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QUESTION 
Work environment
 
What aspects of your own work environment (if any) do you think are: 

A hindrance to your work? 

A hazard to your health or safety? 

A source of dissatisfaction? 
 
5.4 Accident and safety policies 
Accidents are 
expensive.
(a) 
Time is lost by the injured employee and other staff. 
(b) 
Costs caused by disruption to operations, for example repair costs and production ‘downtime’ 
following damage to equipment. 
(c) 
Compensation payments or fines resulting from legal action and increased insurance premiums. 
(d) 
Output from the injured employee on return to work is often reduced. 
(e) 
Recruiting and training a replacement for the injured worker will have its own cost. 
An employee who is injured as a result of either the 
employer's failure to take reasonable care 
or a 
breach of 
statutory duty 
can 
sue
. 
(a) 
An employee is not deemed to consent to the risk of injury because they are aware of the risk. It 
is the employer's duty to provide a safe working system. 
(b) 
Employees can become inattentive or careless in doing work which is monotonous or imposes 
stress. This factor too must be allowed for in the employer's safety precautions. 
(c) 
The employer should encourage and insist on proper use of safety equipment. 
(d) 
Many dangers can be caused by carelessness or other fault of an otherwise competent employee, 
possibly by their mere thoughtlessness. 
Reducing the frequency and severity of accidents 
(a) 
Develop safety consciousness among staff. 
(b) 
Develop effective consultative 
participation
. 
(c) Give 
adequate 
instruction 
in safety rules and measures. 
(d)