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BTEC Level 3 in Engineering

Unit 1 | Health and Safety in the Engineering Workplace

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BTEC Level 3 in EngineeringUnit 1 | Health and Safety in the Engineering Workplace

BTEC Level 3 Diploma In Engineering Unit 1 | Health and Safety in the Engineering Workplace

Assignment Brief3

The welfare of people working or operating within any manufacturing or engineering environment is of prime importance. All workers should expect to be able to carry out their work in a safe manner that has no negative effect on their health and wellbeing.

In fact, many organisations not only reduce risks and make improvements to the working environment but try to make their own working environment superior to others, making it a competitive aspect when recruiting staff.

Health and safety in the workplace is about measures designed to protect the health and safety of employees, visitors and the general public who may be affected by workplace activities. Safety measures are concerned with controlling and reducing risks to anyone who might be affected by these activities.

Health and safety is controlled largely by legislation and regulations and the law is continually being revised and updated. It is important that organisations are aware of these changes and keep up to date with developments.

This unit will give learners an understanding of hazards and risks associated with health, safety and welfare in an engineering workplace, the associated legislation and regulations and of their roles in complying with the related legal obligations. Learners will also be required to undertake full risk assessments and to appreciate the significant risks encountered in the workplace and the measures taken to deal with them. They will also study the principles of reporting and recording accidents and incidents, again within a legal context.

This unit could form a key component within many learning programmes since the content is highly applicable to many manufacturing, engineering and industrial situations.

Introduction


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Grading Criteria

P1explain the key features of relevant regulations on health and safety as applied to a working environment in two selected or given engineering organisations.

P2describe the roles and responsibilities under current health and safety legislation and regulations, of those involved.

P3 describe the methods used to identify hazards in a working environment.

P4 describe how hazards which become risks can be controlled.

P5 carry out a risk assessment on a typical item/area of the working environment.

P6suggest suitable control measures after a risk assessment has been carried out and state the reasons why they are suitable.

P7 explain the principles that underpin reporting and recording accidents and incidents.

P8describe the procedures used to record and report accidents, dangerous occurrences or near misses.

M1explain the consequences of management not abiding by legislation and regulations and carrying out their roles and responsibilities in a given health and safety situation.

M2 explain the importance of carrying out all parts of a risk assessment in a suitable manner.

M3 explain how control measures are used to prevent accidents.

D1justify the methods used to deal with hazards in accordance with workplace policies and legal requirements.

D2 determine the cost of an accident in the workplace from given data.


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Learning Outcomes and Criteria Targeted:

Learning outcomes Grading criteria covered

Learning outcome 1Understand the key features of health and safety legislation and regulations

P1, P2, M1

Learning outcome 2Know how to identify and control hazards in the workplace

P3, P4, D1

Learning outcome 3Be able to carry out a risk assessment and identify control measures

P5, P6, M2, M3

Learning outcome 4Understand the methods used when reporting and recording accidents and incidents.

P7, P8, D2

Assignment 1 Tasks Grading criteria covered

Task 1 Report P1

Task 2a Profiles P2

Task 2b Information guide M1


Task 3a Information guide P3, P4

Task 3b Report D1

Task 4 Formal report P5, M2

Task 5 Information sheet P6, M3


Task 6 Presentation P7, P8

Task 7 Data analysis report D2


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1 Understand the key features of health and safety legislation and regulations

Key features of legislation and regulations: legislation eg. Health and Safety at Work Act 1974, Employment Act 2002, Factories Act 1961, Fire Precautions Act 1971; regulations eg. Employment Equality (Age) Regulations 2006, Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1999, Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations (PUWER) 1998, Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH) Regulations 2002, Lifting Operations and Lifting Equipment Regulations 1998, Manual Handling Operations Regulations 1992, Personal Protective Equipment at Work Regulations 1992, Confined Spaces Regulations 1997, Electricity at Work Regulations 1989, Control of Noise at Work Regulations 2005, Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1995, Working Time Regulations 1998, Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, Health and Safety (First Aid) Regulations 1981, Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment) Regulations 2005

Roles and responsibilities of those involved: employers; employees; Health and Safety Executive (HSE) eg. span of authority, right of inspection, guidance notes and booklets; others eg. management, subcontractors, public, suppliers, customers, visitors

2 Know how to identify and control hazards in the workplace

Within the workplace: methods to identify hazards eg. statements, analysis of significant risks, prediction of results or outcomes of those risks, use of accident data, careful consideration of work methods

Working environment: consideration of the workplace and its potential for harm eg. confined spaces, working over water or at heights, electrical hazards, chemicals, noise

Hazards which become risks: identification of trivial or significant risk; potential to cause harm; choosing appropriate control measures; electrical safety eg. identify and control hazards, cause of injury, effects of electricity on the body, circuit overloading; mechanical safety eg. identify and control hazards, cause of injury, rotating equipment, sharp edges; safety devices eg. residual current device (RCD), fuses, guards, fail safe, sensors

