EMBARGO: 4: 00 PM
PRIME MINISTER.
FOR PRESS 14 MAY 1978
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CODE FOR
COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
The Government has decided to implement the Code of General
Principles on Safety and Health designed to protect
Commonwealth employees from injury through work accidents
and to promote maximum occupational health.
This decision will give a lead to industry and commerce in
cutting down the one million man weeks now lost to Australia
every year through industrial accidents and injuries.
Absences from work through accident and illness are greater
than from industrial disputes and seriously affect national
productivity. The direct cost to the nation of work injuries is now estimated
to be about $ 1,400m a year. In the area of Commonwealth
employment alone for 1975-76 $ 21m went in compensation payments.
This indicates that there is scope for considerable improvement
in industrial safety and health despite the efforts of many
organisations to safeguard their employees.
The Code provides for control of the physical environment
and also for training, consultation between managers and employees,
and their maximum involvement in accident prevention measures.
It defines the responsibilities of people at various-levels in
Commonwealth departments and authorities in promoting safety
and good working conditions.
The Code of Principles supplemented by detailed Codes of
Practice covers all aspects of industrial health and safety
for Commonwealth employees.
These include the scope and definition of safety measures;
safety co-ordination; provision of a safe and healthy working
environment; machine, plant and equipment safety; personal
protective equipment; hygiene; special measures to protect
employees in the-field or in isolated areas; health, medical
and first-aid services; accident records, statistics and
investigation.
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The Department of Productivity will be responsible for
generally oversighting and evaluating the Code's effectiveness;
the Director-General of Health will have responsibility
for occupational health recommendations.
The Code is a major step forward in the area of occupational
safety and health for Commonwealth employees. Several states
have adopted Codes which follow it closely with minor
revisions. Indeed, a representative of State Labour Departments
assisted in the development of the Code, as of course did
representatives of trade and Public Service unions.
The Department of Productivity will continue working in
association with State Departments of Labour, unions, employers
and other interested groups in the community to improve
safety and health for people at work.
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EMBARGO: 4: 00 PM
PRIME MINISTER
FOR PRESS 14 MAY 1978
OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH CODE FOR
COMMONWEALTH GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
The Government has decided to implement the Code of General
Principles on Safety and Health designed to protect
Commonwealth employees from injury through work accidents
and to promote maximum occupational health.
This decision will give a lead to industry and commerce in
cutting down the one million man weeks now lost to Australia
every year through industrial accidents and injuries.
Absences from work through accident and illness are greater
than from industrial disputes and seriously affect national
productivity. The direct cost to the nation of work injuries is now estimated
to be about $ 1,400m a year. In the area of Commonwealth
employment alone for 1975-76 $ 21m went in compensation payments.
This indicates that there is scope for considerable improvement
in industrial safety and health despite the efforts of many
organisations to safeguard their employees.
The Code provides for control of the physical environment
and also for training, consultation between managers and employees,
and their maximum involvement in accident prevention measures.
It defines the responsibilities of people at various levels in
Commonwealth departments and authorities in promoting safety
and good working conditions.
The Code of Principles supplemented by detailed Codes of
Practice covers all aspects of industrial health and safety
for Commonwealth employees.
These include the scope and definition of safety measures;
safety co-ordination; provision of a safe and healthy working
environment; machine, plant and equipment safety; personal
protective equipment; hygiene; special measures to protect
employees in the-field or in isolated areas; health, medical
and first-aid services; accident records, statistics and
investigation. / 2
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The Department of Productivity will be responsible for
generally oversighting and evaluating the Code's effectiveness;
the Director-General of Health will have responsibility
for occupational health recommendations.
The Code is a major step forward in the area of occupational
safety and health for Commonwealth employees. Several states
have adopted Codes which follow it closely with minor
revisions. Indeed, a representative of State Labour Departments
assisted in the development of the Code, as of course did
representatives of trade and Public Service unions.
The Department of Productivity will continue work ing in
association with State Departmen -ts of Labour, unions, employers
and other interested groups in the community to improve
safety and health for people at work.
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PREFACE This Code of General Principles on Occupational Safety and
Health in Australian Government Employment was developed
by a Government sponsored Committee comprising representatives
from the following departments and organisations:
Department of Health
Department of Housing and Construction
Department of Labor and Immigration
Department of Manufacturing Industry
Postmaster-General's Department
Public Service Board
Representatives from Australian Council of Trade Unions
Representatives from Council of Australian Government
Employee Organisations
Representatives from the Committee of Chief Inspectors
of State Labour Departments
Australian Government Publishing Service
Canberra 1975
ΒΈ Commonwealth of Australia 1975
Printed by Advocate Press Ply. Ltd.
