2006EHR Assignment – Workplace Audit / InspectionBASIC INFO = APP. 3000 WORDS + TABLESIntroduction...

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2006EHR Assignment – Workplace Audit / Inspection
BASIC INFO = APP. 3000 WORDS + TABLES
Introduction (introduction & Presentation worth 5 Marks)
Recommend 2 paragraphs
Paragraph 1 – Provide overview of workplace; what it is, where it is, who owns it, nature of work; nature of workforce (no need for references here)
Paragraph 2 – introduces;
(a) An overview of industry statistics, including rate of injury, mechanism of most common and or serious injuries in this industry and how compares with wider workforce
(b) A
ief summary of the H&S duties and steps stipulated in law that workplaces should follow to minimise such risks and be legally compliant with duties under WHS Act and supporting legislation (ie WHS Regulation 2011 & Codes of Practice)
(c) Brief statement of exactly what this Inspection focused on. This should identify BOTH the workplace inspected and particular hazard you focused on (here you may wish to note that in looking at a particular hazard you only focused on one part of the workplace)
(d) Conclusion:
iefly states whether or not workplace is compliant with WH&S law
Industry research (Industry research worth 7 Marks)
Recommend 2-3 paragraphs
Paragraphs 1-2 should summarise National and Qld H&S statistics that relate to your industry
Final paragraph – here you comment on the statistics and, where necessary, their limitations.
Social Factors (social factors worth 6 Marks)
Recommend 2 paragraphs
Paragraph 1 – Provide overview of the more formal factors that shape work at the workplace (Note: this paragraph should both restate and expand what you said in paragraph 1 of your introduction). It should include
(a) The workplace, who owns it, what it does, where it is
(b) How competitive is the industry (ie does it face a lot of competition)
(c) Does it have formal HRM and H&S Dpts and staff?
(d) Unionised?
Paragraph 2 – Provide overview of more informal factors at work such as
(a) Who are the workers? (casual, full-time, part-time, students, back-backers, age)
(b) What are the customers like
(c) What is the pace of work like
(d) What are the main job tasks, and the support – physically & organisationally – to ca
y them out
Inspection Results – Summary of Duties and Overall Compliance & Consultative A
angements (Duties, compliance and consultation worth 14 Marks)
* NOTE: This section is associated with Tables 1, 2 & 3
First paragraph/s should provide a summary of your observations regarding whether the WORKPLACE AS A WHOLE is meeting its duties under the WH&S Act 2011 & WHS Regulation. Provide Appendix Tables (See Example attached on next 3 pages) as supporting documentation for legal criteria in terms of the following:
· Begin here by stating clearly who has the primary duty of care at the workplace. Follow this by setting out the LEGAL criteria against which you used to assess the workplace’s performance & degree of compliance (see Table 1 for details).
· Also outline who else has duties and evidence as to legal compliance or otherwise (see Table 1 for details). Here, provide a BRIEF SUMMARY OF HAZARDS, CONTROLS AND RISKS YOU FOUND AS EVIDENCE OF LEGAL COMPLIANCE. Make this
ief as you will return to this in detail in the next sections
· Also outline the state of the OHS SYSTEM that exists to identify hazards, assess risks and implement controls (see Table 2 for details)
· Also outline the extent to which the Workplace has consultative a
angements in place to help it meet its duties (see Table 3 for details).
Inspection Results – Hazards, Risk and Controls (Hazards, Risk and Controls worth 13 Marks)
* NOTE: This section is associated with Tables 4, 5, 6 & 7
The main purpose of this section is to indicate
(a) the major hazards that you found at the workplace and the associated hazard (this goes with Table 4) – for example, the noise from the noisy machine is a hazard and the associated work activity is operating the noisy machine. With each hazard, indicate the legislative requirement that goes with it. For example, legal exposure to Noise is regulated by the Workplace Health & Safety Regulation, 2011: s. 56 + Prevention of Noise Code of Practice
(b) the major risks that you found (this goes with Table 5) – this follows on from above. For example, the risk from operating a noisy machine is industrial deafness
(c) calculation of risk (this goes with Table 6) – here you indicate the likelihood of the risk resulting in injury and disease, the consequences and the a risk rating. For this part, you will need to also provide risk calculations
(d) the controls that exist (this goes with Table 7)
SUPPORTING TABLES
Table 1: Duties
    Person with duties
    Legislative sections
    Evidence of compliance / Non-compliance
    Employer (PCBU)
    WHS Act. S. 19
    Poor /Medium / Good Compliance:
Many manual task hazards
Electrical hazards















Table 2: System of Risk Management
    WHS Regulation
    Criteria Set
    Finding
    WHS Reg. 35
    Identify all hazards in consultation with workplace managers (officers) and workers










Table 3: Consultation
    Consultative role / body
    Legislative sections
    Evidence meeting consultative Provisions
    Health and Safety Rep (HSR) – ca
ying out functions
    WHS Act s.68
    HSR regularly undertakes Inspections















Table 4: Hazard Identification Registe
    Identify the task or activity
    What is a hazard associated with the task or activity
    Legislative section relevant to Hazard
    Hazard Ref. No.



