Occupational Health and Safety

Training for new and existing employees

By Jodie Lowe

Welcome and Introduction

Welcome everyone

Today we are covering our company’s Occupational Health and Safety policies for new and existing employees.

Let’s get started with some information to help familiarize new workers with key information.

Induction for New Employees

Your supervisor, George Clooney, will manage your induction. Ask any questions of him except those about his recent marriage to brilliant lawyer, Amal.

You will be personally introduced to the team shortly.

George will also show you around the building so you know where everything is.

A map will be included of the building in your Induction Pack as well a chart showing Who’s Who in the business.

George will explain day to day requirements of the job, hours you will work, meal breaks and daily logistics.

Your supervisor, George Clooney

Your Health and Safety Representatives

Ewan McGregor (left) and Colin Firth (right)

Occupational Health and Safety for New Employees

Occupational Health and Safety for new employees

Ewan and Colin will do a separate OHS presentation for you explaining matters such as correct posture, keyboard use and other OHS practices used in our company.

FYI, Colin doesn’t like talking about Pride and Prejudice and just wants to be known for taking OHS seriously.

So do we.

Equipment safety checks

Computers are maintained by our IT department

Employees log computer faults using a maintenance form.

Ergonomic chairs in our office are checked every six months and staff are

encouraged to report any problems.

Company cars are serviced every 12 months and are in excellent working

order.

Electrical cabling is safely installed in the building and regularly checked by a

qualified person to ensure it meets the Australian Standard AS/NZS 3760.

The Fire Service checks all our smoke alarms are working every six

months

Existing and potential hazards

Not having any emergency plan

Not clearly showing where emergency exits are

Walkways cluttered with objects

Electrical cabling left out for people to trip over

Incorrect lifting of heavy objects

Employee fatigue

Mats that can cause people to slip

Spills not cleaned up off the floor

Toxic chemicals on site

Poor ventilation

Bullying

Reporting workplace OHS incidents and store these on a safe, central database

Recording injuries caused in these incidents

Getting regular feedback from employments about unsafe features of the business; equipment and/or the building itself

Conducting regular risk assessments and work out how you would deal with the most serious OHS risks and formulate a plan

Educating employees about how to avoid injury at work

Ensuring all equipment is correctly and regularly maintained.

Safety representatives meet regularly with staff and senior management to discuss important OHS issues and fix problems

Our procedure for controlling risks

Our process for consulting about OH&S issues

Our safety representatives, Ewan McGregor and Colin Firth, meet weekly with all employees and senior

management.

It’s a chance for people to share information about safety concerns at work

The information from staff is relayed to senior management and an action plan is developed as a priority.

Senior management will come back to staff with the response to the OHS concerns identified

All this information is stored on a central database

Procedure for reporting risks and incidents

Employees report risks and incidents by filling out a form available from reception. This is given to our company’s Safety Representatives

The information and responses are stored on a central database.

As well as filling out this form, the employee must advise their direct supervisor of the risk/incident.

Safety Representatives take the matter to senior management to ensure it is fully investigated.

Outcome of investigation is reported back to staff as a priority and the response to the incident will be reviewed to see how it could have been dealt with better.

How we discuss OHS issues

Report the incident to your supervisor and safety advisor and tell colleagues.

Every week we discuss these issues during our staff meetings

If you have a suggestion for how we can deal with an OHS issue more effectively, tell the Safety Reps

If you are still dissatisfied with how a matter has been dealt with, you are welcome to discuss it with Senior Management

Fire

In a fire emergency

Follow the Emergency Plan.

Copies are in every desk and on the tearoom wall

Follow all instructions from your Fire Warden, Michael Scott

Fire Emergency continued

Leave the building as directed by your Fire Warden and if smoke is present crawl down low

Do not panic

Once you are safely outside please move to the designated emergency meeting location and remain there and await further instructions

The Fire Warden will have rung the Fire Brigade and they will be on their way

InjuryImmediately contact the First Aid

Officer, Jerry Seinfeld

Call the ambulance on 000

Assault

If someone is assaulted at work

Immediately dial 000 and call Tasmania Police and Ambulance Tasmania

In an electricity emergency dial 000

For power outages contact the distributor Tas Networks on 13 2004

Gas emergencies and faults 180 2111

Your Employer’s OHS Obligations

In Tasmania you’re employer must give you:

A safe work environment

Procedures which allow you to work safely

Tell you if any work tasks come with hazards

Training so that you can do your job safely

Supervision

Protective equipment and clothing

(Source: http://worksafe.tas.gov.au)

Your OHS obligations as an employee

Follow instructions designed to keep you safe at work

Don’t put the health and safety of your colleagues or yourself at risk

Report hazards and incidents that occur at work

Help to improve workplace safety

(Source: http://worksafe.tas.gov.au)

Here are some hazard and safety signs

Source: http://www.seton.net.au