Safety at Work - Safety Basics
Understand the common hazards and risks in office and site based environments, and ways to make work safer.
Some basic things can go a long way towards safer work – like good communication and making sure people are set up properly wherever they’re working.
Common hazards or risks generally come from psychosocial effects and hazardous manual handling, for example:
- repetitive work, like computer use
- sitting for long periods
- poorly designed workstations
- lifting, handling and moving office equipment and supplies
- tripping on objects on the floor or power cords
Risk Management Process
- Find the hazards in your workplace.
- Assess the risks associated with those hazards. You don’t have to do a formal risk assessment if there is already information about the risk and how to control it.
- Control the risks.
- Monitor and review your risk controls. Revise the controls if they are not working.
Consult
Involving your employees in health and safety issues can result in a safer workplace.
That’s why consultation is an important part of risk management.
