business
Assessment 2.
Part A - Case Study
You have recently taken ownership of a small convenience store. You decide to do a hazard identification walk. This is a report that you produce:
“Upon entering the store I noticed small pools of water left by customers shaking their umbrellas, and taking off their coats. There are still a lot of boxes of stock left in the aisles. Some are over 15 kilograms in weight. The work areas around the cash registers look very aged, with cardboard being used underneath one of the staff’s chairs so it remains balanced. Behind the cash registers cables to the computers are laid out on the floor. The electrical socket that is used for the printer / fax and the EFTPOS machine appears to have become loose. One of the staff members smells of alcohol, and appears to be under the influence of another substance
1. A hazard identification template has been provided for your answer. From the above report complete the template. (25 marks)
Hazard
Possible Harmful Effects
Risk Factor-
High, Medium, Low
Possible Employer Action to Prevent Accident
Slippery Floor
People slipping over
Medium
Provide floor mats
Put up warning sign
Boxes all around
Obstruction of people´s path
Medium
Manage the place to fit all the boxes according to the needs. Remove from the way
Chair without balance
Staff might fall over
Medium
Change the chair to a new one
Cables laid on the floor
People getting stuck
Medium
Hide them from people´s way
Electrical socket lose
High voltage
High
Change to a new one
Staff under alcohol influence
Behaviour might change / can be aggressive
High
Do not allow people drinking before working hour
2. Of the hazards you have identified, choose one that would force you to make wholesale changes to eliminate. (1 mark)
Staff under alcohol influence. This sort of behaviour is not accepted and must be totally controlled in order to guarantee that the staff team is sober and have total control of
Part A - Case Study
You have recently taken ownership of a small convenience store. You decide to do a hazard identification walk. This is a report that you produce:
“Upon entering the store I noticed small pools of water left by customers shaking their umbrellas, and taking off their coats. There are still a lot of boxes of stock left in the aisles. Some are over 15 kilograms in weight. The work areas around the cash registers look very aged, with cardboard being used underneath one of the staff’s chairs so it remains balanced. Behind the cash registers cables to the computers are laid out on the floor. The electrical socket that is used for the printer / fax and the EFTPOS machine appears to have become loose. One of the staff members smells of alcohol, and appears to be under the influence of another substance
1. A hazard identification template has been provided for your answer. From the above report complete the template. (25 marks)
Hazard
Possible Harmful Effects
Risk Factor-
High, Medium, Low
Possible Employer Action to Prevent Accident
Slippery Floor
People slipping over
Medium
Provide floor mats
Put up warning sign
Boxes all around
Obstruction of people´s path
Medium
Manage the place to fit all the boxes according to the needs. Remove from the way
Chair without balance
Staff might fall over
Medium
Change the chair to a new one
Cables laid on the floor
People getting stuck
Medium
Hide them from people´s way
Electrical socket lose
High voltage
High
Change to a new one
Staff under alcohol influence
Behaviour might change / can be aggressive
High
Do not allow people drinking before working hour
2. Of the hazards you have identified, choose one that would force you to make wholesale changes to eliminate. (1 mark)
Staff under alcohol influence. This sort of behaviour is not accepted and must be totally controlled in order to guarantee that the staff team is sober and have total control of