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What should be included in a Site-specific Risk Management
Plan?
A Risk
Management Plan requires a Statement that nominates who will be responsible for
specific OHS&R aspects of the work and who will be available to deal with OHS&R
incidents.
The Risk
Management Plan must identify and assess the hazards associated with the works,
along with the hazard control measures that will be implemented to ensure that
people (both their own employees and others) are adequately protected from risk
of injury or illness.
The Risk
Management Plan must also include Site Health and Safety Rules, as well as Safe
Work Method Statements for all work activities assessed as having a health and
safety risk. Particular attention should be paid to work activities with high
health and safety risk (for example working at heights, with or near hazardous
substances, in confined spaces, or with plant and equipment).
Components of a Site-specific Risk Management Plan
Statement of Responsibilities
The
Statement of Responsibilities must list the names and positions of persons who
will be responsible on the site to:
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Identify and assess the hazards associated with the
works, and document the hazard control measures to be taken;
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Manage compliance with OHS&R
legislation, regulations, standards and codes, and the Site Safety Rules;
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Assess service providers’ capabilities initially, and ensure they
meet OHS&R requirements during the contract;
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Manage workplace injury
management and rehabilitation;
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Manage
the communications on OHS&R information to all personnel at the work site
and (if applicable) the communications between OH&S Workplace Committees;
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Ensure that all personnel
attend a company work health and safety induction training course before
starting work;
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Conduct site-specific
induction and work activity health and safety training;
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Maintain first aid stocks and
provide first aid;
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Manage accident and emergency
procedures.
Occupational Health and Safety Training
(including
induction training)
Training is
particularly important at the workplace. The health and safety of many can be
put at risk by workers not being aware of their responsibilities or the Site
Health and Safety Rules, or by not following safe work methods.
The service
provider is required to:
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Identify the OHS&R training
needs of management, supervisors and all personnel at the centre;
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Ensure that appropriate
training is carried out; and
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Maintain appropriate records
of OHS&R training provided to personnel at the centre.
Induction
training must be provided to all personnel on site. Before any person carries
out any work they must be provided with OHS&R induction training in:
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General work health and safety;
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Site-specific health and
safety; and
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Work activity based health
and safety.
Incident Management
Before
starting any work under the contract, service providers must nominate the
persons who will be available (both during and outside normal working hours) to
prevent, prepare for, respond to and recover from incidents. There must be
procedures for contacting these persons, and any changes to these nominations
and procedures must be notified promptly.
These
procedures must be clearly advertised on the project sites, to ensure all
personnel and visitors to the site are aware of the contact names.
Site Safety Rules
Service
providers are required to prepare Site Health and Safety Rules and ensure they
are displayed on notice boards and other suitable locations on the site, and are
provided to all personnel who may work on the site or visit the site. The Site
Health and Safety Rules must include, but are not limited to:
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General health & safety
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Ensuring that appropriate
personal protective equipment (PPE), such as safety glasses and safety
footwear, (where necessary) are worn by all the organisation’s employee’s,
agents and visitors.
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Entry to, movement on, and
exit from the site - ensuring only authorised access to the site and to
areas of work, and ensuring the safe movement of persons, vehicles and
equipment. (particularly in docks and service areas)
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Accident and emergency
procedures - ensuring that first aid facilities are clearly identified and
that everyone is aware of accident and emergency procedures
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Protection of all centre
personnel and the public - ensuring the use of effective barricades, fencing
and other protection
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Elevated work - ensuring all
work performed at heights is in accordance with the relevant legislation,
regulations, standards and codes
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Electrical work,
installations and equipment - ensuring all such work and equipment complies
with the electrical safety legislation, regulations, standards and codes
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Training - ensuring induction
training, task training and refresher training is provided.
Safe Work Method Statements
Safe Work
Method Statements should be prepared for all work activities assessed as having
a health and safety risk. Particular attention should be paid to work activities
with a high health and safety risk (for example working at heights, with or near
hazardous substances, in confined spaces, or with plant and equipment).
When
preparing Safe Work Method Statements, the personnel who are going to follow
them should be consulted. This will encourage ownership of the job by the
personnel.
Safe Work
Method Statements must:
Safe Work Method Statements must
at least include:
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A description of the work to be undertaken
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The step-by-step sequence
involved in doing the work
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The potential hazards
associated with the work and with each step of the work
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The health and safety
controls that will be in place to minimise these hazards
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All precautions to be taken
to protect health and safety
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All health and safety
instructions to be given to persons involved with the work
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Identification of health and
safety legislation, codes or standards applicable to the work, and where
these are kept
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The names and qualifications
of those who will:
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Supervise the work
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Inspect and approve
work areas, work methods, protective measures, plant, equipment and power tools
etc.
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A
description of what training is given to people involved with the work
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The names of those who will
be or have been trained in the work activities described in the Safe Work
Method Statements, and the names and qualifications of those responsible for
training them
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Identification of the plant
and equipment that will most likely be used on site e.g ladders, scaffolds,
grinders, electrical leads, welding machines, fire extinguishers etc.
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Details of the inspection and
maintenance checks that will be or have been carried out on the equipment
listed.
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