NATIONAL GENERALCERTIFICATE Candidate report template(2011 specification)

UNIT NGC3 – THE HEALTH ANDSAFETY PRACTICAL APPLICATION

Student number:

Location: Date of review:

Introduction including overview of area inspected and activities taking place:

This report follows an inspection of the building and yard located in ……. in order to meet the requirements of the Nebosh NGC 3 practical application. These assessment main areas are:

Office block Ware house and its direct adjoining area.

The building consists of an office for supervision duties, in the ware house is one store for the storage of various outside labour tools and apparatuses, two toilets.The buildings are employed by up to ten staff at one interval. Employees work on a rotation of day and night transferals and the building is used strategic planning, ware house and legal documentation of project. The yard and store are used for loading and unloading vehicles with work equipment to prepare for railway work.

There were no members of staff on duty at the time of the inspection.

Executive Summary

Upon finishing point of the assessment I initiate there existed quite a lot of spaces of apprehension which clue to gaps of the Health and Safety at Work, the Fire Safety Order ,the Manual Handling Operations, the Management of Health and Safety at Work and the Use of Work Equipment Regulations.

The health and safety of the workforces who are consuming the lands may well too be at risk if several of these hesitations are not pontificated closely. Let-down to statement these problems may lead to consideration and conceivable implementation accomplishment from the legal obligation.

Gaps of legal obligation or let-down to meet the terms with enhancement and development or prevention warnings and notifications may outcome in law court act being taken which may lead to illegal action and penalties and the possibility of up to 6 months imprisonment.

In depth narrative of the outcomes is listed below with reference to precise details of observations given in brackets.

Main findings of the inspection

Manual Handling of Heavy MaterialThere are some concerns relating to heavyweight materials being stored at ground level. This is a high danger of an injury to labour force lifting or moving these materials. As recommended these tools need be warehoused appropriately and at waist level to avoid wounds from bending and lifting. This resolve avoids high costs through incidents and loss of productivity.

No Formal Training for LaboursNearby is a concern linked to providing training labours to move heavy tools manually. And if vehicle is using for handling some huge size machinery no formal training giving to drive the vehicle. In house and outsource training can be given to labours to avoid the extreme injuries and proper training will definitely increase the performance level of labours ultimately helps the company to build their proud image.

Labour-intensive Usage Issues There are certain issues related to labour severe working hour’s duty. Labour work force continuously working up to 2 hours placing apparatus or tools in ware house. No specified working hours and no proper lunch breaks, which may affect the performance level of employee.

Fire PrecautionsFire Safety Order requires that fire fighting arrangements must be provided in the workplace.

Fire Fighting and Safety Equipment Fire Alarm Systems

There are no fire alarms located throughout the building there is an absence of fire extinguisher in the office. For that reason there is a vital necessity to ensure extinguishers installed here as workforces would be in extreme danger if a fire were to start in the office. No fire exits is not only creating a tripping hazard but it is putting the health and safety of the employees at risk of becoming trapped in the building if a fire were to start.

Management of Health and SafetySeveral of the interpretations are the end result of an underprivileged Health and Safety management system which might easily be resolved by members of staff and at an appropriate low cost to the company. Usage of railing steel as doorstops presents a substantial no safety of slips, trips and falls and is a stress-free problem to put right. Other maintenance concerns such as tangled cables no proper placement of tools and spilling over discarded broadsheet removed from apparatus are all matters that give a very disastrous spitting image to invitees on the other hand are low cost and not uncontrollable teething troubles to resolve.

PPE. IssuesThe Personal Protective Equipment regulations state that all PPE need to be appropriately stored and keep up. The PPE hindering the fire exit must be detached and all the old PPE in the ware house have to change as it is no extended suitable for persistence.

ConclusionsThe warehouse and office adjoin area are all of up-to-date. Most of vulnerability was as a result of a gap in general Health and Safety management and many of the interpretations possibly will be resolved by meek maintenance and focused effort up of the ware house and office. This is a very low cost run through which in go the Health and Safety of the labour force.

It gives the impression as well many bad practises chosen up such as poor overall maintenance. However this exercise counts for little if it is not put into run-through on a regular basis.

Owners and workforces should take narcissism in a hygienic and nontoxic place of work and it also sets a worthy model to other companies or potential clients. A safe place of work will moreover diminish the possibility of mishaps and ill health to workforces and save cash from preventable claims, damages of making and a underprivileged business image.