Health and Safety Report
Economics
Environmental Management and Business Efficiency
Environmental Management and Business Efficiency
The Health and Safety Executive Agency (HSE) in the UK identifies that the major concerns of health and safety in the printing industry are accidents from manual handling, trips and slips, and contact with machinery. HSE identifies that the creation of health and safety in the printing workplace should focus on health topics like noise, dermatitis, chemicals, and manual handling (HSE n.d.). It should also factor in safety topics including slips, falls, and trips, machinery, explosion, and fires.
The report identifies several health and safety concerns in the printing company's factor floor. The first is an increased risk to the health of employees and individuals visiting the company from exposure to fumes from the UV varnish, ink from the litho printer, and vapors from injection moulds. This is from the frequent breaking down of the air conditioning and ventilation unit, causing a buildup of fumes and vapors in the factory floor and consequently the office area at the front. Health concerns for employees also are high from poor ventilation in the small room used to mix inks, poor ventilation in the main production area where solvents are used. Safety concerns arise from potential accidents from machinery. The probability of an accident is high given that one of the format press machines has disabled stop button and guard interlocks. This makes it impossible for anyone to stop the machine in an emergency. Secondly, accidents can arise from the poor location of a balcony that overlooks the main production area filled with employees and machinery. The risk of an accident from this balcony is high given that sections of the rail are removable and it is used to store pallets by forklift. Thirdly, the risk of a fire and explosion is high from the buildup of fumes and vapors especially from the high flash point and low flashpoint solvents. This risk is compounded by the frequent breakdown of the air conditioning, limited ventilation, and lack of open windows. Lastly, the company's safety index is low from a high risk of accidents from using semi-skilled workforce, which is overworked, and is expecting a higher workload from future expansion plans.
Benefits of Creating a Health and Safety Controlled Workplace Environment
Improving the health and safety standards of the workplace offers a business financial benefits and repayment of investment on meeting legal requirements. This is because environmental standards set by the company improve efficiency, fewer staff absenteeism, lower employee turnover, and increased quality and productivity of work (Wallis 2004). Good safety management systems can assist this printing company to make considerable savings. This is achievable by the reduction of financial resources spent on paying insurance premiums and sick pay for employees (Wallis 2004). A health and safety standard that is combined with an environmental safety strategy will reduce health and safety risk factors.
Therefore, by creating a health and safety workplace policy and increasing regulations on environmental management standards, this company will realize several benefits. The health and safety policy will deal with issues of accidents and health concerns. This will reduce the risk level of the company thereby reducing the premium payments, educing cases of sick employees from the fumes and vapors. The changes and investment required to set up the policy will cost the company. However, this will make sure the company improves its business and management strategies, reduce workload, reduce employee absenteeism, and sick pay. Efficiency and productivity increase, increasing sales volume, reducing production and running costs, and increasing overall profits.
Hazard and Risk Control
Hazards and risks are controlled using several measures including elimination, substitution, isolation, engineering control, administrative controls, and personal protective equipment (House of Commons Business and Enterprise Committee 2009). Control measures entail all actions taken to eliminate, mitigate, or remove the likelihood or a risk exposure or hazard.
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