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)