Sample Question Paper TASK 1 Q1 Nebosh OBE IG1 (2020)

 

Task 1: Discussing moral reasons for managing health and safety

Question 1:  You have been asked to chair the health and safety committee meeting.  Before the meeting, you decide that you will open the meeting by reminding everyone of moral expectations of health and safety.  

 Prepare notes of the moral arguments you will use at the meeting.                           

                                                                                                                                (Marks-10)     

Note: You should support your answer, where applicable, using relevant information from the scenario.

SUMMARIZING THE SCENARIO:​

·          POOR MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT​

·          HUMAN FACTOR INFLUENCE NEGATIVE BEHAVIOR (CONTRACT MANAGER)​

·          BAD ATTITUDE OF OPERATION MANAGER TOWARDS HSE ​

·          UNSAFE CONDITION IN PARKING AREA NO LIGHTING NO ONE RESPONSIBLE​

·          WORKER LOW MORALE, FEAR OF BEING BLAMED AND NOT REPORTING NEAR MISSES/INCIDENTS ​

·          REPEATED NEAR MISS/INCIDENTS POOR RECORDING AND INVESTIGATION ​

·          MISSING CONSULTATION ​

·          NO HSE POLICY PRESENT, COMMUNICATED AND DISPLAYED​

·          CONTRACT MANAGER RESPONSE HSE POLICY AVAILABLE FOR 3RD PARTIES  ONLY 

 

INTRODUCTION:​

AS PER THE ILO STATISTICS 2.3 MILLIONS HUMAN BEINGS ARE AFFECTED EVERY YEAR DUE TO WORK RELATED ACCIDENTS AND ILL HEALTH, THIS RESULTS IN 6000 DEATHS EACH DAY ON AN AVERAGE. THIS STATS ALSO CONTRIBUTES WORKPLACE TRANSPORT ACCIDENTS, EVERY YEAR ABOUT 50 PEOPLE ARE KILLED AND MORE THAN 5000 PEOPLE ARE INJURED IN ACCIDENTS INVOLVING WORKPLACE TRANSPORT (WWW.HSE.GOV.UK/STATISTICS). FURTHER AS PER ILO CONVENTIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS C155/R164 EMPLOYER MORAL DUTY TO CARE AND PROVIDE REASONABLY SAFE WORKING ENVIRONMENT, EQUIPMENT TOOL AND SUBSTANCES. IT IS ALSO WORKERS MORAL RIGHT TO EARN THEIR LIVELIHOOD AND RETURN HOME SAFELY. 

ANSWER CONTENT /BODY:​

LOOKING AT THE SCENARIO IT SEEMS LIKE MANAGEMENT HAVE VERY POOR ATTITUDE TOWARDS HSE AND LEAST BOTHERED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF THE PEOPLE WORKING IN THE ORGANISATION. CONTRACT MANAGER BAD BEHAVIOR IS UNACCEPTABLE AS HE IS IRRITABLE AND ABUSIVE WHEN HE IS INTERRUPTED AND HE IS NOT FREQUENTLY APPROACHABLE. CONTRACT MANAGER BAD BEHAVIOR INFLUENCING THE WORKER AS WELL DUE TO WHICH THE HAVE FEAR OF BEING BLAMED AND REPORTING THE NEAR MISSES AND INCIDENTS TO THE MANAGEMENT. EVEN BEFORE THERE WERE NO INVESTIGATIONS ACTIONS TAKEN ON THE PREVIOUS COMPLAINTS FROM WORKERS IT HIGHLIGHTS THE FAILURE OF MANAGEMENT COMMITMENT.

 

THE PARKING AREA SPACE IS NO SUFFICIENT WHICH IS CAUSING FREQUENT NEAR MISSES AND INCIDENTS IN THE PARKING LOT. RISK ASSESSMENT IS NOT CONDUCTED IN FOR THE PARKING AREA ALSO THE NEAR MISSES AND INCIDENTS NOT REPORTED AND RECORDED.​

DURING THE MEETING THE OPERATION MANAGER ATTITUDE WAS ALSO VERY POOR TOWARDS HSE, WHILE INVESTIGATING THE RECENT NEAR MISS HIS CASUAL WORDS WERE NOT TO WORRY ABOUT THIS SILLY THINGS THIS WAS HAPPENING FROM YEARS AND NO ONE GOT HURT YET AND THIS SHALL BE TAKEN CARE BY WORKERS THEMSELVES.​

THE CONSULTATION WITH THE WORKERS IN THE ORGANISATION IS ALSO MISSING ON THE HEALTH AND SAFETY MATTERS THIS ALSO REDUCES MORALE OF THE WORKER.​

THE PARKING LOT IS MORE ACCIDENT PRONE AREA AND FLOODLIGHTS WERE NOT WORKING AND FACILITY MANAGEMENT ISN'T EVEN AWARE OF IT.

GENERAL HSE POLICY IS NOT AVAILABLE AND NOT DISPLAYED ON THE NOTICE BOARD NO ONE IN THE COMPANY IS AWARE OF THE HSE POLICY. CONTRACT MANAGER RESPONDED THE HSE POLICY IS MADE AVAILABLE ONLY FOR THE THIRD PARTIES BUT ALSO AGREES IT IS IMPORTANT DOCUMENT.

 

CONCLUSION:​

REFERRING TO THE HIGHLIGHTED ABOVE DETAILS FROM THE SCENARIO THERE IS NO HSE SYSTEM PREVAILS IN THE ORGANIZATION AND THERE IS BREACHING IN MORAL DUTY OF CARE FROM THE MANAGEMENT FORT HE WORKERS.

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