stakeholders need to be consulted. Post consultation with CEO and all other relevant stakeholders, there have been various areas highlighted, which requires plan containing outcomes of consultation. An overall WHSMS procedure has to be developed which needs to minimize injuries of workers, employees within the system.
The procedure need to reduce total number of days of lost work, there needs to also be a risk management procedure. All managers’ needs to implement WHS policy along with WHSMS, meaning there needs to be training along with clearly well-defined procedures that outlines ways employees can accommodate and implement WHS policy. Employees across the organization need to have clearly implemented WHS policy and procedures. A legal system need to be accounted for which allows appropriate implementation of WHS procedures in order to assists employees and workers.
- Draft risk assessment and control procedure
In every organization, for the purpose of implementing WHSMS, there needs to be present risks assessment and control procedure. A risk assessment and control procedure will enable categorization and segregation of risks according to their types for ease of dealing with them. At the current organization employees and staffs at various stores deals with varied hazardous materials. Assessing risk will primarily involve what might happen in case an individual is exposed to hazardous materials. Risks assessment or analysis helps deal with severity of risk procedures, evaluating existing control mechanisms, measures included to control risks along with assigning personnel handling specific risk.
Moreover, risk assessment provides urgency to deal with a particular type of risk, in this organization due to prevalence or certainty of presence of hazardous materials, ascertaining of illness or injury needs to be provided. Interaction of risks causing substances leading to greater amounts of risks needs to be ascertained by this procedure. Any changes in the workplace which might affect or alter effectiveness of control measures will determine capability of the final risk assessment. WHS Regulations provides for risk assessment in cases of high risk activities, especially while dealing with fuels and highly inflammable substances. All risks present will be analysed according to their varied degree of hazards. Once risk is analysed then those risks which can be controlled need to implement procedures in place. WHS Act model provides control measures such that risk can be eliminated. It includes control procedures for removing risk from workplaces.
Suitable control mechanism includes considering varied options and effectively eliminating hazards for minimizing risk circumstances. Control procedure or mechanism can include single control or a series of combination of controls, such that protection can be provided. While some risks can have control procedures implemented easily, other controls mechanism includes efforts of planning to resolve them. A hierarchy of risk control needs to be implemented from highest protection levels to lowest reliability levels of risk controls. Level 1 risk which can easily be controlled includes mechanisms to remove hazards altogether level. For Level 2 risks, hazards needs to be isolated from people, then risks need to be substituted by isolation of hazards. Control mechanisms for risks at this level needs to be administered such that safety protection can be implemented. Level 3 categorization of risk can be undertaken in case hazard exposure is reduced by engineered solutions.
- Draft and final implementation/action plans for the Wollongong store.
An action plan needs to be devised such that Wollongong store can easily implement ongoing activities, once-a-day activities with weekly activities. An implementation or action plan for Wollongong store will be initiated by training procedures. A WHS policy and procedure drafted will be first kept at each office and store, which will include all applicable norms. Employees will be trained for handling all equipment and risks procedures will be briefed. Hands-on training and induction will be given to each and every employee as well as staffs. In case of any WHS issues, a proper documentation procedure will be adopted, which will record activities and then report it to higher authorities for taking adequate actions. Higher authorities will decide on course of action will be decided along with consultation with legal consultants to arrive at consolidated procedures for any hazard from occurring. This full proof procedure will allow enhanced application of WHSMS at Wollongong store.
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