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HEALTH AND SAFETY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
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Executive Summary
The present study focuses on the health and safety management system that plays significant role in the organisation. The study has discussed benefits of the health and safety management in the organisation. The study also discussed the risks of health and safety management in the organisation. It initially increases the costs of the organisation but develops the infrastructure of the organisation that helps to develop the performance of the employees. Overall, it can be said that the health and safety management system is beneficial for an organisation. Hence, the organisation needs to implement the health and safety management system for the wellbeing of the employees.
Table of Contents
Introduction    3
Report methodology    3
Health and safety management    3
Benefits of health and safety management    5
Ba
iers to health and safety management in the organisation    6
Cost implication:    6
Training and Appointment of new employees:    7
Organisation infrastructure:    7
Employee satisfaction:    7
Conclusion    7
References    9
Introduction
Health and safety management system refer to the process that is put in the pace by the health and safety manager or the employer. This is done for minimizing the risk of illness as well as injury. In all workplace operation in the organisation, the scope and complexity of the system may vary relating to the operation type and workplace type. Health and safety management system help the employers to manage the health as well as safety of the employee in the organisation. The health and safety system in the organisation needs to be strict so that the employees can work in the workplace safely. The present study focuses on the health and safety management system. The report discussed the report methodology. The benefits of the health and safety management in the organisation are also discussed. The study shed light on the risks of health and safety management in the organisation.
Report methodology
In this report, secondary research has been done. The secondary research provided evidence about the health and safety management system. For this purpose, various journals, articles and Australian websites are used, which provided relevant data to the topic. Only latest books, journals and articles that are published on or after 2014 are selected. These journals, articles and books have helped the researcher to conduct the research successfully. Health and safety management system have various benefits and risks that are discussed based on the evidence found in the secondary research.
Health and safety management
The formal health and safety management system helps the health and safety manager so that they can manage the health and safety in the workplace.

Figure 1: Steps of Health and safety management system
(Source: Glendon et al. 2016, p.12)
Health and safety management system include various steps that are policy and commitment, planning, implementation and operation, measuring performance, auditing and reviewing performance. Boyle (2015) mentioned that the effective health and safety management system should include eight components. The eight components include:
· Indentifying and analysis the health and safety hazards at the workplace
· Controlling the measurement so that the risks from hazards of the worker in the workplace can be reduced or eliminated
· Demonstrating clearly the management commitment as well as written policy of the company
· Providing training to the workers
· Inspecting the program
· Emergency response
· Reporting the incidents as well as investigate the incidents
· Management system supervision
According to Yazdani et al. (2015), the health and safety management system may involve the methods that are designed for decreasing the incidence rate of injury in the workplace. On the other hand,...