H&S Hnc Mech Eng
Task
Your ninety-three year old grandfather has died and has left you his engineering factory in his will. He started the factory in 1953 and has not updated the machinery or any procedures. This has come at an opportune time; you have been made redundant at your place of work because of factory downsizing.
The problem is that recently there was an accident in the factory and an employee lost a finger. The Health and Safety Executive have been to the factory and have put a Prohibition Notice on it. As your grandfather received an income of £150,000 per annum from the factory, you want to get it up and running again as soon as possible. The HSE has told you to develop an action plan for updating procedures and managing safety on site. This action plan has to have realistic time scales and be able to access adequate resources. i. Assess current hazards and risks which could be present and gather evidence to support the likelihood of continuance of the risks. Evidence could include: fatigue charts, working hours, temperature, lighting levels, noise, incorrect procedures, working practices, time of day, etc..
My experience of working within an engineering factory of this nature is limited however it is clearly identifiable that this particular factory requires multiple areas of modernisation and an update to procedures and general working methods with regards to the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and other relevant legislation. Although my experience is limited in the respect of this factory I do hold a fairly extensive range of experience for H&S information on a more general level for a wider variety of projects and workplaces. In this respect I shall use this knowledge and experience to hopefully indentify and highlight both common and key areas for concern for which I intend to improve and ultimately rectify in order to sustain a safe working environment.
The following list will highlight these areas for which I have identified concern
Your ninety-three year old grandfather has died and has left you his engineering factory in his will. He started the factory in 1953 and has not updated the machinery or any procedures. This has come at an opportune time; you have been made redundant at your place of work because of factory downsizing.
The problem is that recently there was an accident in the factory and an employee lost a finger. The Health and Safety Executive have been to the factory and have put a Prohibition Notice on it. As your grandfather received an income of £150,000 per annum from the factory, you want to get it up and running again as soon as possible. The HSE has told you to develop an action plan for updating procedures and managing safety on site. This action plan has to have realistic time scales and be able to access adequate resources. i. Assess current hazards and risks which could be present and gather evidence to support the likelihood of continuance of the risks. Evidence could include: fatigue charts, working hours, temperature, lighting levels, noise, incorrect procedures, working practices, time of day, etc..
My experience of working within an engineering factory of this nature is limited however it is clearly identifiable that this particular factory requires multiple areas of modernisation and an update to procedures and general working methods with regards to the Health and Safety at Work Act 1974 and other relevant legislation. Although my experience is limited in the respect of this factory I do hold a fairly extensive range of experience for H&S information on a more general level for a wider variety of projects and workplaces. In this respect I shall use this knowledge and experience to hopefully indentify and highlight both common and key areas for concern for which I intend to improve and ultimately rectify in order to sustain a safe working environment.
The following list will highlight these areas for which I have identified concern