Unit Content


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Unit Content

3 Be able to carry out a risk assessment and identify control measures

Risk assessments: items/area to be assessed eg. machine operation, work area; five steps (principal hazards, who is likely to be injured/harmed, evaluate the risks and decide on adequacy of precautions, recording findings, review assessment)

Use of control measures: eg. remove need (design out), use of recognised procedures, substances control, guarding, lifting assessments and manual handling assessments, regular inspection, use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), training of personnel, other personal procedures for health, safety and welfare

4 Understand the methods used when reporting and recording accidents and incidents

Principles: why employers keep records of serious accidents, incidents and emergencies; responsibilities of competent persons; cost of accidents eg. direct, indirect, human consequences; trends eg. major causes, fatal and serious injury, methods of classification, statistics

Recording and reporting procedures: regulations on accident recording and reporting eg. Reporting of Injuries, Diseases and Dangerous Occurrences Regulations (RIDDOR) 1995, accident book, company procedures; procedures to deal with near misses or dangerous occurrences.


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Task 1: Report

P1 Explain the key features of relevant regulations on health and safety as applied to a working environment in two selected or given engineering

organisations.

Scenario: You are currently working as a trainee engineer at Energen Power Station. Your supervisor has asked you to produce a report which details all of the relevant health and safety legislation and regulations. You should concentrate on the legislation and regulations relevant to the power station, and one other engineering workplace of your choice.

Your report needs to include the following:

(P1) • At least three examples of relevant health and safety legislation • At least four examples of relevant health and safety regulations • An explanation of how the key features of the legislation and regulations can be applied to the working environment, machinery and equipment within the power station • An explanation of how the key features of the legislation and regulations can be applied to the working environment, machinery and equipment within the engineering workplace you have selected.

Assignment 1 Tasks

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Task 2a: Profiles

P2 Describe the roles and responsibilities under current health and safety legislation and regulations, of those involved.

Scenario: Your supervisor was really impressed with the report you produced and as a result, you have now been asked to deliver a presentation to all of the other trainee engineers within Energen Power Station, which explains the roles and responsibilities of those involved. To prepare yourself, you need to produce a set of detailed profiles on all of the key people and bodies within one of the engineering workplaces you referred to in the previous task. The profiles need to include all of the information you intend to cover in the presentation.

You need to create a profile for each of the following, including a description of the role and responsibilities associated with each:

(P2) • Employers • Employees • The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) • Health and safety officers • Directors • Managers • Sub-contractors • Any other key people who are involved in the engineering workplace.

T2a


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Task 2b: Information guide

M1 Explain the consequences of management not abiding by legislation and regulations and carrying out their roles and responsibilities in a given

health and safety situation.

Scenario: There has been a serious accident at Energen Power Station, involving an engineer who is now paralysed from the waist down after being crushed by a machine he was trying to fix. The engineer had followed all of the necessary health and safety procedures before he entered the machine and had used the safety stop devices. However, while he was inside the machine, part of it suddenly moved and crushed his legs. It is believed that another engineer had already attempted to fix the machine, and told his manager that the safety stop devices were not working correctly so it was not safe for him to go inside. This information was not passed on or reported to anyone else at the power station.

As part of your training at the power station, you have been asked to produce a formal information guide which explains the consequences management face if they do not comply with health and safety law. The information guide needs to focus on the recent incident at the power station.

Your information guide should focus on the incident at the power station and needs to explain:

(M1) • The consequences of management and employers not abiding by health and safety legislation and regulations. • The consequences of management and employers not carrying out their roles and responsibilities correctly in relation to health and safety.

T2b


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Assignment 2 Tasks

Task 3a: Information guide

P3 Describe the methods used to identify hazards in a working environment. P4 Describe how hazards which become risks can be controlled.

Scenario: Following the recent accident at Energen Power Station, all staff, employers and trainees have been asked to complete a refresher health and safety course. In order to pass the course, all staff must produce an information guide which explains in detail how hazards can be identified and controlled in engineering workplaces.

You should split your information guide into two clear sections:

(P3) • The first section should focus on the methods used to identify hazards in a workplace.(P4) • The second section should then go on to give an in-depth description of how any hazards which become risks can be controlled in the workplace.

T3a

Task 3b: Report

D1 Justify the methods used to deal with hazards in accordance with workplace policies and legal requirements.

Scenario: You need to clearly explain how the methods you identified in your information guide in the previous task comply with legal requirements which you looked at earlier in the unit. You could also research the workplace policies and procedures within an engineering workplace of your choice, in order to justify the methods you identified in the previous task in accordance with workplace policies. If you need to refresh your memory on the legal requirements associated with an engineering workplace, you can revisit assignment 1.

T3b


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Task 4: Formal report

P5 Carry out a risk assessment on a typical item/area of the working environment.

