An Update on Ray Bradford
A minor road accident caused a delay, and it took the paramedics longer than usual to arrive. The paramedics and doctors tried their best to help Ray, but unfortunately he succumbed to his injuries at the hospital.
To ensure such an incident doesn't occur again, you need to examine all the evidence thoroughly and provide the Health and Safety committee recommendations for prevention strategies using the Haddon Matrix.
The Haddon Matrix is applied to generate ideas about interventions that will help prevent injuries. The matrix helps occupational health and safety departments devise strategies that can help enhance workplace safety and prevent mishaps.
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Populate the Haddon Matrix below with your recommendations and click the Submit button.
PRE-EVENT
Host Factors
Agent Factors
Environment Factors
EVENT
Host Factors
Agent Factors
Environment Factors
POST-EVENT
Host Factors
Agent Factors
Environment Factors
PRE-EVENT
Host Factors
Agent Factors
Environment Factors
EVENT
POST-EVENT
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Please review the ideal answer below and compare it with your answer.
PRE-EVENT
Host Factors
- Provide mandatory training for all employees (permanent and temporary) on performing equipment checks before starting work.
- Conduct continuous awareness campaigns to educate employees (permanent and temporary) about workplace safety.
- Ensure that temporary employees refer to the equipment handling checklist before reporting to the shop-floor.
Agent Factors
- Follow the best practice of locking and de-energizing all equipment before any maintenance work is undertaken.
Environment Factors
- Create awareness about proper machine guarding and locking techniques.
- Create new policy around compulsory training for temporary employees, i.e., without passing mandatory training, temporary employees won't be allowed on the floor.
EVENT
Host Factors
- Ensure that all employees (permanent or temporary) know safety procedures for any emergency.
Agent Factors
- Ensure that all employees follow the best practices to de-energize and lock all equipment during maintenance.
Environment Factors
- Work with the palletizer manufacturer to install sensors under machines to detect human presence and automatically stop the machine from being switched on.
POST-EVENT
Host Factors
- Ensure that arrangements to air-lift a victim to the hospital are available.
- Ensure that all employees (temporary and permanent) complete the mandatory trainings before reporting to work.
Agent Factors
- Check with the palletizer manufacturer if design changes can be made to make it easy to dismantle the palletizer platform in case of such an incident.
Environment Factors
- Reassess procedure infrastructure for handling all emergency situations.
PRE-EVENT
Host Factors
- Provide mandatory training for all employees (permanent and temporary) on performing equipment checks before starting work.
- Conduct continuous awareness campaigns to educate employees (permanent and temporary) about workplace safety.
- Ensure that temporary employees refer to the equipment handling checklist before reporting to the shop-floor.
Agent Factors
- Follow the best practice of locking and de-energizing all equipment before any maintenance work is undertaken.
Environment Factors
- Create awareness about proper machine guarding and locking techniques.
- Create new policy around compulsory training for temporary employees, i.e., without passing mandatory training, temporary employees won't be allowed on the floor.
EVENT
- Ensure that all employees (permanent or temporary) know safety procedures for any emergency.
- Ensure that all employees follow the best practices to de-energize and lock all equipment during maintenance.
- Work with the palletizer manufacturer to install sensors under machines to detect human presence and automatically stop the machine from being switched on.
POST-EVENT
- Ensure that arrangements to air-lift a victim to the hospital are available.
- Ensure that all employees (temporary and permanent) complete the mandatory trainings before reporting to work.
- Check with the palletizer manufacturer if design changes can be made to make it easy to dismantle the palletizer platform in case of such an incident.
- Reassess procedure infrastructure for handling all emergency situations.
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