BSB40215 Certificate IV in Business WHS Risks

BSB40215 Certificate IV in Business
BSBWHS401 Implement & monitor WHS policies, procedures & programs
Assessment Task 2: PERFORMANCE ACTIVITY

Candidate’s Name Student
(print) ID
Assessor’s Name Site WAIFS Perth
CANDIDATE DECLARATION: I declare that no part of this assessment has been copied from another person’s
work except where appropriately referenced and that no part has been written for me by another person. I
understand the assessment instructions and requirements and consent to being assessed.
Signed: ……………………………………………………… Date: ………………………………..
Outcomes:
Did the candidate satisfactorily complete: Yes No

Part A
Part B
Part C
Assessor’s Date
signature: :
Candidate’ Date
s signature: :
The purpose of this assessment is to determine learners’ competencies in participation in WHS management,
including organising training, implementing hazard controls and maintaining records.
Resource requirements: This document, a pen, a computer with email, a meeting room.
Assessment Instructions
- The assessment task is due on the date specified by your assessor.
- Actively participate in the role-play for Part A.
- - All answers must be your own work and not plagiarised from any person, print or electronic source.
CRICOS Provider No. 03188C RTO Provider No. 52128 Department : Business Author: Business department Current Version: 1.1
Pathway: X/Business/ Business quals/Cert IV in Business/ Initial Issue date: Current Version Issue Date: Next review date: Page 1 of 6
Units of competency/BSBRSK401/Assessment tools 23/01/2019 23/01/2019 16/01/2020
INSTRUCTIONS: Read the case study below, then complete the tasks that follow.
MARIO’S BAD DAY
BizOps Steel has a full set of WHS policies and procedures, which quote lengthy parts of the
Act, regulations and codes of practice in legal terms. Workplace hazards are communicated
to staff but often only in writing, via notice-boards and the company intranet. Managing
Director, Dave Donga, instructed his supervisors to consult with workers to enable their
participation in managing hazards, but they don’t all bother to do so.
Every worker is meant to be given general induction training about WHS and issued with
appropriate PPE, but they don’t always wear them. It is an industry code of practice that
workers should not start work on a site if they are alone, and another says they should never
attempt to remove heavy loads without a colleague to check safety precautions.
Like many of his workmates, new employee Mario Lanza does not have English as his first
language and is not very literate, so he found it difficult to understand his training. One day,
Mario and Kim are told to remove a large cabinet from the second floor of an unused
building. Kim is Mario’s mentor but, when Kim feels sick and goes to the toilet, Mario
begins the task by himself. No-one is supervising him.
Mario uses a crane with a steel chain to lift the cabinet (he has not yet received training on
using the crane because no-one checked whether he needed it). When the cabinet is a
meter off the ground, the chain catches on a steel bar. Workers have previously reported
that this bar is a problem but nothing has been done about it.
With the cabinet suspended above the ground, Mario removes the steel bar with an oxy cutter.
Because the cabinet is suspended unevenly, the steel bar is bearing some of the weight of
the cabinet. As the bar is cut, the cabinet slips sideways and traps his arm, inflicting severe
injuries. Mario is working alone on the site, so the alarm is not raised until another crew
arrives at the site twenty minutes after later. Emergency Services staff free Mario’s arm
and take him to hospital for surgery.
After the accident, management talks to the parties involved and reviews the WHS policies
and procedures, especially by identifying inadequacies in existing controls, checking that WHS
training needs are properly addressed, creating better processes for auctioning hazards, and
Improving monitoring of systems.
Brett Bloggs is the supervisor of the team that Mario belonged to. He must now take action to
prevent a recurrence in the future. Brett’s team has received WHS training for their roles as
per the policies of the organization, but this incident shows that not everyone is complying
fully with WHS policies and procedures.
PART A. Role play. As managers & staff at BizOps Steel, hold a meeting to discuss the following questions.
1. (a) What are 6 current WHS risks at BizOps?
(b) Jointly, write a short hazard report.
2. In what ways was BizOps at fault regarding this accident?
3. What procedures could BizOps adopt to deal with the hazards identified in Question 1?
4. How are BizOps’ WHS policies and procedures communicated to staff?
PART B. Individually, in writing…
5. Identify (a) one responsibility of either BizOps Steel or its employees under WHS legislation.
(b) an industry code of practice regarding work health and safety
(c) an organisational requirement of BizOps Steel in relation to WHS.
6. Explain the importance of consultation with workers in managing WHS.
7. What are 2 ways BizOps could ensure better staff access and understanding of its WHS policies/procedures?
8. Describe a way BizOps management could monitor outcomes of reports on inadequacies in its risk controls.
9. (a) What is one training need highlighted by this incident. (b) What could be done to meet this need?
10. According to these statistics from a risk review, what seems to be the main cause of injury at BizOps Steel?
Jan Feb March April May

