Health and Safety Measures to Prevent Accidents

1. Effective employee resourcing:
   The company must structure its people resourcing strategy to ensure that the right people with the right skills are employed to fill vacant positions.
2. Establish safety policy:
   The company must establish a health and safety policy to guide all employees in the dispensation of their assigned responsibilities. Such a policy must emphasize the company’s desire to have an accident-free working environment.
3. Reduce job overload:
   Employees must be assigned with moderate work responsibilities. This ensures that employees are able to dispense their work within the appropriate time duration without the need for rushing to beat time or schedules.
4. Risk assessment:
   The company must also conduct regular risk assessments for all jobs and assignments. Such an assessment would enable the management of the company to easily identify all risks associated with all jobs and implement necessary preventive measures.
5. Constant review:
   There should be constant review of all protective and preventive measures. This would determine whether protective and preventive measures implemented are working according to plans, and where deviations are identified, corrective measures should be put in place.
6. Safety training:
   Employees should be given regular safety training to ensure they understand and adhere to safety practices and procedures, reducing the likelihood of accidents.
7. Proper maintenance of equipment:
   All machinery and equipment should be regularly maintained to ensure they are in safe working condition, preventing malfunctions that could lead to accidents.
8. Emergency procedures:
   Clear and effective emergency procedures should be established, communicated, and regularly drilled to ensure all employees know how to respond to emergencies quickly and safely.

(8 points @ 1.25 marks each = 10 marks)