OHS REPORT BY JARED GIBSON, MAX HANDSAKER, HARRY LEGGATT AND GUS CAMPBELL

OHS: Outcome 1. Work Safety Harrison Leggatt

Work Safety

• Insurable Costs (Workers Compensation) , Non-Insurable Costs (lost time injury and reduced productivity, staff replacement and retraining) , Costs to Community (Health Services, Rehabilitation and loss of skilled labour) & Cost to Employees (income for family, the injured)

Injuries

• Worksafe, Victoria. They deal in all costs to injuries and advertising to promote safety in the work place.

Young people at work

• Young people may be keen and active for work, but they are at risk of danger at work. This is because; • Young people are not educated in the risks and proper handling of

various work (depending on the workplace). • Many young rarely ask for assistance. • They may copy bad work habits from other people• They lack training nor do they gain proper training due to their small

time period of work. • Their gratitude for having a job overrides health and safety

considerations.

Occupational health and safety

Gus CampbellOutcome 2: Implement workplace and safety requirements

What is a workplace hazard?

A workplace hazard is a potential accident that can occur in a place of work. If one were to have an accident at work, it could lead to a very serious injury, which may in turn out them in the hospital. Different types of workplaces have different types of accidents. For example, someone in an accounting firm could get a paper-cut, whereas someone in a garbage disposal unit could get crushed by a garbage crusher.

Examples of acute hazards

• An acute Hazard is something that causes injury immediately • E.g. A knife = A cut• Contact with electricity = A nasty shock• Wet floor = Slipping on the ground

Example of chronic hazard

• A chronic hazard is something that causes injury over a long period of time• E.g. Benzene = Leukaemia• Asbestos = Mesothelioma • Welding = Metal fume fever• Hard rock mining = Sicilocis

Categories of hazard

• There are 6 categories of hazard:• 1. Physical: A light fixture falling on your head.• 2. Chemical: Taking in sharpie fumes and passing out.• 3. Ergonomic: Having bad posture at a desk.• 4. Radiation: Working with Nuclear waste.• 5. Psychological: Too many late night shifts, causing depression.• 6. Biological: Catching a cold from the person in the next cubicle.

OUTCOME 3 ‐ PARTICIPATE IN OHS CONSULTATIVE PROCESSES

Max Handsaker

Describe two methods that you know of that reduce manual handling injuries when moving equipment.

• Tool box talks– discussion prior to starting job, make sure everyone knows what is going on, make sure you have the right number of people and someone! “In charge”’• Using trolleys, lifts, forklifts, elevators, bin tippers, conveyor belts, etc.

If you were given a container of cleaning fluid in a workplace and requested to clean a bench surface, what precautions would you take before beginning the task?

• Personal protective equipment (goggles etc.)• Eliminating any hazards

A band is playing in a live venue and the punters have complained about the excess noise. Can you suggest two different methods of reducing the punters exposure to the band’s excessive noise?

• Personal Ear protection• Telling the band to play more quietly

Machinery in workplaces, especially when working at heights, must have guards or safety cages over moving parts. Describe why it is not safe to use a machine without a guard in place.

• • Because if they need a barrier to stop them from falling• They might need a barrier between them and a possible object falling

towards them• They need to have area were they have protection

OHS Outcome 4 Jarod Gibson

The occupational health and safety legislation was introduced to…

• Protect the health, safety and welfare of people at work• Eliminate the risks to health and safety at their source• Protect the public against risk to health and safety caused by people

at work

Responsibilities of the Employer in OHS include…

• Provide a safe work place• Maintain Safety• Provide supervision and safety• Provide medical services• Monitor health• Keep records on health and safety• Employ qualified health and safety persons• Provide information in appropriate languages• Ensure plant constructions and processes are safe• Ensure every substance used is safe• Provide records on tests and design of facilities and how are you

Responsibilities of the Employee in OHS include…• Obey safety rules in the company showing a duty of care to other

workers• Wear/ use the specified Personal Protective equipment• Remind others of their responsibility to wear their Personal Protective

Equipment• Cooperate with the employer in the creation of a safe work place• Inform the employee of situations likely to pose health and safety

hazards• Be responsible for your own health & Safety and the people you are

working

What is an Australian Standard?

• An Australian Standard are, in a way, rules that provide the minimum mandatory standard requirements for products, processes health and safety. An example of an Australian Standard are regulations for portable fire extinguishers.

What is a Code of Practice?

• A Code of Practice is a practical guide to achieving the standards of health and safety required under the model Work Health and Safety (WHS) Act and model WHS Regulations.

What is a Prohibition notice?

• A Prohibition notice is issued by an inspector notice when there is an immediate risk to health and safety. If a prohibition notice is issued work cannot commence until the inspector is satisfied that adequate steps have been taken to eliminate or minimise the risk of health and safety.