Task 1: Actions of a labour inspector 1 It is common for the labour inspectorate to ask labour inspectors to visit a wor
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Task 1: Actions of a labour inspector
1 It is common for the labour inspectorate to ask labour inspectors to visit a
workplace following notification of a workplace injury.
(a) What are the functions of labour inspection? (5)
(b) What are the actions the labour inspector could take following a visit? (5)
Task 2: Indicators of health and safety culture
2 What are the positive indicators of health and safety culture in the
organisation? (15)
Note: You should support your answer, where applicable, using relevant
information from the scenario.
Task 3: Actions following the collapse of the storage racking
3 Following the discovery of the collapsed storage racking, no one secured the
scene.
(a) Why is it important to secure the scene of this near miss? (6)
Note: You should support your answer, where applicable, using
relevant information from the scenario.
(b) Why should this near miss have been investigated? (15)
Note: You should support your answer, where applicable, using
relevant information from the scenario.
Task 4: Human factors contributing to the accident with the milling machine
4 What individual human factors could have influenced the behaviour of the
young worker injured while cleaning the electric milling machine? (15)
Note: You should support your answer, where applicable, using relevant
information from the scenario.
Task 5: Knowledge of emergency procedures
5 What are the possible reasons for a general lack of knowledge about
emergency procedures across the organisation? (10)
Note: You should support your answer, where applicable, using relevant
information from the scenario.
1 It is common for the labour inspectorate to ask labour inspectors to visit a
workplace following notification of a workplace injury.
(a) What are the functions of labour inspection? (5)
(b) What are the actions the labour inspector could take following a visit? (5)
Task 2: Indicators of health and safety culture
2 What are the positive indicators of health and safety culture in the
organisation? (15)
Note: You should support your answer, where applicable, using relevant
information from the scenario.
Task 3: Actions following the collapse of the storage racking
3 Following the discovery of the collapsed storage racking, no one secured the
scene.
(a) Why is it important to secure the scene of this near miss? (6)
Note: You should support your answer, where applicable, using
relevant information from the scenario.
(b) Why should this near miss have been investigated? (15)
Note: You should support your answer, where applicable, using
relevant information from the scenario.
Task 4: Human factors contributing to the accident with the milling machine
4 What individual human factors could have influenced the behaviour of the
young worker injured while cleaning the electric milling machine? (15)
Note: You should support your answer, where applicable, using relevant
information from the scenario.
Task 5: Knowledge of emergency procedures
5 What are the possible reasons for a general lack of knowledge about
emergency procedures across the organisation? (10)
Note: You should support your answer, where applicable, using relevant
information from the scenario.