Environmen-Tal Health And Safety Case Study

Good morning/afternoon, I am Katelyn Morel and I am a Workplace Health and Safety consultant for the Department of Education Training and Employment and I have been asked to conduct a Safety and Environmental Audit on Dreamworld. In doing so, I have conducted a Workplace Health and Safety Risk Assessment and Environmental and Sustainable Work Practice audit within the theme park.

Describe how current health and safety legislation, policies and procedures are implemented in the setting.

As a health care professional, I will help to ensure that work environment is safe by following the rules. Trashing materials in appropriate cans is the most important for all employees in the building. Knowing my responsibilities for my own health and safety in the workplace. If I found something unsafe condition, I will report immediately to my employer. Using personal protection equipment is important for your own safety.

1.1 Describe how current health & Safety legislation, policies and procedures are implemented in the setting.

Outcome 1 Understanding the different responsibilities relating to health and safety in social care settings.

health and safety procedures and practises should be under continual scrutiny and areas for improvement should be monitored and dealt with. A good method of monitoring & improving are health, safety and security procedures are visually. Check visitors have signed in the visitor’s book, look for items blocking fire exits or hallways, wet signs are in place during cleaning, COSHH cupboards are kept locked, medication trolleys are secure, hoists are clean and stored in a correct storage place. Policies and procedures need to be reviewed regularly to ensure they are still relevant, circumstances in workplace can change and new risk assessments will need to be put in place or old ones reviewed. Policies and procedures may need evaluating and developing

It is stated in the policy that before any food handling by the children can happen that written permission must be given from the parent/carer. The school has a no nut policy. When doing a food activity, the school highlights that the children need to be taught basic safe food handling and procedures. The children are encouraged to do the following

This case study is based on Environinvest Limited (Receivers and Managers Appointed)(in liquidation) vs Roger Neil Pescott & Ors (2012) and Environinvest Limited (Receivers and Managers Appointed) (in liquidation) vs Blackburne Pty Ltd (in liquidation) (2012).

Children may be more susceptible to environmental exposure than adults; hence, protecting them from such exposure is vital for their livelihoods. In 1997 President William J. Clinton issued (CLINTON, 1997). The EO was designed to protection children from environmental health and safety risks. Multiple reasons support the idea that kids are more likely to come in contact with environmental health hazards. To educate the populous on such matters the EPA formed the (TEACH) website. The goal of the TEACH project is to complement existing children’s health resources. TEACH does not provide an evaluation or critique the validity of the relevant scientific studies; nor does TEACH derive toxicity values. Instead, the goal of TEACH is to summarize, compile, and organize information obtained from numerous resources into one online resource. TEACH is designed to support numerous efforts throughout the country that target the protection of children’s health (EPA, 2009).

St. Joseph, Missouri is a small town in Missouri that has been referenced to be named one of the three thousand cities that has a bigger problem with lead poisoning than Flint, Michigan. When children are exposed to lead poisoning it can have effects on their developmental delays, and other physical and mental impairments. In St. Joseph many of the older houses contained lead paint, windows, and plumbing. Of all of the children in St. Joseph one hundred and twenty or fifteen percent of the children that had been tested had extremely high levels of lead in their system. They have decided as a community it would be a great idea to get ready of all of the lead, they want to do this in and order that was safe for everyone and they would not

This lead poisoning problem finally received the attention it deserved in 1971 when the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act was put into effect. This act provided Federal assistance to help communities carry out screening and treatment programs (Chisholm, 1982).

Good morning/afternoon, I am Katelyn Morel and I am a Workplace Health and Safety consultant for the Department of Education Training and Employment and I have been asked to conduct a Safety and Environmental Audit on Dreamworld. In doing so, I have conducted a Workplace Health and Safety Risk Assessment and Environmental and Sustainable Work Practice audit within the theme park.

Once used for varying applications, lead is now known for its toxicity in the human body. Dr. Gary Goldstein, the chief executive of Kennedy Krieger Institute wrote, “Exposure to excessive amounts of inorganic lead during toddler years may produce lasting adverse effects upon brain function (Goldstein 1990).” Lead poisoning awareness has become increasingly prevalent in the American government, with lead poisoning testing recommended as early as nine to twelve months of age (Health and Human Services 2011). This paper will explain briefly lead’s history and industrial uses, as well as give an in-depth analysis on lead’s exposure to children and how it affects their developing brains.

If you look through the federal rules concerning lead paint, you will see that the lion's share of defining standards are all about buildings inhabited by children. Aside from the obvious need to protect our children, this is because children are more susceptible to the effects of lead poisoning. For example, a child’s cerebral membrane is still largely permeable until the age of

Safe & Sustainable Use Initiative (SUI) focuses on the responsible use of pesticides, on the standards, methods and professional practices needed as key elements to an effective management of risks. Ensuring the safe storage of pesticides is fundamental for preventing any harmful exposure of farmers and distributors, and as well for protecting the environment.