WHS Guide for Maintenance Personnel in the Meat Processing Industry
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WHS guide for maintenance personnel in the meat processing industry Project code: 2016-1025 Prepared by: Margaret Tayar Date submitted: May 2016 Date published: June 2016 Published by: AMPC The Australian Meat Processor Corporation acknowledges the matching funds provided by the Australian Government to support the research and development detailed in this publication. Disclaimer: The information contained within this publication has been prepared by a third party commissioned by Australian Meat Processor Corporation Ltd (AMPC). It does not necessarily reflect the opinion or position of AMPC. Care is taken to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this publication. However, AMPC cannot accept responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the information or opinions contained in this publication, nor does it endorse or adopt the information contained in this report. 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Table of Contents 1.0 Introduction to the work health & safety (WHS) guide ......................................................7 1.1 Who is this guide developed for?............................................................................7 1.2 What is the purpose of this guide? .........................................................................7 1.3 How can the guide be used? ...................................................................................7 2.0 The importance of health and safety ..................................................................................8 2.1 Why is health and safety important? ......................................................................8 2.2 Why is health and safety so important in maintenance? .......................................9 3.0 Complying with work health and safety laws ...................................................................10 3.1 What are the legal requirements related to health and safety? ..........................10 3.2 What are the main priorities of WHS legislation?.................................................10 3.3 Who has responsibilities under WHS legislation and what are those responsibilities? ..................................................................................................................11 3.4 What are the WHS responsibilities of CEOs? ........................................................11 3.5 What are the WHS responsibilities of senior managers? .....................................13 3.6 What are the WHS responsibilities of supervisors? ..............................................13 3.7 What are the WHS responsibilities of workers? ...................................................14 3.8 What are the WHS responsibilities related to contractors? .................................14 3.9 How is WHS legislation enforced?.........................................................................15 4.0 Contractor WHS management ..........................................................................................18 4.1 What approach should be taken to managing contractors? ................................18 4.2 What is the contractor management system?......................................................19 4.3 The contract ..........................................................................................................20 4.4 What is a contractor register?...............................................................................22 4.5 What needs to be done to plan and prepare the contract work to be undertaken? ......................................................................................................................22 4.6 How are contractors monitored and supervised on site? ....................................23 4.7 What should be done after the contractors have completed their work? ...........23 4.8 What are the WHS laws related to contractors? ..................................................24 4.9 What is concurrent liability? .................................................................................24 4.10 What WHS laws apply to construction work, high risk construction work and construction projects over $250,000? ..............................................................................25 4.11 What workers compensation insurance apply for contractors?...........................25 2. 5.0 The management of WHS .................................................................................................27 5.1 How is health and safety managed in organisations?...........................................27 5.2 What is required for safe systems of work? .........................................................30 5.3 How is change managed? ......................................................................................31 5.4 What is the role of supervisors in managing change? ..........................................31 6.0 Risk management ..............................................................................................................33 6.1 What is risk management or risk control? ............................................................33 6.2 What is a hazard? ..................................................................................................33 6.3 What is a risk? .......................................................................................................33 6.4 What are the steps in the risk control process? ...................................................33 6.5 What is the role of supervisors in controlling risks? .............................................36 6.6 What is the role of workers in risk management? ................................................37 7.0 Risk management of high risk maintenance hazards........................................................38 7.1 Plant, machinery and equipment safety ...............................................................38 7.1.1 What is the definition of plant?.................................................................38 7.1.2 Why is it important to manage the hazards associated with plant?.........38 7.1.3 What are the legal requirements related to plant? ..................................39 7.1.4 How is plant operated safely? ...................................................................42 7.1.5 What are some of the safety controls on plant? .......................................42 7.1.6 What should you do in a plant/machinery emergency? ...........................43 7.2 Isolating plant ........................................................................................................45 7.2.1 What should be done before plant is serviced, maintained, cleaned or repaired? ...............................................................................................................45 7.2.2 What are the steps in isolating plant?.......................................................45 7.2.3 What do you need to do to work safely in workshops? ............................47 7.3 Electrical safety......................................................................................................48 7.3.1 What is an electrical risk? ..........................................................................48 7.3.2 What are the legal requirements to manage electrical hazards? .............49 7.3.3 How are electrical hazards controlled in the workplace? .........................49 7.3.4 What needs to be done to ensure the safety of electrical equipment? ...50 7.3.5 How can work on energised plant be conducted safely?..........................51 7.4 Working safely at heights ......................................................................................53 7.4.1 What are the WHS legal requirements to work safely at heights? ...........53 7.4.2 What needs to be done to work safely at heights?...................................54 7.5 Working safely with hazardous chemicals ............................................................55 3. 7.5.1 What is a hazardous chemical? .................................................................55 7.5.2 What health effects may occur with exposure to hazardous chemicals? .55 7.5.3 What are the WHS legal requirements to manage hazardous chemicals? 55 7.5.4 How are hazardous chemicals managed in the workplace? .....................56 7.5.5 How can workers reduce the risks of working with hazardous chemicals? 57 7.5.6 How can you find information on specific chemicals used in your workplace? ............................................................................................................57 7.6 Dangerous goods ...................................................................................................58 7.6.1 What are dangerous goods?......................................................................58 7.6.2 How are the risks from dangerous goods controlled in the workplace? ..59 7.6.3 What is the role of maintenance managers in managing the risks from dangerous goods? .................................................................................................59 7.7 Personal Protective Equipment.............................................................................60 8.0 Managing environmental