Responsibilities of Supervisor

Questions 1.Identification of Five Responsibilities of a Supervisor. 2.Identification of Five Responsibilities of a Worker.3.Description of each of the Five Components of the Health and Safety Management System noted above.4.Explanation of the Importance of each Component to ensure the Organization is in Compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act.5.Description of two types of Metrics each Supervisor is to prepare to measure how their work areas are Performing in regard to Health and Safety. Answer: 1.Responsibilities of Supervisor The manager of Foothills Medical Centre has recently hired three new supervisors for supervising the staffs at food services, housekeeping services and laundry services. The prime concern for the supervisors will be to ensure compliance with the Alberta Occupational Health and Safety Act. Responsibilities of Supervisor Employee Management Manages the activities of the employees and enforces comprehensive safety measures at food processing, housekeeping and laundry services Doing everything reasonable for ensuring health and safety of the workers Inform workplace Hazards Inform the employee regarding the workplace hazards at food processing, housekeeping and laundry services Inform the current control towards preventing the effects of those hazards Involves workers to indentify hazards Involves workers for the assessment of hazards in the workplace Deciding about the control for those hazards Ensures employees have proper training Maintains inventory records of cleaning materials Ensures employees have proper training for avoiding any workplace hazard Communicates health and safety right and regulation Ensures employees are aware of every health and safety rights and regulations Table 1: Responsibilities of Supervisor (Source: Work.alberta.ca, 2017) 2.Responsibilities of Worker Responsibilities of Worker Read the measures of workplace safety Properly read all workplace safety measures for preventing workplace hazards Properly read health posters at the job site for taking preventive measure against workplace hazards Complying with OSHA Comply with OSHA for health and safety at workplace Compliance with Maine safety standards Follow rule and regulation Must follow all the lawful rules and regulations of the employers for ensuring health and safety Use and wear protective equipment during work time Report hazards Must report all the hazardous situation to the employers Report work-related injuries Must report all the work-related injuries or illness and seeking treatment promptly from the part of employers Table 2: Responsibilities of Worker (Source: Dir.ca.gov, 2017) 3.Components of Health and Safety Management System Explanation of Components of Health and Safety Management System Identification of workplace hazards The Occupational Health and Safety Code of Alberta defines workplace hazards as the condition, which can be dangerous for the worker in regards to their health and safety Assessment of workplace hazards leads to taking preventive actions against their severe impact (Cccohs.ca, 2017). Occupational Health and Safety Training The supervisors must ensure that the workers are completely aware of all the hazards associated with their jobs Employees are to be given training on the utilization of safety equipment towards effective health and safety at the workplace Workplace inspections Formal and ongoing inspections of workplace highly needed for checking the effectiveness of previous health and safety regulations (Work.alberta.ca, 2017). It needs from time to time with introduction of new equipment and process for food processing, housekeeping and laundry services Accident investigation Defines the investigation of any accident or negative outcome from uncontrolled hazards like an illness and injuries Investigates the results that went wrong in the workplace Accident reporting Defines the report of accidents for assessing the causes of accident Leads for future measurement towards preventing workplace injuries Table 3: Explanation of Components (Source: McCaughey et al., 2013) 4.Importance of Components Importance of Components of Health and Safety Management System Identification of workplace hazards Identification of hazards can prevent the workers from facing any potential workplace injuries (Work.alberta.ca, 2017). Therefore, the workers of food, housekeeping and laundry services of Foothills Medical Centre can get effective health and safety at their workplace. The supervisors can eliminate and control the hazards identifies beforehand they affect the workers Occupational Health and Safety Training Helps in own safety of the workers at their respective workplace Workers can be aware of proper utilization of personal defensive equipments towards complying with the Occupational Health and Safety Act (Ccohs.ca, 2017) Workplace inspections Important to recognize outdated controls and new raised hazards in the food, housekeeping and laundry services Helps in eliminating potential hazards and framing new control measures Accident investigation Helps in indentifying the actual reasons of workplace injuries at Foothills Medical Centre Helps in building new workplace health and safety regulations for preventing the injuries from happening again Accident reporting Helps the authorities of Foothills Medical Centre towards framing better workplace and safety regulations based on the types of current workplace injuries Introduction of new legislation towards workers health and safety Table 4: Importance of Components (Source: Hc-sc.gc.ca, 2017) 5.Metrics Metrics for Measuring Health and Safety Metrics What How Rationale Numbers of safety Measures Measures the numbers of accidents occurred in the food, housekeeping and laundry services of Foothills Medical Centre (Hc-sc.gc.ca, 2017). Conducting survey all through the work of all employees in food, housekeeping and laundry services. It will be measured once in 15 days. Helps in ensuring workplace safety and any gaps in the work procedures that is against safety standard. Percentage of OHS complaints and suggestions Measures the numbers of claims from the workers regarding their health and safety issues at their workplace It will be measured from workers feedback and will be conducted once in a month. Helps in measuring the effectiveness of current health and safety regulations at the workplace Table 5: Metrics for Measuring Health and Safety (Source: McCaughey et al., 2013) References: Ccohs.ca. (2017).ccohs.ca. Retrieved 19 February 2017, from https://www.ccohs.ca/oshanswers/legisl/intro.html Dir.ca.gov. (2017).Dir.ca.gov. Retrieved 19 February 2017, from https://www.dir.ca.gov/Dosh/workersrResponsibilities.htm Hc-sc.gc.ca. (2017).Hc-sc.gc.ca. Retrieved 19 February 2017, from https://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/ewh-semt/occup-travail/index-eng.php McCaughey, D., DelliFraine, J.L., McGhan, G. Bruning, N.S., (2013). The negative effects of workplace injury and illness on workplace safety climate perceptions and health care worker outcomes.Safety science,51(1), pp.138-147. Work.alberta.ca. (2017).work.alberta.ca. Retrieved 19 February 2017, from https://work.alberta.ca/documents/ohs-best-practices-BP020.pdf Work.alberta.ca. (2017).Work.alberta.ca. Retrieved 19 February 2017, from https://work.alberta.ca/occupational-health-safety.html