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A regular pentagon ABCDE is jointed at the angles and stiffened by two jointed bars AC and AD, as shown in fig.13. Two opposite forces P, each of 3N, are applied at B and E. Find the force in each bar of the framework, stating whether it is tensile or compressive.
Explain the term noise pollution.
Discuss five ways to curb noise pollution.
Define leachate and explain why it occurs.
A paper and pulp factory would like to open a plant in the West of Johannesburg. Water and air discharge permits are required, which need an environment assessment. Outline and clearly describe all issues that would be included in an Environmental Assessment.
what is the difference between non-conservative and conservative pollutants in the environment?Give example
A regular pentagon ABCDE is jointed at the angles and stiffened by two jointed bars AC and AD. Two opposite forces P, each 3N, are applied at B and E. Find the force in each bar of the framework, stating whether it is tensile or compressive.
Determine the cost of an accident in the workplace from given data.
An untrained employee falls five meters through a fragile roof he was repairing. The worker
had suffered a broken leg and had breathing difficulties. The employee was kept in hospital
for three days. A car parked near the house where the roof was being repaired also suffered
a windscreen damage. An official report found out that ABC LLC company failed to inform
their employee that the roof was fragile nor give him any sort of a training in how to work
safely at height.
The company has been successfully prosecuted under Health and Safety ACT 1974, breach of
duty to employees and lack of training. The company was fined 30,000 Dirhams by the
courts and was widely reported in the press.
From the information given above calculate the approximate cost (both direct and indirect
cost) of the accident. Provide references but also use approximate costs where actual cost is
not available.
An inventor has developed an electronic instrument to monitor the impurities in the metal produced by a smelting process. A company that markets this type of equipment is considering the purchase of the patent rights to this instrument for $40,000. The company feels that there is one chance in 5 of the device becoming a successful seller. It is estimated that if the device is successful, it will produce net revenues of$150,000 a year for the next 5 years. If the product is not a success, no revenue will be received. The company’s interest rate is 15%.

(a) Draw a decision tree describing the decision options and determine the best decision policy
Explain the consequences of management not abiding by legislation and
regulations and carrying out their roles and responsibilities in a given health and
safety situationز
Justify the methods used to deal with hazards in accordance with workplace
policies and legal requirements
In this task you need to makereference to the risk assessment outlines in Task5 and the
organisation you visited where you identified hazards and put control measures in place.
You now need to justify the methods used to deal with hazards in accordance with workplace
policies and legal requirement.
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