Health And Safety Case Studies Samples For Students

MANAGEMENT

Today, the world of sports has an immense number of fans following with subsequent industrial growth. According to Schlesinger (2016), the American population was recorded more than 320 million and Jones (2015) claimed that more than 60% of American population is a diehard fan of sports. Among innumerable sports, the National Basketball Association (NBA) has 17.7 million viewers; the Major League Baseball (MLB) World Series has 14.9 million viewers, and the National Football League (NFL) Super Bowl had record-breaking 108.7 million viewers throughout United States of America (USA; Thompson, 2014).
Surprisingly, more than half a million viewers of each ...

A.) Daisy can file an unfair dismissal complaint against her previous employer, The Chopping Block. As an employee for 14 years with the company covering the years 2002 and 2016, there was no justification for her dismissal based on the grounds of for lateness and rudeness to staff and customers in February 2016. In fact, Daisy was not given a fair notice that the question of her dismissal for incapacity was being considered by the employer, and she was not afforded an opportunity of being heard or to explain her side. The reinstatement of the discharged employee is the ...

Analysis of Case Study 1

Possibilities and addressing areas of concern
The employer is responsible for maintaining a proper Occupational Health and Safety at the workplace. According to the Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004, the employers must maintain an appropriate environment for the organization and recognize the physical as well as psychological health impacts of the workplace on the employees (Gibson, 2014). In this case, Joe Peterson worked in an atmosphere that was not familiar for a aged person. He used to carry a large number of items from up the stairs that made him feel ill in the workplace. The area in ...

Response Paper #1

At the Bendix Windsor facility, the occupational health and safety issues concerned asbestos dust. The facility produced and assembled a variety of auto parts including starter drives, brakes, and cylinders. Prior to become the Bendix plant, the building was used as a horse barn. It had poor ventilation and lighting. There was asbestos dust in the air due to shaking of filter bags which was done by hand and dust settled on the equipment. The asbestos was contained in the brake parts that the plant manufactured. Operators were exposed to high dust concentrations and the creation of dusty conditions. ...

Business Ethics

In the United States, drug companies enjoy a high-profit margin. It means that when purchasing different commodities, Americans incur high costs, unlike Canadians or Europeans. The drug industry has been noted as the most profitable sector in the economy in the last two years. The United States drug prices do not indicate a fair and competitive market since they sell only a handful of essential drugs with the aim of establishing a top selling market (Williams, 1985). Pharmaceutical companies have ethical responsibilities that contrast with that of small biotechnology organizations regarding research and innovation. For instance, CV Therapeutic is ...

Part A:

Choose a manual handling task common to community services work, and based upon this, complete a risk assessment using the same questions as in the example.
1b. Briefly explain why you should record hazard identification according to workplace procedures.
(Matrix Source: Govt. South Australia, Department of Education and Children's Services, Health and Safety Services.)
2b. Explain why you chose that category. (20-50 words)
3. Describe the negative impact upon the muscles of the body for the pictures with poor posture. (50-100 words)
4. Identify how the way we move our bodies when performing a manual handling task can reduce ...

Part A: Personal Safety

Question 1
Hazard
The personal safety hazard in scenario A is the unlocked front door and the open windows while the client is asleep. In scenario B is the client banging the seat on the train platform. In scenario C, the community member who yells abusive things to the support worker and his client and follows them around the shopping mall. In scenario D, the personal safety hazard is the uneven path that exists in the complex where the client lives. In scenario E, the arrival of all customers at once causing much commotion is the personal safety hazard. ...

Following the American Psychological Assosciation’s Guidelines

Avirupa Basu
Job Evaluation at Whole Foods Case Study 2
Brief Introduction
The case study has listed job profiles from Job A to Job I after analysis and listed the qualifications needed for the same. This case study is meant to evaluate the job structures for each profile as well as assign titles and job letter for each. The process followed, the techniques employed and the factors considered for creating the job structures are discussed. The feedback for the job descriptions provided is also provided in this case study evaluation.

Evaluation of Jobs and Job Structure

Job A: Team Member, Deli
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Answer 1: Nike is one of most famous American brands that operate across the world. The company is known for making sports wears and foot wears. Poor working issues are not new for business houses and Nike is not an exception. Nike also witnessed some labor issues after it started its operations in different countries of the world. Nike moved into Asian region in quest of avail cheap labor as well as to explore a new market. Company wanted to take benefit of cheap labor and big market, available in Asian countries like Indonesia, china, Vietnam, South Korea and Taiwan.
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Introduction

Phase 1
Temporary structures for events are a common preference in the current world. They do not only offer a conducive environment but also provide flexible circumstances that accommodate performances and interaction. These temporary structures are often hired from established companies who take care of the erecting and general maintenance throughout the event. In reference to a wedding event that took place on Saturday, June 6, 2009 in Windermire, FL on Lake Down this paper focuses on the need for safety measures during such events. The wedding was organized on open air with the tent erected by a major rental company. There ...

Problem summary

Fresh Direct is an online grocery store, which delivers perishable and packed food items to homes and offices in the wide range of U.S. cities. Most important principle of Fresh Direct functioning lies in providing clients with higher quality at lower prices. To ensure practical application of this principle, Fresh Direct created a modern production centre, hired expert personnel, paid special attention to quality management systems, ensured highest standards for cleanliness, health and safety and , what is most important, managed to establish unique direct relationship between growers and producers, which helped the company get reduced purchase prices from growers. Policy ...

