Rationale
Safety and Risk Management are critical aspects of a workplace and breaches are punishable under Work Health and Safety Law. This task encourages students to analyse and conceptualise responses to safety breaches in a given situation and make decisions based on the evidence provided.
Task
Read the online article at the following link:
Article - Canberra construction company fined $1.1 million over death of truck driver By Gordon Taylor
In an essay describing the workplace, the hazards and how this safety breach could have been avoided. What actually happened and how did SAFEWORK resolve this issue? What could have been done differently and how would you address this if you worked in this workplace?
Criteria
Your assignment will be assessed on the following:
Academic writing style
depth of discussion on the safety aspects leading to the incident
Discussion of the response to the incident and how safety could be improved.
Use of APA referencing style
2000 Words (Postgraduate level)