You are working as part of a team of government health and safety inspectors. Your team leader has allocated the team to visit a range of different science organisations, e.g. a pharmaceutical company, a company that produces plastics, and a cosmetic company and report on the health and safety practices within these organisations. You need to select a suitable organisation to inspect. You will inspect their factory where the product is mass manufactured. You will also inspect the research and development site for the organisation.
You will produce a report that provides information on how the two departments in the selected organisation are following relevant health and safety legislation as well as describing the hazards present and how health and safety is managed.
Task: Must produce a report that:
P1 – Describes the main activities of the organisation
P2 – Describes the potential hazards in each department selected (pharmaceutical companies and cosmetic companies) and link these to the health and safety measured used
P1 – Explains why following the selected organisation’s specific health and safety management system improves the standard of health and safety and allows the company to comply with legislation. E.g. Control of hazardous substances and Personal Protective Equipment Legislation and health and safety policies.
M1 – Compares the health and safety measures taken in relation to legislation for the two departments you inspected
D1 – Evaluates the measures taken by the organisation you inspected to ensure high standards of health and safety that comply with legislation.
D1 – Includes the benefits and constraints of following the systems to the employees and to the companies .
P1 – What legislation is relevant to the organisation and the department selected above (list 7-8 legislation with explanation e.g Health and safety at work legislation, including: management of health and safety, personal protective equipment (PPE), use and control of hazardous substances, manual handling operations, display screen, classification, labelling and packaging regulations, reporting of injuries, diseases and dangerous occurrence, Control of Major Accident Hazards (COMAH) sites, Explosive atmospheres, Electrical hazards, Working at height, Lone working, Vehicles, Sensitisers, Noise.)
Report must contain:
Report describing health and safety legislation relevant to scientific organisations, describing the hazards and discussing aspects of health and safety management.