As Human Resources Manager, Care Concerns Pty Ltd (CC), explain the implications of the level of supply and demand in the labour market in the recruitment and retention of;

Registered Nurses
Human resource management (HRM) demands from the manager to keep a keen eye on the demand and supply of its niche market. The equation is very clear regarding GPs and RNs. The demand exceeds the supply for GPs in the 15 facilities of CC, while the opposite is true for RNs. For professional, stable and satisfactory recruitment it is recommended to not just react to the supply and ...

Which agreement is most generous, relative to the average wage in the relevant industry?

Wage increases
Hours of work
Labour process (see Boxall and Purcell 2011 Ch 1, p.13 - 16). For the dominant occupational group cover by the EA, is the labour process..

Does the EA have more, the same, or less job titles than its relevant Modern Award?

Note two distinctive substantive rules for each agreement
Note one distinctive procedural rule for each agreement
Note one clause that relates to work health and safety.
Rate the agreements in terms of:
Enterprise Industrial Relations
Enterprise Industrial Relations
In the mining industry, employment is full-time, casual, or part-time. From the beginning of employment, the employee is given a six month qualifying period within which their employment can be terminated ...

Impact of external factors on human resource management (HRM)

For business operations, human resources are just as important as any other resource as the procurement and development is directly related to the performance of a business organization. Moreover, due to the fact that human resources of the organization have independent decision making capabilities, management of the same becomes all the more challenging for an organization. Internally, business factors which affect the human resources can yet still be controlled. However, when it comes to external environmental factors which affect human resource management the organization cannot exert control but can only adopt strategies aimed at effectively addressing them. The purpose of ...

Executive Summary

Mattel is one of the largest toy manufacturers in the world. It has business operations all across the world. Mattel sources most of its toys from Asian subcontractors. China is the main source of Mattel toys. In 2007, a retailer found lead paint in Mattel toys. This started a huge investigation on the part of US government and Mattel. Mattel recalled millions of toys from the market. The CEO of Mattel apologized to the customers. Mattel also employed huge changes in its safety and quality check policies. It also acted in a very transparent way in the investigation and helped the government ...

Implementing Solutions to Deal With Negative Comments from Customers in the Commercial Food Service Industry

(Student’s Full Name)
Implementing Solutions to Deal With Negative Comments from Customers in the Commercial Food Service Industry

a) What is the root cause(s) of the problems/issues occurring and what other factors contribute to them?
The possible root causes of the problems or issues occurring which initiating the negative responses from the customers of Harrington’s are the following: lack of communication amongst staff members; inadequate of inspection of surroundings and improper sanitation; and improper training which lead to lack of attention to detail and prohibiting the staff from anticipating the customers’ needs.
The possible ...

Fig 1: NDRC Techniques

Introduction

Non-Disruptive Road Crossings are manuals which outline unifying and standardizing measures of Road Engineering Practices. The significant objective of the project is to enhance the management, planning, design, construction, maintenance, and operation of all roads and related infrastructures to ensure a safe and uniform operational and structural capacity throughout the road network in Dubai. The complexity in road construction and to some point other engineering projects leaves very little to be argued about on their significance with respect to the influence they have on the environment. It is a fact that projects like roads, bridges, and dams ...

International Business

International Business

The Walt Disney Corporation was established in the year 1923, in Los Angeles, California by two brothers Roy Disney and Walt Disney. It is in their small office that they first produced their first series of short action animated films called the Alice Comedies. The rent to their small office was approximately $10 a month, but within four, months, the brothers together with their growing staff members moved to a larger office next door (Wale, 2009). In 1925, the brothers made a deposit for a Hyperion Avenue lot located in the Silver Lake District. Construction on their new studio began shortly ...

Walt Disney Corporation

The Walt Disney Corporation was established in the year 1923, in Los Angeles, California by two brothers Roy Disney and Walt Disney. It is in their small office that they first produced their first series of short action animated films called the Alice Comedies. The rent to their small office was approximately $10 a month, but within four, months, the brothers together with their growing staff members moved to a larger office next door. In 1925, the brothers made a deposit for a Hyperion Avenue lot located in the Silver Lake District. Construction on their new studio began shortly afterwards. Many changes took ...

Bubba as a small company manufacturing materials is needed employees with expertise and needs to adhere to workplace standards to keep the working environment of its employees safe. Essentially, it should set the following safety standards as its priority as these are either directly related to the health of its employees or to the safety of the work area.
The company needs a respiratory protection program. This program is extremely essential in the painting department where harmful solvents are used. These solvent are known to be hazardous to human respiratory functions. The respiratory program will involve the use of respiratory ...

Introduction of the Case Study

The BP Texas City explosion is among the world’s biggest catastrophic disasters that saw the loss of 15 lives of the BP workers and 170 workers being injured by the huge explosion. The accident was actually caused when a few workers tried to start up a splitter referred to as raffinate tower in the Isomerization Unit (Isom) after a repair shutdown (Mogford, 2005). Alarms and instrumentation gave misguiding indications since the 170 ft tower was actually overfilled discharging the liquid to the ‘blowdown’. This ‘was actually installed in the 1950’s and had never had any connections to the flare which ...