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CONTENTS PREFACE FOREWORD
SECTION 1 SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
SECTION 2 OBLIGATIONS OF HEAD OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
SECTION 3 STATEMENT OF SAFETY POLICY AND RESPONSIBILITIES
SECTION 4 ARRANGEMENTS FOR JOINT CONSULTATION WITH
EMPLOYEES ON SAFETY MATTERS
SECTION 5 SAFETY CO-ORDINATION
SECTION 6 WORK PLACES AND THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT
SECTION 7 MACHINERY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
SECTION 8 SAFE WORK METHODS AND APPROPRIATE TRAINING
AND PLACEMENT OF EMPLOYEES
SECTION 9 OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE: CONTROL OF HARMFUL
CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL AGENTS
SECTION 10 FIRE AND EXPLOSION
SECTION 11 PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT.
SECTION 12 HEALTH, MEDICAL AND FIRST AID SERVICES
SECTION 13 ACCIDENT RECORDS, STATISTICS AND INVESTIGATION
ADDRESSES OF THE IMPLEMENTING AUTHORITY
INDEX
FOREWORD On 10 September 1974, the Australian Government agreed that
Ministers direct departments and statutory authorities for which
they have responsibility, to apply the Code of General Principles
on Occupational Safety and Health in Australian Government
Employment.
The Department of Labor and Immigration has responsibility for
the general oversight in relation to the implementation of the
Code except for occupational health recommendations which
will be determined by the Director-General of Health, Department
of Health.
The purpose of this Code is to protect persons employed by
the Australian Government from accidental injury and to promote
the maximum degree of health and well being. Because any
work injury results from inter-reaction between a worker and
his or her working environment, there is no such thing as
absolute safety. Maximum safety cannot be ensured by control
of the environment alone but demands the understanding and
co-operation of all persons at all levels.
Consequently the Code provides not only for the control of the
physical environment, but for training, consultation between
management and employees, and their maximum involvement
in all accident prevention measures.
The Code also defines the responsibilities of persons at all levels
in departments and instrumentalities in the promotion of safety
and good working conditions.
Only two categories of persons are recognised; head officers
and employees. The latter term therefore includes persons at
all levels in the service, all of whom are seen as having responsibilities
for safety commensurate with their positions.
While the Code of General Principles defines responsibilities
for safety and health and states in broad terms the action that
shall be taken to fulfil them, it does not provide detailed information
on the standards required.
This information is to be provided in the corresponding detailed
provisions. These will be collated from accepted standards and
codes of practice, recommendations agreed by the State Departments
of Labour, State regulations and other information as
applicable. The detailed provisions will be issued as separate
publications. These provisions will be taken as providing the criteria by which
observance of the Code is to be judged.
SECTION 1
SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
1.1 Scope This Code iays down the measures required by the Australian
Government to safeguard the safety and health of all employees
of the Australian Government while they are at work and
wherever they may be working.
1.2 Definitions In this Code the following definitions apply:
1.2.1 Department any department of the Aus t raIi a n
Government. For the purpose of this code, any establishment,
undertaking, etc., under the control of a permanent head of a
department is considered as part of that department.
1.2.2 Instrumentality any agency of the Australian Government,
other than a department, reporting to a Minister of the
Australian Government.
1.2.3 Head Officer the permanent head of a department, or
the chief functional officer of an instrumentality.
1.2.4 Employee a person of any classification or grade
employed by any department or instrumentality and engaged
in activities for which he receives direct payment.
1.2.5 Accident any event arising out of employment which
results in work injury, damage to property or the possibility of
such injury or damage to property.
1.2.6 Work Injury any injury, poisoning, disease or disability
to an employee, or the recurrence or exacerbation of any such
injury, disease, or disability, which arises out of employment.
1.2.7 Safe, Safety the condition in which persons are protected
from the risk of work injury so far as is practicable in
the light of current knowledge, through control of the working
environment, work methods, machinery, plant and equipment,
and through measures to influence the human factors conducive
to accidents and injuries.
1.2.8 Work Place any place where an employee is required
to be or has occasion to go during the course of his
employment. 1.2.9 Personal Protective Equipment clothing and equipment
intended to be worn or used by employees and designed
to protect against work injury.
