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Safety and Health Newsletter – June
2008
SHR Refresher – Monday 30th June 2008
A one day Safety and Health Representatives Refresher Training
course has been arranged for Monday 30th June 2008. This is
available to Safety and Health Representatives, Safety Officers,
Managers and Supervisors. The course will review and
provide updates on the OS&H Legislation; safety risk
management; consultation and cooperation; and the issue of
Provisional Improvement Notices (PINS). For more
information contact Peter Carlyon on 6488 7934 and to enroll call
(6488 3938) or email Helen McManus at: safety@uwa.edu.au
Safety Related Training
• Unsealed Radioisotope Handling Courses from Monday
30th June http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/courses/radioisotope
• Laboratory Safety Course (1 day) on Tuesday 8th July
http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/courses/lab
First Aid Kits
There have been a number of recent incidents requiring the use of
CPR. Work areas are requested to check their first aid kits
to ensure that they have a pocket mask available. Also
there are patient face shields available in the form of a sealed
envelope that can be carried in wallets or bags as well as a key
ring clip with the face shield attached.
For further information of these products please see:
www.laerdal.com.au
WorkSafe WA Code of Practice on Safe Building
Design
The WA Government has launched a Code of Practice Safe Design of
Buildings and Structures, the first such code in Australia which
aims to address potential health and safety hazards at the design
stage of construction. The code is aimed at designers,
architects, builders and engineers and seeks to help them meet
the requirements of the WA workplace health and safety
laws. It explains the legal obligations of persons involved
in the design of a building or structure and guidance on ways in
which those obligations can be met.
To ensure that health and safety issues are examined before
construction, the code contains a new requirement for designers
to provide written health and safety reports to clients prior to
construction, he says. These reports must include an assessment
of potential risks, an outline of the actions taken by the
designer to reduce those risks and an identification of hazards
that have not been addressed.
http://www.docep.wa.gov.au/WorkSafe/PDF/Codes_of_Practice/Safe_design.pdf
WorkSafe WA Guidance Note on Fall Prevention for
Scaffolders
WorkSafe WA has released a guidance note on fall prevention for
scaffolders, providing guidance for employers and workers on the
management of health and safety risks that might arise in
relation to scaffolding.
http://www.docep.wa.gov.au/WorkSafe/PDF/Guidance_notes/Fall_prevention_for_.pdf
New Australian Occupational Health and Safety Code of
Practice 2008
The Federal Government has approved the new Occupational Health
and Safety Code of Practice 2008, which replaces all 27
previously approved codes and introduces five new ones.
Comcare conducted a review of all codes of practice approved
under the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991 in 2005/06 to
ensure the codes efficiently supported the Act, and complied with
the Legislative Instruments Act 2003 and principles and
guidelines set out by COAG.
The review found that in general, the codes no longer provided
adequate support to enable duty holders to meet their obligations
under the OHS Act and should be updated or replaced.
As a result, the Occupational Health and Safety Code of Practice
2008 was developed to consolidate all codes into one document.
The new code has replaced all previously approved codes, eight of
which were determined no longer to be necessary and will be
replaced by guidance material.
The OHS Code 2008 is separated into 25 parts, each part
corresponding to a code of practice. It includes five new codes
to address new hazards introduced as a result of the expansion of
Comcare. These include: Risk Management; Occupational
Diving; Spray Painting; Abrasive Blasting and Cash in Transit.
The Code has also reserved four parts for the falls in
construction, construction and induction training, manual tasks
and asbestos in situ codes, which are currently under
development.
http://www.comlaw.gov.au/ComLaw/legislation/legislativeinstrument1.nsf/0/98A6018B9268A1C6CA257460001F23F5/$file/OHScodeofPractice2008.pdf
ASCC Guidelines for Integrating OHS into National
Industry Training Packages
The Australian Safety and Compensation Council (ASCC) has
released Guidelines for Integrating OHS into National Industry
Training Packages. The Guidelines have been developed to help
industry to integrate OHS competencies into industry
qualifications and units of competency.
Safety and Health
Safety and Health welcomes Mr
David Seaman (Workers’ Compensation Officer, 6468 2783),
who commenced on 16th June and provides administrative services
for the UWA injury prevention, injury management and
worker’s compensation claims processing systems.
University Safety Committee
The University Safety Committee last met on 10th June. The
next meeting is on Tuesday 12th August 2008. Approved
minutes from previous meetings are available from the Safety and
Health website.
Previous Safety & Health Newsletters
For those who have missed out on our earlier editions, copies of
previous newsletters can be obtained from the ‘following
web site: http://www.safety.uwa.edu.au/newsletter.
All are encouraged to share relevant safety information in each
edition to the rest in your respective workplaces.
The University of Western Australia
Safety and Health
Bus. 08 6488 3938
Fax. 08 6488 1179
Web: www.safety.uwa.edu.au
Email: safety@uwa.edu.au
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