Section 6 Description Text

Maintaining a safe workplace is important. It can be achieved by:

  • carrying out regular safety checks
  • maintaining workplace equipment and tools
  • providing workers with easy to understand information and training on how to do the job safely
  • having an incident/accident reporting and investigation procedure
  • planning and testing emergency procedures
  • keeping workers informed of any changes and providing training opportunities when anything new at work is introduced
  • reporting hazards, near misses and injuries, assessing new and emerging hazards and identifying the effectiveness of existing control measures
  • talking to your workers about ideas for promoting a healthy workplace.