Task 2: Management failures and control measures

According to Article 16 of C155, The retail store Management has failed to meet the following
basic requirements, and hence that have contributed to this accident

1. The management failed to provide safe workplace because the stairs were provided
with only handrail on the right of the stairs and not on the left side, the stock room were
with many near misses like shoe boxes falling from height, trips over boxes not put away
properly, and the use of broken step ladders.
2. The management has not provided safe ladder equipment, and broken step ladders
were put in use in the stock room.
3. The management has not conducted risk assessment for any of the risk activities in
past 2 years. The old risk assessment was also not reviewed and not necessary control
actions were implemented to prevent slip and trip, work at height and manual handling
hazards
4. Following are the long-term administrative control measures could the employer carry
out to help avoid a repeat of this accident
1. The retail store’s health and safety policy shall be reviewed and updated as required by
the legal standards
2. Task specific risk assessment to be done and suitable control measures to be
implemented to prevent accident
3. Provide a safe system of work procedure to all temporary and permanent workers and
ensure the same has been followed by them
4. The movement of shifting of shoe boxes and shoe products from stock room to retail
store shall be supervised by a store manager or appointing a supervisor
5. The workers need to be given training on safe lifting and carrying shoe boxes in the
staircase
6. The staircase need to be provided with hand rail in both the right and left hand sides
7. Job rotation can be given to all workers to prevent from flustering.
8. Maintain accident and near miss records, conduct incident investigation and
identify root cause of the near-miss and incident in the workplace