    H1



    H2



    H3



    H4



    H5



    H6
Table 5: Risk Identification Registe
    Hazard
Ref. No.
    Risk Factors
    Outcome of Exposure
    Who may be affected
    Who has Primary duty of Care
    Risk Ref. No.
    H1




    R1
    H2




    R2
    H3




    R3
    H4




    R4
    H5




    R5
    H6




    R6
Table 6: Risk Assessment (see appended risk calculators for details)
    Risk
Ref. No.
    Estimated Likelihood
    Estimated Consequences
    Risk rating
    R1
    Medium Likelihood
    Minor soft-tissue injury
    Low
    R2



    R3



    R4



    R5



    R6
    Likely
    Major Injury
    Very High
Note: With Table 6 you MUST do this in association with Risk Calculations that MUST be appended with the assignment
Table 7: Controlling Risk - Legislative requirements
For each of the identified risks ascertain the legislative requirement for control
For example; Risk - Noise exposure;
    Risk
Ref. No.

Legislative Requirements
    R1

    R2

    R3

    R4

    R5

    R6

2006EHR Audit Marking criteria (2-pages)
    Writing style (Max 5 marks)
The Paper is POORLY and contains a significant number of spelling and grammatical e
ors (0/5)
The Paper is ADEQUTELY written (there are a number of places where it is not clear, concise and well-organised) and contains a number of presentation and language e
ors (2.5 /3)
The Paper is SATISFACTORILY WRITTEN (there are a few places where it is not clear, concise and well-organised but has some spelling and grammatical e
ors (3.5/3)
The Paper is WELL WRITTEN (with sub-headings as required), and is clear, concise and readable. It has some spelling and grammatical e
ors and a competent introduction/conclusion.(5 /5)
    Industry Research (Max 7 marks)
The Paper shows little evidence of research into industry employment patterns, injury rates and mechanisms of injury (0/7)
The Paper makes at least a minimal effort in terms of research into industry employment patterns, injury rates and mechanisms of injury (2/7)
The Paper makes a competent effort in terms of research into industry employment patterns, injury rates and mechanisms of injury (4/7)
The Paper makes a COMPREHENSIVE effort in terms of research into industry employment patterns, injury rates and mechanisms of injury (7 / 7)
    Social Factors (Max 6 marks)
No identification or discussion of inte
elationship social factors with observed pattern of H&S – 0/6
Only basic observations on social factors that may impact on H&S – 2/6
Competent identification of some social factors that may impact on H&S – 4/6
Extensive identification of possible impact of number social factors on H&S – 6/6
    Inspection Results – Duties, Compliance & Consultation (Max 14 marks)
No or very little identification of legal OHS duties and / or measures of compliance and / or discussion of consultative a
angements (either present or absent). Information in both body & tables lacking or largely in e
or – 0/ 14
A minimal identification of legal OHS duties and / or measures of compliance and / or discussion of consultative a
angements (either present or absent). Information in both body & tables of poor standard with major e
ors or omissions – 3 / 14
A modest identification of legal OHS duties and / or measures of compliance and / or discussion of consultative a
angements (either present or absent). Information in tables of poor standard with significant e
ors or omissions – 5/14
An uneven identification of legal OHS duties and / or measures of compliance and / or discussion of consultative a
angements (either present or absent). Information in tables of mixed standard with significant e
ors or omissions – 7 / 14
A passable identification of legal OHS duties and / or measures of compliance and / or discussion of consultative a
angements (either present or absent). Information in tables of mixed standard with e
ors or omissions – 7 / 12
A competent identification of legal OHS duties and / or measures of compliance and / or discussion of consultative a
angements (either present or absent). Information in tables of good standard although some notable e
ors or omissions – 9 / 14
A good identification of legal OHS duties and / or measures of compliance and / or discussion of consultative a
angements (either present or absent). Information in tables of good standard with few e
ors / omissions – 11/ 14
An excellent identification of legal OHS duties and / or measures of compliance and / or discussion of consultative a
angements (either present or absent). Information in tables of excellent standard with only minor e
ors or omissions – 12 / 14
An outstanding identification of OHS duties and / or measures of compliance and / or discussion of consultative a
angements. Information in tables of excellent standard. No e
ors / omissions – 14 /14
    Inspection Results – Hazards and Risks (Max 13 marks)
No or very little identification of hazards or risks and / major e
ors in legislative compliance measures. Information in both body & tables lacking or largely in e
or – 0/ 13
A minimal identification of hazards or risks and / major e
ors in legislative compliance measures. Information in both body & tables of poor standard with major e
ors or omissions – 3/ 13
A modest identification of hazards or risks and / major e
ors in legislative compliance measures. Information in both body & tables of poor standard with significant e
ors or omissions – 6/ 13
An uneven identification of hazards or risks and / major e
ors in legislative compliance measures. Information in both body & tables of mixed standard with significant e
ors or omissions – 6 / 12
A passable identification of hazards or risks and / major e
ors in

