SAFE WORKING AT HEIGHTS

Safe Working at Heights



Occupational Health and safety Regulation

The Occupational Health and safety Regulation 2001 involves that person needs to be protected when working at some height from the falling risk, and it also provides the guidelines that could be used when control measures are applied. The main objective of an Occupational Health program is to provide security, protection and care to employees in the performance of their work. The increase in accidents in working at heights getting more serious than before due to lack of implementation of procedures and policies, human error, and inadequate infrastructure (Barling, 2003, 276) (Phillps, 1995,, 19 St Luis, MO: Mosby).

There is a need of running a program of occupational health which should have the basic elements to meet these objectives, which include general data about prevention of accidents, evaluation of employees, the investigation of accidents occurring and a program of training and implementation of rules to avoid them (Phillps, 1995,, 19 St Luis, MO: Mosby).

The responsibility of the success of an occupational health program should be shared by all, and it is essential that all workers, employees and trainers perform at their best in this regard. The company where you work must provide safety equipment for working at heights, hanging on the ropes for hours. The employer hence is liable to give benefits in case of disability of the worker through accident.

Part 1

In the case of western Sydney, the accident rates is compounded by certain features of the construction industry and in particular when one must consider the responsibilities that hygiene and safety, are for the client and main contractors, assigned contractor and subcontractors.

Among these features that make Construction has different ways to those of other productive work activities may include: (Appel, 1997,, 1117).

The high informality of the sector

The absence of contractual relations between the parties is the existence of lease contracts for work or services between the Client and Principal Contractor if any, between Client and contractors, including contractors and subcontractors, etc (Appel, 1997,, 1117).

The presence of workers on site that often have nothing to do with it from the standpoint of construction made some kind of work in it, whether occasionally or not. E.g., the company which engages the metal frames not only made but also the installation on site. This installation can be done with our own staff (from the metallurgical sector and with little experience in construction) or retained (may or may not work experience).

The high level of staffing that is outside the formal sector of the economy (black workers). The increase in judicial activity in many cases, against their direct employer, but which operates against the owner of the work (the principal) (Brewster, 1997, 133).

Responsibilities of the Parties

All these features mentioned above make a vacuum is generated on the responsibilities inherent in the health and safety at work or occupational risk prevention, which means that when they are assessed as a result of the occurrence of a accident at work (especially when it is ...