MNO2605 Assignment 4 Semester 2 2024 | Due 23 September 2024

MNO2605 Assignment 4 Semester 2 2024 | Due 23 September 2024. All questions answered with references. Read the case study and answer this question. Four workers die in South Africa construction site collapse The four construction workers died after a sand embankment collapsed at a site in Ballito, South Africa. This is the second major incident in weeks. Four construction workers have died after a sand embankment collapsed at a construction site – the second major incident of its kind in the country in weeks. Five workers were trapped under tonnes of sand when the embankment collapsed at the site at Ballito, north of Durban. However, rescue workers were able to save one of the buried workers. Samantha Meyrick, a spokesperson for IPPS medical Rescue Services, said: “A fifth victim has been found alive and is currently under the care of the IPDPS medical advanced life support. His condition at this time is unknown.” Land-moving equipment was brought onto the scene to help remove the bodies of the other workers – a process which Meyrick described as “slow” due to high risks on the steep slope. The news comes as the death toll caused by the collapse of an apartment building in George, South Africa, rises to 34. "Western Cape Government Health and Wellness can confirm that one of the patients sadly passed away on Friday, the 17th of May,” said Southern Cape Health Department spokesperson Nadia Ferreira. “We currently still have five patients in hospital and four at a step-down facility." The George municipality said that search and rescue efforts were now completed. The site has been classified as a crime scene and is subject to a formal investigation by South African Police. Western Cape Police Commissioner Thembisile Patekile said a team of experienced detectives had been assigned to the case. Meanwhile Public Works and Infrastructure Minister Sihle Zikalala called for an investigation into the Ballito incident, speaking of a “spate of tragic accidents” within South Africa’s construction sector. “I have tasked the Council for the Built Environment to work with sector councils under its wing such as the South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions (SACPCMP), to work together with the relevant authorities, including the Department of Employment and Labour to fully investigate this latest incident,” he said. “The Council for the Built Environment (CBE), will ensure that the SACPCMP appoints the relevant and qualified health and safety professional(s) to investigate whether works, undertaken at the various sites that were recently affected by disaster, were aligned to the guidelines stipulated under the law,” said Zikalala. “Our construction industry has been plagued by a spate of tragic accidents within such a short space of time that demands that the application of construction health and safety standards on site be closely examined.”  Question 1 1. In South Africa, both the OHS Act and the MHS Act stipulate the legal safety responsibilities of employees in an organisation. Briefly explain five general safety responsibilities of employees in relation to the Ballito construction case study.  Question 2 2. Safety risk is unacceptable when the person cannot handle the safety risk. Describe five particular requirements that employees in the workplace must meet in order to handle safety risks successfully in the workplace.  Question 3 3. Safety hazards comprise six different structural characteristics that contribute to their hazardousness, which may eventually result in harm to humans, or damage to property and the environment. Make use of the case study to briefly discuss four structural characteristics of safety hazards.  Question 4 4. Administrative control measures refer to controls that are administratively enforced. Make use of the case study to describe four measures that should be included under the administrative safety control.