The purpose of the Act and Regulation is to ensure workplace health and safety with an emphasis on risk management and consultation.
Compliance codes provide practical guidance to those who have duties or obligations under the OHS Act. They aim to provide easy to understand information on how to comply.
This information, if applied appropriately, will mean those who follow it are deemed to have complied with their obligations under the OHS Act.
Duties of employers:
The employer is responsible for:
Maintaining places of work, under the employer’s control, in a safe condition and ensuring safe entrances and exits;
Making arrangements to ensure the safe use, handling, storage and transport of plant and substances;
Providing and maintaining systems of work and working environments that are safe and without risks to health;
Providing the information, instruction, training and supervision necessary to ensure health and safety at work; and.
Providing adequate facilities for the welfare of employees ensuring consultation with employees.
Duties of employees:
Employees must:
Take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and others at the workplace; and.
Cooperate with their employer to enable compliance with the OHS legislation.
Everyone at the workplace must:
Not interfere with or misuse items provided for health, safety and welfare purposes;
Not hinder aid to an injured worker; and.
Not disrupt the workplace by creating health or safety fears.
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