A team of three workers namely Aziz, Ambiga, and Ah Meng workfor Zig Zag Timber Sdn. Bhd. In general, they involved in operatinga jigsaw cutting machine and a sandpaper machine. Their workincludes loading wood panels onto the machine, cutting the wood,shaping the wood according to the design, unloading the cut woodand smoothing the wood surface. They also need to repair andmaintain the machine regularly as well as to change the blades andthe sandpaper. Aziz, aged 50 is the most senior among them butrecently had vision problem due to his diabetes. Ambiga is 45 yearsold and known to be very cheerful among his colleagues, but hiswife sudden death in 2017, had caused him to depress and lost hisfocus on the job. Ah Meng who is 28 years old, is the youngestamong them and due to his lack of experience he frequently mademistakes that brought down the whole team’s productivity. Each ofthe workers had experienced an accident at the workplace. The mostsevere accident happened to Aziz who lost one-third of his middlefinger due to malfunction of the wood cutting machine.
(a) Based on the above scenario, discuss the causes ofwork-related accidents by considering the following elements:
i. the task to be done
ii the working conditions
iii. the employees’ characteristics
(b) Describe two actions that Zig Zag Timber Sdn Bhd. may taketo protect the above-mentioned workers and promote safety andhealth in the workplace?