M2 Explain the importance of carrying out all parts of a risk assessment in a suitable manner. Scenario: As part of your training, you have been asked to demonstrate your ability to complete a risk assessment within an engineering workplace. You can select any item or area within an engineering workplace to risk assess and once you have selected an item or area, you need to complete a full risk assessment and record your findings. Your findings should be submitted as a formal report which includes an in-depth explanation covering the importance of carrying out all parts of a risk assessment in a suitable manner.

You should ask a responsible person to supervise you while you carry out your risk assessment and will need to include a witness statement at the end of your report to show evidence of this.

It is recommended that you split your formal report into three sections:

• Section 1 – This section should act as an introduction which explains the importance of carrying out all parts of a risk assessment in a suitable manner

• Section 2 – This section should contain an in-depth description of your risk assessment and your findings

• Section 3 – This section should include your witness statement. The witness statement should include details of the person who supervised your risk assessment (name, contact information, signature etc.), the date of the risk assessment and location of the area or item that was risk assessed.

You can select any typical item or area that will be found in an engineering workplace, to complete your risk assessment. For example:

(P5) • A specific machine• A specific confined space • A specific piece of equipment• A specific work activity or process• A specific area within the workplace such as a canteen or server room.

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Task 5: Information sheet

P6 Suggest suitable control measures after a risk assessment has been carried out and state the reasons why they are suitable.

M3 Explain how control measures are used to prevent accidents. Scenario: Refer back to the risk assessment you previously carried out and consider the hazards you identified. For each hazard identified, suggest at least one suitable control measure which could be used in the workplace to minimise the exposure to the hazard and reduce the level of risk associated with it. You should explain clearly why you have suggested each control measure and should present your answers as an information sheet.

It might be useful to split your information sheet into two sections:

(P6) • The first section should focus on the hazards you identified, the suitable control measures you have suggested for each hazard and your reasons for doing so.(M3) • The second section should focus on other examples of control measures in an engineering workplace and the way that these measures can be used to prevent accidents within the workplace. You should try to come up with some scenarios which demonstrate how the measures can prevent accidents.

T5


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Assignment 3 Tasks

Task 6: Presentation

P7 Explain the principles that underpin reporting and recording accidents and incidents.

P8 Describe the procedures used to record and report accidents, dangerous occurrences or near misses. Scenario: Your supervisor has asked you to produce a presentation on reporting and recording accidents, dangerous occurrences and near misses in the workplace. You will present the presentation to your peers who are completing the same training as you. You can include examples of accidents in an engineering workplace within the presentation to demonstrate how they should be reported and recorded.

The presentation should be split into two sections:

(P7) • Section one should focus on the reasons why it is important to report and record accidents in the workplace, and the principles which underpin the reporting and recording of accidents.(P8) • Section two should focus on the procedures which are used in the workplace to report and record accidents, dangerous occurrences and near misses.

T6


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Task 7: Data analysis report

D2 Determine the cost of an accident in the workplace from given data.

Scenario: Following on from the success of your presentation, your supervisor has requested that you produce a report which calculates and evaluates the cost of an accident in an engineering workplace. To complete your report, you can either research a real life accident in an engineering workplace of your choice, or focus on the case study information provided below, which details an accident that previously occurred at Energen Power Station. It is recommended that you carry out further research using the internet and other resources, in relation to accident rates, incidents and the cost of accidents. If you cannot gain all of the information you need from the information provided, or from your research, you should make sensible estimates and state clearly in your report where estimates or assumptions have been made.

Energen Power Station accident: Engineer loses two fingersJamie worked as an engineer at the power station for five years and earned £38,000 per year. He regularly worked with and maintained large machinery, such as hydraulic lifts, drills and cutting machinery. Jamie had completed all of his necessary health and safety training and received in-house training from his supervisor regarding work equipment and machinery. However, when the power station replaced an old drilling machine with a new version, Jamie’s training was not updated. One day he was asked to drill through a large piece of metal using the new machine. While he completed the task unsupervised, Jamie did not enable the safety guard and his left hand was dragged into a rotating chuck, which caused severe cuts and tissue damage. As a result of the accident, Jamie had two fingers amputated and was no longer able to work with machinery, which led to a change in job role and a loss in earnings. An investigation was carried out by the authorities and Energen Power Station was prosecuted for not complying with health and safety legislation by failing to provide adequate and up-to-date training. The power station paid a £25,000 fine and Jamie received £100,000 as compensation. The company struggled to find a new engineer and only employed a replacement for Jamie 12 months after the accident.

Your report should either focus on the accident at the power station or an accident in an engineering workplace of your choice. The report should include:

(D2) • A description of the cost of the accident for the workplace • Evidence of any calculations used to determine the cost of the accident • An explanation of any direct and indirect costs that will affect the individual or the business • Reasonable estimates of costs where information is missing or where official figures cannot be found • A list of information sources used during further research • A report summary which evaluates the cost of the accident and the impact it will have on both the individual and the business.

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