OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH & SAFETY

Incident 3: Conveyor Belt Injury

Write a paper of maximum 5 pages to discuss/analyze the chosen incident. Your discussion must cover the topics and answer the questions below:

1. Discuss the main hazards/risks associated with the workplace/industry of the chosen incident (i.e., waste transfer facilities, hardware supplier, manufacturing industry, pulp and paper mills, etc.)

• Identify the hazards/risks associated with the particular task/equipment that the injured worker was performing/using (i.e., working at heights, pulp machine, etc.)

• What are the potential adverse health effects (i.e., injuries and/or illnesses) that could result from the risks identified in question 1 and 2?

• Discuss and analyze the root causes of the chosen incident, according to the Ministry of Labour Investigation.

• Apply relevant legislation (above and beyond what is already mentioned in the case):
• What are the legislations that were violated by the employer/worker that have led to the incident?
• What are the legislations that must be complied with, in order to implement corrective actions to prevent such incidents in the future?
• What are the legislations that apply to this workplace/ job task, in general?
• Note: When referring to legislations (Acts and Regulations), you must mention the section,subsection, and regulation numbers (e.g., section 25(2)(d) of the Occupational Health and Safety Act and section 25 of Ontario Regulation 851 R.R.O. 1990).

• Provide detailed recommendations on how to prevent the incident from recurring in the future. Discuss all the corrective and preventative actions that must be implemented in the workplace along with any relevant OHS programs that must be developed (e.g., fall protection program).

• References

Paper Format: You must submit the paper as a PDF document, following the formatting below:

– The paper must be written in an assay format (bullet points are permitted when needed).

– No cover page or title is needed. No need to write your name on the 1st page; you may insert

your name as a header if you want (not required).

– Text font should be Times New Roman with font size 11 and double spaced with normal page

margins.

– Include a list of references at the end. Use any citation style of your choice (no need to add intext citation). Note: All legislations that are referred to in your paper must be referenced.

– The paper length should be between 3 and 5 pages (excluding the references page).

– The submitted PDF document must be named as follows: HRM4013_Assignment 1_Last

name, First name_Incident #. For example, If I chose incident 3, my PDF document name

would be: HRM4013_Assignment 1_Salim, Dimah_Incident 3.