SECTION 2
OBLIGATIONS OF HEAD OFFICERS
AND EMPLOYEES
2.1 Head Officers
2.2 Employees Every head officer shall be responsible for ensuring that the
provisions contained in this Code are applied in his department
or instrumentality. Measures to be taken shall include:
2.1.1 The issue of a statement of safety policy and responsibilities.
( Section 3)
2.1.2 The adoption of arrangements for joint consultation with
employees on safety matters. ( Section 4)
2.1.3 The appointment of safety co-ordinators. ( Section
2.1.4 The provision of safe work places and a safe working
environment. ( Section 6)
2.1.5 The provision of safe plant, machinery and equipment.
( Section 7)
2.1.6 The adoption of safe work methods and appropriate
training and placement of employees. ( Section 8)
2.1.7 The adoption of occupational hygiene principles and
control of harmful chemical and physical agents. ( Section 9)
2.1.8 The adoption of measures to minimise the risk of, and
harmful effects of, fire and explosion. ( Section
2.1.9 The provision of appropriate personal protective equipment
and the adoption of measures to ensure its proper use.
( Section 11)
2.1.10 The establishment of medical, health and first-aid
services. ( Section 12)
2.1.11 The maintenance of injury and accident records and
arrangements for accident investigation. ( Section 13)
2.2.1 Each employee shall have responsibility for safe working
consistent with the extent of his control over or influence
on working conditions and methods.
2.2.2 Each employee shall take such action as is within his
competence and responsibility or report or make such recommendation
to a higher level as he deems necessary to avoid,
eliminate, or minimise hazards of which he is aware In regard
to working conditions or methods.
2.2.3 Each employee shall observe all instructions issued to
protect his safety or the safety of others.
2.2.4 Each employee shall make proper use, or to the extent
of his responsibility ensure that proper use is made, of all safeguards,
safety devices, personal protective equipment and other
appliances provided for safety purposes.
2.2.5 No employee shall, or shall cause another employee
to, interfere with, remove, displace or render Ineffective any
safeguard, safety device, personal protective equipment or other
appliance provided for safety purposes, except when necessary
as part of an approved maintenance or repair procedure.
SECTION 3
STATEMENT OF SAFETY POLICY
AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Each head officer shall issue and disseminate throughout his
department or Instrumentality a written statement of safety policy
which he shall periodically review, expressing the aim of safe
working, the requirement to comply with the provisions of this
Code and in broad terms, the means by which compliance will
be achieved and maintained.
The statement shall indicate:
the obligations and responsibilities of employees at all levels
( Section 2.2)
the provisions for employee consultation and participation
in safety activities ( Section 4)
the provisions for co-ordination of safety activities ( Section
SECTION 4
ARRANGEMENTS FOR JOINT CONSULTATION
WITH EMPLOYEES ON SAFETY MATTERS
4.1 Each head officer shall ensure that arrangements for safety within
his department or instrumentality provide for the participation
of employees at all levels, in planning and Implementing safety
policy. Measures shall Include:
4.1.1 The establishment of an occupational safety and health
commi ttee on policy, which will include management, trade union
and other employee representatives. This committee should have
oversight of executive action taken to implement the policy.
4.1.2 The. establishment of occupational safety and health
committees at executive and operational levels, which will include
management, trade union and other employee representatives,
except where the nature of the work, the number of
employees or other organisational circumstances render the
operation of such committees inappropriate, In which case other
standing arrangements agreed by management and the employees
concerned shall be made for joint consultation and
action. 4.1.3 Consultation with appropriate employee representatives
on particular problems of safety and health.
4.1.4 Keeping all employees informed on accident prevention
activities through such measures as written communications,
meetings, lectures, films, departmental newsletters and other
means of communications.
SECTION SAFETY CO-ORDINATION
5.1 Safety Co-
Ordination Responsibility
5.2 Safety Co-
Ordination Duties
5.3 Safety
Officers Responsibility for safety co-ordination throughout the department
or instrumentality shall be included in the functions of
a senior management position having direct access to the head
officer or his deputy.
Safety co-ordination duties shall include:
5.2.1 Formulation and implementation of plans to promote
interest in and action on safety.
5.2.2 Surveillance of accident and injury experience.
5.2.3 Inspections of work areas, continual reviews of safety
measures.
5.2.4 Study and dissemination of relevant information on
safety from sources both inside and outside the department or
instrumentality. 5.2.5 Advice to all levels of management on safety matters.
