Task 02 3rd Feb 2021 Nebosh OBE @1.5k

Task 02 3rd Feb 2021 Nebosh OBE @1.5k

TASK 2: EXPLAINING TO THE CONTRACTOR THE OBLIGATIONS OF EMPLOYERS TO WORKERS

2)  What employer obligations are likely to have been contravened, leading to the contractor’s accident in this scenario?                                        (Marks10)

You only need to consider those obligations placed upon employers under Recommendation 10 of International Labor Organization R164 - Occupational Safety and Health Recommendation,1981 (No. 164). 

Note: You should support your answer, where applicable, using relevant information from the scenario.

 

ANSWER:  The employer obligations which are likely to have been contravened and lead to the contractor’s accident in the scenario are as follows:

According to the Recommendation 10 (a) of International Labor Organization R164 the employers are obliged to provide and maintain workplaces, machinery and equipment, and work methods should be safe and without any risk to health and is reasonably practicable. Collating the information from the scenario it is observed that the oil has leaked on the working platform below and has coated the boards. This was the main reason for the accident as the work place was unsafe and with risk of health. This was the management failure since the place of incident was left unsupervised due to which the workers feel unsecure and said that they accept this as a part of their job and live with the risk and accept it without complaint.

The Employers are also responsible to give necessary instructions and training, taking account of the functions and capacities of different categories of workers as per R164 10(b). Perhaps in the scenario only the induction training provided by the site supervisor and he was disappeared and not seen on the site later. This means there was a lack of training and necessary instructions also this could be covered in TBT topic as this was the first time the contractor was working on food manufacturing site.

Management failed to provide adequate supervision of work, of work practice and of application and use of HSE measures according to R164 10 (c).

Employer did not follow R164 10 (d) as they haven’t provided any HSE training, working environment to the size of the undertaking, nature if the site activities etc.

Employer are bound to provide adequate PPE and equipment these are reasonably necessary without any cost to the workers. As we see in the scenario the worker slipped where oil was coated due to safety shoes soles was not oil resistant. The place were oil was spilled could be clean up through oil spill kits if provided by the employer. Therefore R164 10 (e) did not met by the employer.

R164 10  (f) to ensure that work organization, particularly with respect to hours of work and rest breaks, does not adversely affect occupational safety and health, PTW issuers is extremely busy as they were issuing 75 PTW’s a day this also lead them to not perform a physical check at the accident spot.

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