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Importance of Reporting Workplace Incidents and Safe Work Practices

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This guide emphasizes the critical nature of reporting workplace incidents and adhering to safe work practices. It shares a scenario involving Mary, an employee who suffers from a heat-related issue due to a blown fuse that resulted in non-functioning ceiling fans. The responsibilities of coworkers, management, and the affected employee are discussed, along with the procedure for reporting accidents properly. It highlights the essential information to document, the steps for responding to various incidents, and the implications of neglecting to report hazards.

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Importance of Reporting Workplace Incidents and Safe Work Practices

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  1. Apply Safe Work Practices Accidents at work

  2. What happens when we don’t report problems/ incidents • One of the Futura Store employees, Mary has been overcome by heat when a blown fuse stops the ceiling fns in the storeroom. There has been no report of a situation both before or after the event. • What is the responsibility of the follow:

  3. Safia and Steve (workmates) • John , the Store Manager • Mary herself • Identify other people who might be affected by this situation.

  4. Complete a service requisition for repair of the problem.

  5. Reporting problems and incidents • Why? • Who to? In event of an accident inform supervisor • Who investigates -OHS Rep and OHS committee, supervisor • What information to report? • What else?-Fill out appropriate forms- get hazards fixed • Investigate accident

  6. Customer injured - procedure • Call for rostered first aider • Comfort customer • Get customer’s details what? • Do not admit liability • Pass on details

  7. Workers compensation • Covers all workers • Fill in report of injury form • What’s covered- leave, medical bills, legal bills, lump sum, changes to workstation, retraining • Injury while traveling to work- covered • Rehabilitation and return to work- early and safe return to normal duties

  8. Pass on details(regardless of the seriousness) to Manager-it may come back to bite you • What details would you need to record? • Name of officer reporting • Name of customer/ worker injured • Description of accident • Date/time • Location • How you found out about the accident • Signatures

  9. RESPOND TO ILLNESS AND ACCIDENTS • If this happens….Do this… LIST STEPS • An employee badly cuts a hand. You are the only available staff member at the time.

  10. If this happens….Do this… LIST STEPS • Staff complain about the smell of the new bleach. It gives them headaches. The other day Jenny had to lie down.

  11. If this happens….Do this… LIST STEPS • A customer collapses in the store. It’s busy, the store is crowded and you are flat out.

  12. If this happens….Do this… LIST STEPS • An employee badly cuts a hand. You are the only available staff member at the time.

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