OHS Tips

Step 1 for workplace safety

By Action OHS Consulting

Craig Salter from Action OHS Consulting attended the SSAA Convention in Cairns. He walked away feeling that members had good intentions to meet their legislative health and safety duties. However, there was still some uncertainty about where to start. He shared this information to get the ball rolling.

THE BEST STARTING POINT IS SAFETY:

1. Make a list of how people – you, your staff or your customers – could be injured in your workplace.

Then make a list of the things you are doing and what you could do to prevent these injuries from occurring. 2. Take regular facility walks to identify hazards and ensure that controls remain in place. 3. For businesses with multiple employees, set-up a meeting with your people. Invite them to share

“anything that makes them feel unsafe at work”, or “how things could be done more safely”. Then listen. At the end of the meeting, discuss how hazards and incidents can be reported in future.

Remember, if you require support, there are some great free resources available exclusively to SSAA Members: l SSAA Health & Safety Handbook l SSAA OHS Help Desk l Cloud-based OHS Software via

Safety Champion’s GO FREE Plan www.safetychampion.com.au

SSAA WELCOMES MEMBERS TO THE OHS HELP DESK

OHS Help Desk – contact number is 1800 067 313 The SSAA encourages compliance with all members to ensure health and safety requirements are met, and to ensure this, offers members with complimentary access to safety support – an OHS Help Desk.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

Contact the OHS Help Desk if you have a health and safety enquiry on 1800 067 313 or email admin@selfstorage.com.au

The SSAA will verify your membership and will forward your enquiry to Action OHS Consulting.

Action OHS Consulting will respond to your enquiry within 1 business day.

Please note that if the enquiry is outside the scope of the Help Desk, the member is advised and offered assistance on a fee for service basis. Your call will be confidential.

WHAT OHS SERVICE IS FREE WITH MEMBERSHIP?

With a team of trusted and experienced safety consultants, Action OHS Consulting are available to support members to improve their health and safety program confidently. Your free access includes: l Regular webinars on industry-specific health and safety topics l A Health and Safety Handbook, which can be downloaded and configured to your needs l A Hazards and Risks Register (coming soon!) l A telephone and email-based health and safety advice line, providing you with access to useful “5 minute” safety advisory conversations.

You can view our website for the Health and Safety Help Desk Framework which provides a table of information on the free services as part of your membership and services that require a fee. l

To improve the SSAA’s body of OHS knowledge, Action OHS Consulting are in the process of building a SSAA specific hazards and risk register. All member contributions would be greatly accepted, to contribute, contact the SSAA OHS Help Desk.

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