5.2.6 Preparation of an annual report on safety experience
and performance.
To carry out these duties the head officer shall, as necessary,
appoint other officers who may be employed either full-time on
safety or in association with other duties. The number of such
officers, their qualifications and classifications and their full or
part-time assignment shall be consistent with the size of the
department or instrumentality, the geographic scatter of its locations
and the nature of its operations and hazards.
SECTION 6
WORKPLACES AND
THE WORKING ENVIRONMENT
6.1 Working Environment
6.2 Buildings and
Workplaces Head officers shall ensure that every practicable measure is
taken to provide a safe and healthy working environment for
employees both in fixed locations and in temporary and outdoor
locations. Buildings and where practicable workplaces, shall be planned,
designed, constructed, prepared and maintained so that:
6.2.1 Structures have adequate strength and stability.
6.2.2 Working surfaces are adequately drained and provide
good foothold.
6.2.3 Adequate working space is provided for operational
and maintenance work with a minimum of congestion, obstruction
to movement or risk of collision.
6.2.4 Order, cleanliness and hygienic standards are maintained.
6.2.5 Adequate lighting is provided.
6.2.6 Adequate ventilation and satisfactory thermal conditions
are provided.
6.2.7 Safe means of access to and egress from workplaces
are provided, including quick egress in case of fire or other
emergency and ready access for fire fighting purposes.
6.2.8 There is adequate resistance to the spread of fire and,
where appropriate, safe relief of explosion pressure, adequate
fire fighting and rescue equipment available, clearly identified
and ready for use.
6.2.9 To the greatest extent practicable the design, construction
and layout of buildings and workplaces facilitate measures
taken to reduce personal exposures to harmful physical and
chemical agents.
6.2.10 Electrical, fuel, compressed air, steam or other services
are installed in a safe manner.
6.2.11 There are adequate means of communication so that
safety, health or rescue needs become known without delay.
6.2.12 Adequate sanitary installations are provided.
6.2.13 The use of materials therein and the use of furniture and
fittings are such as to reduce the risk of personal exposure to
harmful chemical and physical agents in the event of fire.
6.3 Confined Special procedures shall be followed based on written instruc-
Spaces tions for the safety of persons required to work in confined
spaces.
6.4 Isolated Special measures shall be adopted to protect the safety and
Situations health of employees required to work in the field or in isolated
situations.
SECTION 7
MACHINERY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
7.1 General
7.2 Protection
Against Failure or
Faulty Operation
7.3 Guarding
8.1 Work Methods
8.2 Placement of Employees
8.3 Induction of
New Employees Head officers shall ensure that all machinery, plant and equipment
is safe including mobile or vehicular machinery, plant and
equipment, and portable appliances.
The design, construction, location and maintenance of machinery,
plant and equipment shall be such as to minimise the risk
of, or the harmful effects of, failure of parts, collapse, bursting,
fire, explosion, faulty operation, electrical shock, and exposure
to harmful physical and chemical agents.
Portions of machinery, plant and equipment that are not constructed
so as to be permanently safe shall be guarded or
screened to the greatest practicable extent, and special procedures
shall be implemented so as to prevent injury to employees
or other persons.
SECTION 8
SAFE WORK METHODS AND APPROPRIATE
TRAINING AND PLACEMENT OF EMPLOYEES
Head officers shall ensure that safe methods of work are established
and reviewed from time to time in the light of experience
or changed circumstances. Where unusual or serious hazards are
involved, the proper methods shall be defined in written instructions.
An employee shall be assigned only to a task which he can
perform safely. Where doubt exists, or on request by the employee,
he shall be referred for medical examination.
For tasks in which a high degree of operating skill and correct
procedures are critical to safety, standards of competence shall
be defined and measures taken to ensure that they are met.
Arrangements shall be made for new employees or employees
transferred to new locations, to be instructed in the rules for
safe working in their tasks and advised on any particular hazards
associated with them.
Special measures shall be taken to ensure that new employees
not familiar with the English language fully understand the
training given to them.
8.4 Training Supervision
9.1 General
9.2 Installations and Processes
9.3 Exposure to
Harmful
Chemical Agents
9.4 Exposure to
Harmful Physical
Agents Measurement of Exposure
to Airborne
Contaminants Head officers shall ensure that all employees are trained and
periodically retrained as necessary, in the safe practice of their
employment. Machinery, plant and equipment, the use of which can involve
serious risk of accident or injury to operators or others, shall
be operated only by employees specially trained and qualified
in its operation.
