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Company StarBuck

4.1- Based on the legislation, the regulations and the organizational requirements of your workplace, describe the aspects that might impose a potential risk in your work place.

4.2 -You are required to write a report to your facility management officer informing him/her that health and safety regulations have been applied. Write a paragraph to illustrate what you would include in that report.

4.3 As a health and safety consultant, you are required to audit the existing health and safety policies within your department. Write the review and recommend 2 changes to the existing policies. Discuss why you think your recommendations are effective and compliant with the existing policies.

4.4 -You are running an induction program for your new staff on the health and safety policies and procedures at your department. Write a memo about the topics that you would discuss with them and how you would encourage them to apply those policies and procedures

Answer 1

1. Aspect that can impose potential risk
Coffee growing environment and fertilizers used for farming. The quality of fertilizers used for farming can act as a potential risk.

The toxicity of agrochemicals used for the farm.
Quality of soil used for coffee production.
Use of PCBs, dioxins, furans, DDT, aldrin, hexachlorobenzene, chlordane, mirex, toxaphene, dieldrin, endrin and heptachlor should be avoided which are the toxic agrochemicals.
The temperature of coffee served should be within the permissible range so that it may not cause any injury to the customer in case the customer spills the coffee.

2. Things to be included in the report of health and safety regulations

The product quality, growing environment, coffee processing environment need to be regularly monitored so as to be within health and safety regulations. The quality of Coffee Bean has been monitored for presence of insect, damage beans, broken beans, presence of sticks and stones. Presence of any of the above would lead to rejection of coffee beans. It is checked if the coffee sample is fermented, astringent, faded, past crop flavour, medicinal, tainted, oily or dirty, then the coffee sample would be rejected.

3. Recommended to changes to the existing policy
Include protection of worker, working in coffee farm, provide convenient access to housing and provide them with basic necessity and safe and comfortable environment and continuous improvement of relevant facility.
The family of workers should be given access to educational facilities and require medical care.

4. Topics to be discussed in induction program
Quality management principles
Health and safety guidelines
Protection of cell from any hazardous situation
Use of quality materials while farming
Protection of environment during coffee processing and coffee growing