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Running Head: HUDSONS COFFEE		1
HUDSONS COFFEE		3
WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETY AUDIT
HUDSONS COFFEE
Table of Contents
Introduction	3
Industry Research	5
Social Factors	7
Inspection Results: Summary of Duties and Overall Compliance & Consultative Arrangements	9
Inspection Results – Hazards, Risk and Controls	10
References	12
Appendix	13
Table 1: Duties	13
Table 2: System of Risk Management	14
Table 3: Consultation	15
Table 4: Hazard Identification Register	16
Table 5: Risk Identification Register	17
Table 6: Risk Assessment (see appended risk calculators for details)	18
Introduction
	The organization selected for the conduction of the workplace audit is Hudsons coffee. Hudsons coffee was found in December 1998 in Australia by Ros Hudson and Mark Hawthorne. The first outlet of the organization was open at Elizabeth Street, Melbourne. The coffee started as the family-oriented business, which gave good discounts to the family and friends. The second store was opened in 1999, later in 2001; company opened its first store outside the Victoria. Until 2003, Hudsons coffee becomes the franchise operation. Until 2009, organization is successful in opening of 38 outlets. 
The Hudsons coffee is an Australian chain of coffee retailers, which consist of 67 stores all over Australia. Apart from this, organization is successful in opening one store at Singapore Changi International Airport. Currently, this organization is part of the Emirates Leisure Retail (Australia) Pty. Ltd. They served coffee, tea, pastry, and other food item, which can be used as the refreshment along with coffee. In this assignment, focus is made on the cooking area of the coffee. 
It has been seen that there are more than 500 employees working in the organization. A number of employees working in each outlet vary. This organization belongs to the food industry. It needs to follow the workplace safety for the food industry. This organization produces the similar product in all their outlets; they serve different varieties of coffees, teas, pastries, croissant, and sandwiches. 
	According to the Safe work Australia, the number of food organization and employees working in the organization are increasing constantly over the past 11 years. Nearly 3.8 million people are associated in the fast food industry and their turnover has been increased by 150%. The reports from the Safework Australia (2020) stated that over the past 15 years, the injuries related to the food and accommodation industry has been decreased up to 15%. 
However, the safety concern in the food industry remains high. Around 6,310 of serious injury and death cases were registered in year 2014-15. Given the high-risk nature of the food industry, the ranking of the injuries claimed in the industry holds the eighth position. The Safe work Australia reported one death in 2018, which is 0.1% of the death rates. On the contrary, the death between 2014 and 2018 is relatively high. It is estimated around 2%. Although, the death of the workers is very low but the occurrence of the diseases in the food industry is very high. 
The primary duty of the employer conducting the business is they must ensure health and safety of the employees engaged in the organization and all the employees who perform activities under the guidance of the employer (WHS Act s.19). On the contrary, it is a duty of the employees to work cautiously to ensure reasonable care for his safety and health (WHS Act s.28). In food industry, the risk of injury and disease can be equal. One of the biggest risks can be observed in the kitchen where employees must work under high heat, contamination of the food, slipper floors, fire and other appliances, which can easily catches fire. 
There is availability of the hierarchy of risk control, which is helpful in controlling the level of risk that a worker in the organization can be subjected to. There are three levels present in the hierarchy of control, which is highest level of protection to reliability to the lowest level of the control. The priority of the control is removal of the hazardous manual tasks and risk associated with it, there must be monitoring of the health of the workers and condition of the place to prevent all kinds of possible injuries in the organization (WHS Act 19 (3) g).
This audit/inspection was executed at the Hudson coffee, Brisbane. This inspection focused on the health and safety of the workers working in the kitchen located at the terrace of the private hospital. The hazard focused on was working under the extreme temperature in the closed room. Proper ventilation and the fire control measures are the best control measures to minimize the risk of death due to suffocation and fire. This inspection shows that the Hudson coffee comply with all legislation involved in the safety and protection from the fire in the kitchen under the relevant Workplace Healthy and Safety Act, Regulation and Code of Practices. 
Industry Research
According to the Safe work Australia, it has been identified that the Food industry is among the priority industry for work health and safety. It has been seen that health and safety of the employees and customers are associated with each other. It has been seen that food developed by the employee working in the kitchen is directly consumed by the employees, when employees work in the unhealthy condition, the often contaminated the food. 
This contamination resulted in affecting the health of the customer consuming the relative food. Thus, there are two standards, which are applied in the kitchen. One is workplace health and safety standards and food safety standards. There are certain regulations, which often overlapped. For example, both food and safety standards and workplace safety standards emphasize on the proper location of the toilet and away from the kitchen areas so that kitchen area is not contaminated.
According to the Safework Australia, in year 2017-18, the frequency rate of serious claims made by the one per 1000 employees is 6.6%. Apart from this, 6.1% claimed the musculoskeletal disorder in the food industry. It has been seen that the compensation made between the 2001 and 2017 in the food industry has been increased to the 106%. The position, which is hold by the industry in context of the serious injuries claim in 2017, is 8th. 
This is because over the period improvement in context of the workplace safety in food industry has been significantly improved, it has been seen that there is significant rate of reduction in making serious claims in the food industry; the reduction is up to 15%. It must be noted that increase in the cases of the food poisoning resulted into increase in the inspection of the food industry.

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