Reference no: EM133583207

Case Study: Carrying the Nappies

Brock Deneson, one of the educators at Little.ly, tripped at work yesterday just after lunch at 1pm. Brock was taken to the hospital where it was found that he had broken his foot. He will now be in a 'moon boot' for at least six weeks. You called the ambulance as soon as you saw how bad the accident was.

You witnessed the incident. Brock was walking along the passage between the storeroom and the Willow Oak Room carrying two large boxes of nappies on top of each other. The boxes are not heavy, but they are large and awkward.

A child toddled in front of him. Because of the boxes Brock didn't see the child until the last moment. He fell and, trying to avoid falling on the child, landed awkwardly on his foot.

Brock was crying from the pain. He said it was his fault because he should have been looking where he was going. Brock was carrying two boxes at a time because he said he was so tired that he just wanted to get the job done quickly.

You remember that Brock had told you that with working full-time, studying the Diploma, and looking after his aged Mum at home, he was absolutely exhausted.

You also remember that at last month's WHS meeting, management had agreed to buy a trolley, but it hasn't been delivered yet.

Today on July second 2022, your supervisor has asked to complete a Staff Member Incident, Injury and Trauma Record form as Brock won't be back at work for some time and they need the information for Work Cover purposes.

Question 1 What could Brock deal with his stress and fatigue? Suggest three strategies to reduce stress and fatigue in the workplace.

Question 2 What are three reasons that incident reports must be completed?

Question 3 You have been asked to help with the development of a procedure for moving items safely from the storeroom, into the children's rooms.
Your supervisor would like you to make a list of things that employees need to be careful of when doing this. Make a list of at least six safe practices that could be added to the procedure.

Question 4 Describe the hazards in the scenario. Include at least three contributing factors from the case study that lead to Brock's injury.

Question 5 Read the Hazard Management Policy and the Manual Handling Policy and identify at least one point from each policy that should have been followed to avoid this incident.

Question 6 Identify two people at Little.ly who hazards should be reported to where they are identified in the future.

Question 7 Identify three ways hazards can be reported to the appropriate personnel.

Question 8 Imagine you have been asked to meet to discuss possible amendments to the safe workplace policies and procedures based on this scenario. List at least three suggestions you would make to management.

Question 9 List at least three housekeeping actions you could take personally to ensure the work area is maintained more effectively to reduce injuries like this in the future.