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1) Executive Summery
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Identifying the Hazards

Factors which cause occupational diseases
Safety Audit and Safety Inspection
Improvements to the external and internal environment
Assess the present benefits and service
Suitable benefits and service package

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Executive Summery
This Project Report I have explained about the Health & safety issues which occurred at
Cargo and container handling Company. Also I have included some improvements to
overcome those issues.

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Identifying the Hazards

The main Hazards that we found in this organization are
1. The road and the yard area is damaged and there are ruts and holes in it due to work
of heavy machinery & due to rain. During rainy seasons these ruts and holes get filed
with muddy water.
2. There is no proper way to drains. During rainy seasons these drains get overflow and
whole area becomes water block and it is a good place to mosquitos to breed.
3. The newly constructed buildings do not have taken stability report that they are stable
to use.
4. Yard area does not have enough spot lights and few lights have found broken.
5. No ventilation provided for workers who wash inside 40ft long containers.
6. Unclean uniforms. Laundry system is not consistent.
7. Employees are getting medicine by themselves. No medical officer at night. No
representative of HR department at night. No Proper medical officer. No proper place
for medical treatment(sick room)
8. The milk given to employees without checked by proper person. The milk could be
expired and it could make employees sick. No responsible person for milk.
9. No hygiene in meals. Meals are taken from hotel nearby and hotel is not checked for
hygiene.
10. No drinking water provided in the yard area.
11. No safety drill or fire drill was conducted in the premises. Posters on accident
prevention and safety management are displayed but employees are not aware of
them.
12. Sanitary facilities are not enough for company.
13. Trade union also becoming a hazard

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Factors which cause occupational diseases

We have identified couple of factors which can cause for occupational diseases.
1. Employee getting medicine by themselves can cause for occupational diseases.
Because wrong medicine can be taken by employees because they dont have proper
training on medical treatment.
2. Milk provided for employees are not checked for hygiene which can cause for
diseases.
3. Continues Faint inside containers can cause diseases.
4. Employees are not using Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) which can cause lung
cancer due to heavy dust on paints.
5. No clean drinking water in yard can cause diseases, employees will take water from
somewhere near by to the yard whether it is clean or not. This will cause diseases
such as diarrhoea, dehydration, cholera and typhoid.

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Safety Audit and Safety Inspection

As per the request by the CEO we have to conduct a safety audit to find out the problems of
safety issues.
Safety audit and safety inspections are done to identify the positives and drawbacks of the
health and safety practices of an company. First all the necessary information such as past
records of accidents, information from managers, supervisors, employees including all the
department or units of the yard should be collect before inspection.
First inspection should be conduct to identify drawbacks of physical environment (work
station)
1. Inspection for basic needs of food and water in the yard
It is clear that no sources and effective investment on safe, adequate fresh water in the yard
who are working in the yard. Work station has been designed in poor way to provide adequate
water for hardworking people in the operational units.
Second drawback is even there are many new buildings for functions there is no canteen
facility to provide basic three meals base on the shifts. But the company maintains vehicle
brings meals from nearby hotel which is not checked for hygiene.
2. Inspection for Transport facilities after relocation
The operatives who finish their work in the night spend night in spite of factor that facilities
are not provided that staff and there are not even rest room facilities for such employees for
their naps. Transport facilities to night workers and rest room for workers should provide to
overcome this issue.
3. Inspection for first aids and first stage medical treatments in the yard
Medical officer should also work in nightshifts or should appoint another officer to cover
nightshift. Some employees are doing medical treatments for occupational diseases which
infect due to poor workstation design. For an example bad illumination on the yard could
increase the number of accidents.

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4. Inspection for posters and slogans displayed for prevent accidents

Posters on accident prevention and safety management have displayed but the technical staff
is unable to explain the details and the salient features of such posters and slogans. There are
no machine safeties precautions have displayed or acknowledge the employees the way that
they can understand. Safety drill should done to overcome this issue.
5. Inspection for Unclean uniform
Laundryman washes the uniforms but he is not regular and no action is taken to regularize the
system. But employees are punished for not wearing uniforms. To overcome this issue
company should hire permanent laundryman to outsource this function.

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Improvements to the external and internal environment

External environment

Internal environment

Adequate number of spot light should be

situated covering 10 acres of yard extent
and specially, sufficient illumination
should supply for working areas. Also
technician should be appointed to check
regularly light system and repair and
replace lights and fuse in necessary
occasions.
Road and yard should reconstruct and
construct systematic way for outflow
water during the rainy season.

Safety water should provide all the

employees with in there working area
where the places that they can move
easily.

Lockers and store of tools, uniforms and

necessary material should locate near to
the workstations and rest rooms,
washrooms, taps also construct near to
work station for operatives.

Most of the time higher risk is in night

due to dark light, sleepiness of night will
provide ground for accidents. So there
should be responsible person at the night.

Banners, postures, slogans should

display outside and suitable places with
clear and understandable language for
every employees.

Redesign inside of washing and painting

units with proper ventilation and they
should be provided appropriate uniforms
which does not touch the painting
chemicals.
Provide a proper on the job training on
health and safety to every supervisor and
self-motivate for check for safety needs
in their units.

Appointing a safety and medical officer

for both day and night shifts.

Conduct regular audits of equipment and

procedures in cost effective manner.
Establish safety committee and Hold
Safety meetings
Safety committee should represent the all
units in the yard and they will check and
evaluate, meet and discuss the
improvements with management.
Conduct Scientific study of present
condition and process of work station

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Assess the present benefits and service

Allowances and incentives

Other benefits

Travelling allowances were paid only A pint of milk is given to all the heavy
for 3 month and travelling arrangement vehicle drivers and machine operators but the
are provide continuously to executives. case is few are not like for it but there is no
alternative for them. There should be another
alternative to people who dont like for milk.
There is an incentive scheme all
employees in common for manual
operatives and supervisory and clerical
staff. The latter part has special travelling
arrangement such as pick up and drops at
port.

Even if there is no canteen facility vehicle is

provided for the tea maker to collect money
and bring foods for the employees who have
not bought food from home.

There is laundryman to wash employees

uniform but the system is not regularize.
There is medical expenses reimbursement
scheme for all employee, with special heath
policy in operation for executives with
variations from senior executive to junior
executive.
Medical officer has been appointed for
treatments on day shift but not available him on
night shifts.
Safe Drinking water is available and limited
in the office and operational units but not in the
yard.

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Suitable benefits and service package

Provide canteen facility to provide meals and tea. Employees can be

provided meals for reasonable price or free of charge base on the financial
status of the organization.
Transport facilities should provide for employees, especially for night shift
workers.
There should be alternatives drinks for milk.
Clean drinking water should provide in the.
Meal allowance and overtime should be paid for the trailer drivers and
their helpers who are waiting in the queue for long hours due to the
congestion in the port.
Sick rooms, rest rooms, first aid facilities, medical insurance should also
provide for all employees.
Every employee should be provided appropriate and specific uniform
design based on considering functions of work. Ex: overall kit
Establish regular system for washing and cleaning uniform and appoint
sufficient employees for laundry or outsource the function.
There should be medical coverage (insurance) not only for occupational
disease but also for all accidents during work time or not.
Well-designed incentive scheme should provide for all workers.
Organize year-base payment employees who have free of accidents
throughout year who are works in risky places.

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