Occupational Health and safety document
Download OHS document (PDF)SAFETY GUIDELINES and QUALIFICATIONS.
AWS follow strict safety guidelines when all works are being carried out, no matter what size project.
Our business is fully insured, and all workers are regularly taken through toolbox (safety) meetings.
QUALIFICATIONS– Certificate IV in Occupational Health and Safety
– Level 2, First Aid
– White Cards (Work Safe Card for Construction Industry)
– JSA’s provided for all jobs
AWS SAFETY MISSIONAt AWS we strive to ensure all of our staff and clients feel comfortable and safe, when carrying out works, on all job sites. The safety and welfare of our clients and staff, is our top priority.
We guarantee that any member of AWS completing your task is and has been trained in that field.
Safety Policy
DEFINITION OF SAFETY TERMS
1 Overview– This document defines commonly used safety terms and phrases.
2 Objectives– To ensure that employees and contractors understand safety terms and phrases communicated to them to maintain a safe working environment.
3 DefinitionsAudit
– The process of measuring the safety performance of the operation against a set standard. The process involves reviewing of documentation, questioning personnel on their knowledge and understanding of the safety system, general observations and workplace inspection. A baseline audit is the first measurement take to determine what actions; plans and processes are required to implement the safety system.
Checklist– A list of items to be examined on a routine basis to ensure a safe standard prior to using equipment, vehicle or performing a particular task.
Chemical Register– A list of all chemicals and hazardous substances used in the workplace. The register will comprise of the material safety data sheets for each chemical substance.
Code of Practice– Provide employees and workers with the recommended method to achieve compliance with occupational safety and health requirements.
Control– A system, device or practice to reduce exposure to hazards. Hierarchy of controls ranks control measures in priority as follows: eliminate, substitute, engineering, administrative and personal protective equipment.
Corrective Action– This is the action taken to correct a condition or action that is unacceptable to our standards.
Dangerous Goods– Substances that have been classified dangerous in the Australian Code for the Transport of Dangerous Goods.
Detonation– An explosion caused by a rapid chemical reaction into an unreacted substance.
Duty of Care– The legal obligation to avoid causing harm or injury to another person through negligence where it is reasonably foreseeable that the harm or injury could occur.
Environment– External environment and living things of air, water and land that could be affected by our operations. The work environment usually refers to the physical conditions or factors that may affect employees such as light, heat/cold, dust, humidity and noise.
Ergonomics– The scientific study of the relationship between people, equipment and their work environment.
Explosives Substance– A substance that explodes when ignited by heat, flame or other source.
Fire Extinguisher– A portable device containing chemicals or water under pressure to fight/extinguish fires.
Fire Hazard– Is an substance, object or action that may cause a fire.
Fire Risk– Is the risk of damage, injury or other loss caused by a fire?
First Aid– The first response of treating a sick or injured person. First aid measures are primarily to preserve life, promote recovery and prevent further injury or illness.
Guideline– A guideline is a set of instructions used to perform a particular job or task. The order of the steps taken to perform the job or task is not critical to the safety of personnel.
Hazard– A hazard is something that has the potential to result in loss to people, production equipment or the environment
Hot Work– Work involving welding (gas or electric), oxygen or thermal cutting, heating, grinding or other fire producing or spark emitting activity.
Incident– An incident is an unplanned event that occurs or could occur that has the potential to result in injury to persons, damage to equipment or environment.
Induction– The process of orientating and training new employees in the procedures of the workplace and their job.
Inspection– The management function and process of examining and evaluating the extent to which specific goals, standards, policies, tasks and procedures have been met. Monthly inspections are planned inspections of the workplace using a checklist to identify and record the safety condition. Actions are recommended and implemented to correct unsafe conditions. Hazard Inspections are conducted as a general observation or by using a checklist to determine the potential loss and the likelihood that the loss may occur. Corrective actions are implemented to control or eliminate the hazard. Pre-start checks are a planned inspection using a checklist to record the condition of plant, equipment or processes. Corrective action is taken to repair or maintain plant, equipment and processes. General observation is a method of inspection used by all personnel to inspect the condition of the workplace or the action of people. Corrective action is usually taken immediately.
Job Hazard Analysis/Job Safety Analysis or Job Safety Instruction (JHA/JSA or JSI)– A job safety analysis or JSA/JHA/JSI is a method of breaking a job down into particular tasks then identifying the hazards and the potential risk associated with that task. From the JSA/JHA/JSI it can be determined if a procedure, guideline or rule is required to control the identified hazards. JSA/JHA/JSI’s are usually followed up with a Safe Work Procedure or Safe Operating Procedure.
Job Observations– Observing the way personnel perform their work, looking for the use of correct procedures, systems and rules. Take corrective action as necessary to maintain a safe working environment.
Lost Time Injury (LTI)– A work injury that results in an employee missing one full shift.
Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR)– The number of lost time injuries per one million hours worked by employees.
Machine Guard– A device, screen or shield placed on moving components or openings to prevent hazardous access or contact with operating plant or equipment.
Manual Handling– The force required by a person to lift, lower, push, pull, carry, twist, hold or restrain a person animal or thing in the workplace.
Material Safety Data Sheet– A document that describes the properties, hazards and precautions for use of a hazardous material or substance.
Near Miss– An unplanned event that did not result in an injury or damage but had the potential for loss.
Oxidizing Agent– A substance that provides free oxygen in a chemical reaction and can start or contribute to combustion. Ammonium Nitrate is an oxidizing agent.
Permit to Work– Written authority given to a competent employee or contractor by a trained/competent supervisor to perform work where specific hazards exist. The permit will specify special requirements and conditions for doing the work.
Pro-active– Taking the initiative in directing the course of events rather than waiting for things to happen and then reacting. Hazard identification and acting to control the hazards is an example of a pro-active approach to safety.
Procedure– A procedure is a set of instructions that need to be followed in the correct order to ensure that loss will not occur. Safe Work Procedure/Safe Operating Procedure or SWP/SOP is the process of breaking an individual task into sequential steps and identifying the safest method of performing each step.
Rehabilitation– A coordinated effort by the company, medical and other professional personnel and employees to develop a program that will assist an injured or ill employee to return to normal work duties as quickly and safely as possible.
Risk– The probability of injury, damage or other loss occurring.
Safety– Safety is the process of preventing injury or loss by identifying hazards and putting control measures in place to prevent injury damage or other loss.
Safety and Health Committee– A committee comprising of company managers and employees representatives that investigate, discuss and recommend on safety and health matters.
Standard– A standard is the requirements set for the achievement of a safe workplace and can be measured for quality of acceptance in the workplace. The quality of acceptance may be the requirements set by legislation or other authority. The Safety management System has 54 standards.
Systems Safety– An approach to accident prevention that examines all components in a system to identify all possible forms of loss and put in order a means of prevention and control.
Workers Compensation– Insurance cover taken out by the company according to statutory requirements. Workers compensation will be paid to employees who are incapacitated due to injury or made illness arising in the workplace.
