Worker Health and Safety Tips: Introduction
Worker Health and Safety
You have a right to be safe at work.
You and the Participant both have a right to be safe during a service.
Support Worker and Participant
Language: Did you know
A hazard is something that has the potential to cause harm.
A hazard can be an object, task, environment, person, animal or situation.
Likelihood of injury: The chance or probability that a hazard will cause an injury.
Risk: The expected level of harm that may occur from a hazard.
According to Workplace Health and Safety regulations: Your employer
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Your employer must talk to you and get input from you regarding safety issues.
According to Workplace Health and Safety regulations: You
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You must take reasonable care for your own health and safety at the workplace.
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You must take reasonable care that what you do or don’t do, does not harm others at the workplace.
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You must comply, so far as reasonably able, with any reasonable instruction that is given by your employer to keep the workplace healthy or safe.
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You must co-operate with any reasonable policy or procedure that is given to you by your employer related to health or safety at the workplace.
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You need to constantly monitor your workplace and work tasks for hazards.
Good practice in your organisation
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Have a check in system so people know your whereabouts
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Report hazards to your supervisor.
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Participate in training, in-services and continuing education to improve your knowledge, skills and safety.
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Participate in team meetings because others may have similar concerns about learning new information to improve care or safety and may benefit from your input.
Your good practice
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Report hazards to the Participant as appropriate.
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Don’t put others at risk of injury by ignoring a hazard.
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Wear appropriate footwear and clothing for the job you are going to be doing. It is a physically active job and you should be comfortable while doing it.
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Wear the appropriate Personal Protective Equipment.
