QUESTION 1
(a) List five pitfalls which must be avoided while carrying out a risk assessment.
(b) As per the Occupational Safety and Health Act 2005, it is a legal obligation for employers to carry out a Safety and Health risk assessment. As the newly recruited Safety and Health officer of a large hotel resort, briefly explain the steps involved in conducting a risk assessment.
QUESTION 2
(a) Describe the following terms and support your answer with an example in each case:
(a) Hazard
(b) Risk
(c) Unsafe Acts
(d) Unsafe Conditions
(e) Near miss
(b) You have been appointed as health and safety consultant for a holiday resort.
Among your recommendations, you advised management to establish a system for the internal reporting of accidents.
(i) State two reasons why there should be a system for the internal reporting of accidents in an organisation.
(ii) Outline three factors that could prevent accidents from being reported at work by employees
(c) A Kitchen worker in a renowned hotel in the east coast of Mauritius is involved in an accident by coming into contact with a dangerous part of a machine. You have been required to carry out an accident investigation. Your report should include the immediate and root causes of the accident.
(i) List four possible immediate causes which led to the accident
(ii) List six possible root causes of the accident
QUESTION 3
(a) Section 6 of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 2005 imposes a duty on employers of 50 employees or more to make a written statement of their safety and health policy. What do you understand by the phrase ‘safety and health policy'?
(b) What makes a safety and health policy statement effective?
(c) What types of issues should the policy statement cover?
(d) Outline five ways to ensure that your company's safety and health policy is effectively communicated to your employees?