Exercises questions

1. Two construction workers were buried alive yesterday while digging a

trench for a sewage pipe in a construction project. Malacca O!" #upt.
Mohd $oor Masdar said the victi%s were &o 'an hin( )*( of Ta%an
'achang 'aru( and +ndonesian #a%ujianto Tukiran( ,). The two were
a%ong a -ve.%an tea% carrying out earthworks for the laying of
sewage pipes for the /olej +sla% Melaka ca%pus in /uala #ungai 'aru
when the incident occurred at 11 a%. #upt. Mohd $oor said three
workers were digging the 0.1 % deep and 1.1 % wide trench. 2The
earth which was placed on top suddenly caved in and covered the two
workers(3 he said. 2The two were already dead when the other workers
dug the% out with their bare hands(3 he said.
a4 5hat are the fault laws involved in Occupational #afety and &ealth
6ct 177)( including the duties of the e%ployer and e%ployee
0. 8ichard has recently purchased a %ediu%.si9ed saw%ill. &e recogni9es
that health and safety has been a proble% at the %ill in the past :last
year( one worker lost a li%b in an accident4. &owever( 8ichard and his
new %anage%ent tea% are serious about safety and want to i%prove
the %ill;s safety perfor%ance. <ou are the health and safety consultant
who has been contracted to help 8ichard and his engineer to introduce
a safety turnaround at the %ill. <our pri%ary task is to help design and
i%ple%ent a health and safety %anage%ent progra%.
a. 5hat are the vital co%ponents of a successful health and safety
progra%=
b. 5hat steps would you work through with the tea%=
c. &ow %ight 8ichard convince skeptical e%ployees that as safer
workplace are truly a priority=