The SMARTKit is an interactive tool for all small to medium sized enterprises/businesses (SMEs) to develop a basic framework for managing workplace safety effectively.
For businesses that are required to provide information to principal contractors before commencing work, SMARTKit provides you with one simple tool capable of producing all of the required Work Health Safety (WHS) documentation for you.
Here is a video that explains the SMART KIT in more detail.
Persons conducting a business or undertaking (PCBUs) must notify their WHS regulator when serious injuries, illnesses and dangerous incidents happen at work. These are called ‘notifiable incidents’.
It is also the law to report notifiable incidents.
Notifiable incidents
A ‘notifiable incident’ is:
· the death of a person
· a ‘serious injury or illness’, or
· a ‘dangerous incident’ that exposes someone to a serious risk, even if no one is injured.
‘Notifiable incidents’ may relate to any person— an employee, contractor or member of the public.
When there’s an incident
If a notifiable incident occurs, you must:
· preserve the incident site until an inspector arrives or directs otherwise.
· report it to the regulator immediately, This doesn’t prevent you helping an injured person or make the site safe.
Call 000 if there is an immediate risk to life
Falls from ladders can cause serious injuries.
There are a range of free procedures and videos to help when working with ladders.
Check them out on the link below or contact whs@ceg.net.au for more information.
SafeWork SA will provide an overview of the recent introduction of the WHS (Engineered Stone) Amendment Regulations 2023. The session will offer best practice guidance, including links to tools and resources, which will be followed by a live question and answer session.
A Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) must be prepared before commencing high risk construction work (HRCW) tasks. Some of these tasks include work that
Contact whs@ceg.net.au for help with SMWS including SWMS templates and procedure
A conversation can change a life
You don’t need to be an expert to reach out – just a good friend and a great listener.
Use these four steps and have a conversation that could change a life:
SafeWork SA has produced a new video resource to help workplaces identify psychosocial hazards, and how to manage their risks
Commencing July 17, SafeWork SA inspectors will make unannounced visits to workplaces within the transport, postal and warehousing industries to audit workplace traffic management systems
SafeWork SA inspectors are targeting buildings that require an asbestos register after a similar campaign last year resulted in 130 improvement and prohibition notices being issued.
The previous state-wide campaign, conducted last year and published this month, involved 95 workplaces built prior to 2004 and 61 worksites undergoing demolition or refurbishment.
We remember those who have died from a work-related injury or illness and look at how we can prevent work-related injuries.
This year’s theme for World Day for Safety and Health at Work is ‘A safe and healthy working environment is a fundamental principle and right at work’
The 2023 Managing Risk of Falls in Residential Construction webinar will be hosted by SafeWork SA on Wednesday 26 April from 1pm.
In 2022, SafeWork SA recorded 77 notifiable serious injuries resulting from falls, down from 103 in 2021.
Of these, 59 were in the construction industry, with 38 of those being in the residential sector.
RTWSA have created this checklist to be used by Trainee’s and Apprentice’s before starting work. It aims to
identify risks and to take action to avoid injuries.
There are 163,900 small business in SA, employing nearly 25% of working South Australians. Workplace health and wellbeing in a small business has a focus of owners needing to look after their own health, just as importantly for employees.
Healthy workplaces tools and resources for small business are available at www.healthyworkplaces.sa.gov.au
The South Australian Government is seeking comment on its draft Work Health and Safety (Industrial Manslaughter) Amendment Bill.
If you have any questions about these changes you can contact whs@ceg.net.au
The owners of a Port Augusta business have been fined $200k after an injury to a young worker.
It followed a SafeWork SA investigation that found the business and the two owners had breached their work health and safety duty and failed to provide a safe work environment for their workers.
In September 2020, a 16-year-old apprentice was crushed at work by heavy sheets of steel that fell suddenly from a failed storage rack.
Employers have a responsibility to manage risks associated with heat stress and UV radiation at work.
The CEG SmartKit has has free resources to help Host Employers with managing this risk.
SafeWork SA have recently highlighted the risks of working at heights.
Working at height is a high risk construction activity. The hazards, risks and controls shall be documented in a Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) where the work involves a risk of a person falling more than 3 metres in South Australia. CEG can provide Host employers with a SWMS template and procedure as part of the SmartKit resource.
There are almost 200,000 apprentices working in Australia. Almost half of young people who commence an apprenticeship will not finish it. One of the reasons for this is the impact of apprenticeships on a young person’s mental health.
This report Wellbeing at work looks at how the mental health and wellbeing of apprentices can best be supported.
CEG Safety is a new free service from CEG which provides key safety information for our clients allowing them to work smarter and safer. We have a strong commitment to our apprentice, trainee and staff safety and this website will empower all parties to improve safety and productivity.
CEG Safety is a new free service from CEG which provides key safety information for our clients allowing them to work smarter and safer. We have a strong commitment to our apprentice, trainee and staff safety and this website will empower all parties to improve safety and productivity.
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