BN3720__2016/17_Assignment 2 University of Central Lancashire BSc (Hons) Facilities Management / Construction Project Management 2016-2017 BN3720 Health & Safety Management LECTURER’S NAME: Michael LEUNG & Calvin CHOW ASSIGNMENT NO: 2 of 2 CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS: Coursework Total 50 % Submission Due Date : 5 June 2017 (Monday) NB: Penalty will be incurred for late submissions: Days Late Penalty 1-5 maximum 40% awarded >5 award 0% LEARNING OUTCOMES On successful completion of this assignment, a student will be able to: 1 Recognise and analyse health and safety hazards, and their associated risks and dangers, occurring in electrical work and plant operations. 2 Identify and analyse the associated risks to work activities, and recognise the main causes of accidents and carry out risk assessment and management for the work activities. 3 Apply health and safety legislation to relevant working environments and evaluate their impact upon decision making strategies in the safety and health management. 4 Evaluate and apply occupational health and safety management systems and international standards as used by organisations in the built environment.BN3720__2016/17_Assignment 2 ASSIGNMENT DETAILS Case Scenario: Last year, the administration charges deducted from the sub-contractors were as high as HK $2M. The number of electrical accidents was low but all are serious ones. No accident was within the category of sick leaves in 7 days or less. However, the serious accidents had led to issuance of Suspension Notices by the Labour Department that they were causing a great loss in profit from suspended production and additional expenses in revocation of the Suspension Notices. Even worse, the image of the company is also affected and tendering of new contracts becomes more difficult. PQ Company Ltd. is a medium size E&M Contractor. Each E&M project is headed by a project manager who manages the daily operations of different sub-contractors who employed Registered Electrical Workers (REWs) under Electricity Ordinance, Cap. 406. The company has established a Safety Management System with a well stated safety policy statement regularly reviewed and signed by the Managing Director. The Safety Plan is comprehensive with roles and responsibilities for different levels of staff and sub-contractors clearly stated. The OSH performance targets set for the sub-contractors are mainly prepared for counting the number of non-compliance in their daily operation and accident rates in terms of number of accidents per 1000 workers. Any non-compliance found during OSH inspection and occurrence of accidents will cause payment of administration charges by the sub-contractors. The Managing Director asks you to review whether the performance targets and the penalty system on non-compliance and occurrence of accidents in the safety management system are still effective to promote positive OSH performance outcomes. He also wants to know why the frequency of serious accidents was high when compared with the number of minor or very minor accidents as only certified and experienced REWs are employed, and how the safety performance can be truly reflected and rectified timely before serious accidents occurred in daily site operations. Read the case scenario and write a 2,500 word Report to management (management report style) to report your findings in the followings: • The strength and weaknesses of the performance targets and administration charges on sub-contractors in accident preventions. • The possible reasons on the low frequency of minor or very minor accidents when compared with the high frequency of very serious accidents in PQ Company Ltd. according to the assumptions from accident theories.BN3720__2016/17_Assignment 2 • Whether the current performance targets should be continued or modified with new strategies in the safety management system for positive OSH performance outcomes. The report shall be typed in 12-font, single spacing, and have 2,500 words in the main body, which is properly referenced using Harvard Style Referencing. Your paragraphs should be in clear blocks with a Report Cover Page, an Executive Summary, an index page with paragraphing under appropriate headings and sub-headings. A word count on the main body (not including the Report Cover Page, index page, reference list and Appendix) MUST be included. MARKING Criteria (i) 20% of marks will be awarded for ability to identify the strength and weaknesses of the performance targets and collecting administration charges on non-compliance and occurrence of accidents in the safety management system based on the case scenario. (ii) 20% of marks will be awarded for the explanation by an appropriate accident causation theory applicable to the comparatively higher frequency of serious electrical accidents caused to REWs. (iii) 25% of marks will be awarded for discussion and proposal on whether the current performance targets should be continued or modified with new strategies in the safety management system and latest technical guidelines for positive OSH performance outcomes. (iv) 15% of marks will be awarded for an appropriate conclusion and recommendations. (v) 20% of marks will be awarded for presentation of the report, including its essential topics, the logical flow of ideas, clearly stated pros and cons, use of English, list of references and enclosures in the Appendix. [Please note that the marking criteria on sections (i) to (v) include the assessment on the ability of a student to organize, synthesize and analyse of the information from references and adoption of proper referencing in the writing.]BN3720__2016/17_Assignment 2 Note In writing this assignment, students may find the following readings useful: 1. Teaching Notes Units 1 - 8 2. Suggested Publications or references from Websites in Hong Kong: – http://www.legislation.gov.hk o DoJ, (2016), “Bilingual Law Information System”, Department of Justice, HKSAR Government – http://www.labour.gov.hk/ o OSHB, (2002), “Code of Practice on Safety Management”, Labour Department, HKSAR Government o OSHB, (2004), “Guidance Notes on Safety at Work for Maintenance of Low Voltage Electrical Switchgears”, Labour Department, HKSAR Government o OSHB, (2010), “Guidance Notes for Safe Isolation of Electricity Source at Work”, Labour Department, HKSAR Government o OSHB, (2015), “Guidance Notes on Safety at Work Safety and Health of Air-Conditioning Works”, Labour Department, HKSAR Government – http://www.oshc.org.hk/ o OSHC, (_____), “Safe working cycle”, Occupational Safety and Health Council, HKSAR 3. HSE, (2004), “Investigating accidents and incidents : A workbook for employers, unions, safety representatives and safety professionals”, Health and Safety Executive, UK 4. HSE, (2013a), “Plan, Do, Check, Act : An introduction to managing for health and safety”, Health and Safety Executive, UK 5. HSE, (2013b), “Leading health and safety at work : Actions for directors, board members, business owners and organisations of all sizes”, Health and Safety Executive, UK 6. HSE, (2013c), “Managing for health and safety (HSG65)”, (3rd ed.), Health and Safety Executive, UK 7. HSE, (_____), “Comparison of HSG 65 with other key management ‘standards’”, Health and Safety Executive, UK http://www.hse.gov.uk/foi/internalops/fod/inspect/mast/comparison.htm 8. HSE, (_____), “HSE Human Factors Briefing Note No. 3 Humans and Risk”, Health and Safety Executive, UK 9. HSE, (_____), “Core Topic 2: HF in accident investigations”, Health and Safety Executive, UK