Head injuries – wearing hard hat Nil Nil 1 Nil Nil
Head injuries – not wearing hard hat 1 2 Nil 1 Nil
Foot injuries – wearing steel-caps Nil Nil 1 Nil Nil
Foot injuries – not wearing steel-caps Nil 1 2 2 3
First aid given – following safety procedures 2 1 3 1 1
First aid given – not following safety procedures 4 3 2 3 5
Hand injuries – wearing gloves Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
Hand injuries – not wearing gloves 1 2 Nil 1 2
11. Use the information in the above scenario to fill out the incident report below.
BIZOPS STEEL - INCIDENT REPORT

a. Full name of Mario Lanza
injured person
b. List four details  Mario does not have English as his first language and is not very literate, so he
that need to be found it difficult to understand his training.
completed in the  It is an industry code of practice that workers should not start work on a site if
injury register. they are alone. Mario was working alone on the site and No one was
supervising him.
 When the cabinet is a meter off the ground, the chain catches on a steel bar,
the steel bar had a problem but nothing had been done about it.
 As the steel bar cut, the cabinet slipped sideways and trapped Mario’s arm,
inflicting severe injuries.
c. List four factors Contributing factors How?

that contributed
Because of not understanding English, Mario
to incident, and
Mario does not have English as found the training difficult to understand.
describe how they
his first language and is not very
did so.
literate.
Mario was new worker on the site and he didn’t

know that the steel bar had a problem neither
Mario was working alone on the any one warned him about the problem.
site and No one was supervising
him.
Because the cabinet was suspended unevenly,

As the steel bar cut, the cabinet the steel bar was bearing some of the weight of
slipped sideways and trapped the cabinet.
Mario’s arm, inflicting severe
injuries.
Mario used a crane with a steel Mario had not yet received training on using the
chain to lift the cabinet. When crane because no-one checked whether he
the cabinet was a meter off the needed it. Due to lack of training and
ground, the chain stucked on a carelessness of staff, Mario had an accident.
steel bar, the steel bar had a
problem.
d. Describe one Workers should not start work on a site if they are alone, and another says they
code of practice should never attempt to remove heavy loads without a colleague to check safety
that was precautions.
contravened.
e. List 3 people Managing Director, Dave Donga.

who should be
consulted to Brett Bloggs is the supervisor
resolve this HR Manager
incident.
f. List two records Record name Record name

that could be
checked to
determine causes Mario’s Accident Mario’s Accident
of the incident.
g. List two WHS WHS control Inadequacy

controls that were
in place, and state
how they were Put warning signs, tags and Just putting warning signs is not enough, other
inadequate. labels. warning tools like toolbox talk could be used.
Get rid of the dangerous machine We can repair the machine instead of getting rid
to eliminate hazard. of it.
h. Were BizOps’ BizOps’ WHS policies and procedures were readily understandable by only those
WHS policies and people who can understand English. They were very difficult to understand for those
procedures readily who are not very literate.
understandable by
workers? Why?
i. Name two staff Supervisor Brett Bloggs and his team.

who should deal
WHS Management Team
with issues raised
by consulation
over this incident.
END OF ASSESSMENT

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BSBWHS401 Implement & monitor WHS policies, procedures & programs

Assessment Task 2: PERFORMANCE ACTIVITY

Assessor’s Name Site WAIFS Perth

Signed: ……………………………………………………… Date: ………………………………..

Did the candidate satisfactorily complete: Yes No

MARIO’S BAD DAY

1. (a) What are 6 current WHS risks at BizOps?

(b) Jointly, write a short hazard report.

2. In what ways was BizOps at fault regarding this accident?

4. How are BizOps’ WHS policies and procedures communicated to staff?

PART B. Individually, in writing…

(b) an industry code of practice regarding work health and safety

(c) an organisational requirement of BizOps Steel in relation to WHS.

6. Explain the importance of consultation with workers in managing WHS.

Jan Feb March April May

BIZOPS STEEL - INCIDENT REPORT

c. List four factors Contributing factors How?

Mario was new worker on the site and he didn’t

Because the cabinet was suspended unevenly,

e. List 3 people Managing Director, Dave Donga.

f. List two records Record name Record name

g. List two WHS WHS control Inadequacy

i. Name two staff Supervisor Brett Bloggs and his team.

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