SCENARIO # 2: Serious Near-Miss Crane Incident Abstract
Employees operation health and safety is of ultimate importance and both the employer and top management should always ensure that their safety is given the top most priority and consideration in all cases. Although the companies major aim is to secure the lucrative contract deal with the LCS in order t boost on its overall performance it should not do it at the expense of the lives and safety of the employees. The cranes are very risky and prone to cause injuries and even deaths of employees if the company is not keen to take necessary precautions measures. Employees are organizational assets and their safety should be prioritized and well protected
From the prior incidents that happened in the crane operation where the some of the workers were injured due to the default cranes roles that snapped, the organization need to have taken prior steps in ensuring that the accident did not occur. In fact it was very fair for the employee that called the OSHA representatives informing them of the imminent danger at the work station. This is because if appropriate care and consideration are not given to the issue it might cause deaths of employees in case the whole crane and containers collapsed.
As the officer in charge the first step I would take is to immediately call off the operation and have board discussion on how to secure new cranes and ropes that do not compromise the safety of the employees. This can be done through budgetary allocation that will ensure that the organizational operations are safe at the present and in future instances. The most critical information and answers that one should have is the steps they have taken in ensuring that the employees are safe would also consider ensuring that all the necessary health and safety equipments and gadgets such as the helmets and first