REFERENCE MATERIAL

OHS Consultation

Consultation on Occupational Health and Safety matters is an ongoing process in any company, and in NSW is a legal requirement. Employers are required to consult with their employees to help identify hazards, assess risks and consider their opinions about proposals for controlling those hazards and risks. Employees should be consulted about proposed changes in the workplace; physical changes, organisational changes and changes to jobs which affect or may affect their health and safety.

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OHS Policy

An Occupational Health and Safety policy is a plan, aimed at providing and maintaining a work environment that is safe and without risk to health.

A successful OHS policy should involve:

• Effective consultation between senior management and employees

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Contractor Risk Information

Contractor Control

• Organisations and employers who engage contractors should be aware that responsibility for the safety of those on the site/ location will remain with them in the majority of circumstances.
• The use of temporary and contract employees can increase the risk of injury in many industry sectors.
• In terms of Occupational Health and Safety Legislation, labour hire organisations have a duty of care for the health and safety of their employees and contractors

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Manual Handling

Working in cold environments poses additional health and safety risks to those present in a thermal neutral environment. This fact sheet is not intended to be a conclusive document, and should not replace any medical information available to the company.

This fact sheet discusses some of the risks inherent to cold environment work tasks including:

• Thermal discomfort
• Hypothermia
• Musculoskeletal strains

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