Head offiers shall provide for competent supervision to ensure
that safe procedures are followed and that unsafe methods and
hazards in the workplace are corrected.
SECTION 9
OCCUPATIONAL HYGIENE
CONTROL OF HARMFUL CHEMICAL AND
PHYSICAL AGENTS
Where harmful chemical and physical agents are used, produced,
released, transported, stored, handled or otherwise may be
present, head officers shall ensure that steps are taken to keep
personal exposures to such agents within safe limits and that
such steps comply with recommendations of the Director-
General of Health.
Head officers shall ensure that when new chemical and physical
agents that may be harmful are introduced or when new installations
or processes involve the use, generation or release
of chemical or physical agents that may be harmful, the use of
such agents and the design of such installations or processes
shall comply with the recommendations of the Director-General
of Health.
No employee shall be exposed to harmful chemical agents,
whether by skin contact, inhalation or ingestion at levels exceeding
those approved by the Director-General of Health.
No employee shall be exposed to harmful physical agents such
as dust, noise, vibration, extremes of temperature or radiation
except at levels and under conditions approved by the Director-
General of Health.
Methods for sampling, measurement and reporting o . f concentrations
of airborne contaminants shall be those approved by the
Director-General of Health.
9.6 Controls
9.7 Confined Spaces
9.8 Advice to
Employees Measures for the control of harmful physical and chemical
agents to approved levels shall comply with the recommendations
of the Director-General of Health.
Safe procedures shall be established for the entry of employees
into confined spaces or any location in which air may be contaminated
or deficient in oxygen.
Procedures shall govern conditions for pre-entry, occupancy,
communication, rescue and first aid.
Where it is possible for employees to be exposed to harmful
physical or chemical agents, they shall be Informed and reminded
of the nature of the agents and their adverse health effects
and of any steps they should take to ensure that exposures are
kept within safe limits.
SECTION FIRE AND EXPLOSION
10.1 Fire and
Explosion Risks
10.2 Fire Fighting
Equipment
10.3 Evacuation Where combustible, flammable or explosive substances are used,
produced, released, transported, stored, handled or otherwise
may be present, head officers shall ensure that all reasonable
steps are taken to minimise the risk of uncontrolled escape or
accumulation of such substances and the risk of ignition or
initiation of explosion, and to minimise the spread of fire and
the harmful effects of explosion.
10.1.1 Employees who work with or in the vicinity of flammable
or explosive substances, shall be informed and reminded
of the fire or explosion risk and effectively trained in the steps
they should take to avoid such an occurrence.
10.2.1 In all buildings and workplaces adequate fire-fighting
equipment shall be provided together with means for quickly
calling community fire fighting services where available.
10.2.2 Where required for the safety of persons, adequate fire
detecting equipment shall be provided.
10.2.3 Sufficient employees shall be trained in early fire fighting
so that effective use is made of the equipment available.
In all buildings, and in other work places where appropriate, head
officers shall ensure that there is a plan and an organisation
for the quick evacuation of employees to safe areas. Employees
shall be informed and practice evacuations shall be carried out
at appropriate intervals.
SECTION 11
PERSONAL PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT
11.1 Use of
Personal Protective
Equipment
11.2 Types and
Specifications of Equipment
11.3 Promotion of Use
11.4 Maintenance of Equipment
11.5 Equipment For Use In
Emergency
13.1 13.2 Records of
Accidents and Injuries Head officers shall ensure that personal protective equipment
is supplied for the protection of employees against hazards that
cannot be controlled satisfactorily by other means.
Personal protective equipment supplied as protection against a
particular hazard shall be in accordance with the recommendations
of the Director-General of Health.
Head officers shall take measures to ensure the proper use of
personal protective equipment including education, instruction
and supervision.
Equipment shall be maintained in a clean, hygienic and effective
condition and kept readily available for use.
In locations where plant failures or accidents could cause conditions
of danger due to harmful chemical or physical agents,
personal protective equipment capable of protecting persons
against such conditions shall be supplied for the use of employees
engaged in repair, fire fighting, or rescue operations.
SECTION 12
HEALTH, MEDICAL AND FIRST-AID SERVICES
Head officers shall ensure that medical, health and first-aid
services are provided in their departments or instrumentalities
in accordance with the requirements and recommendations of
the Director-General of Health.
SECTION 13
ACCIDENT RECORDS, STATISTICS AND
INVESTIGATION Head officers shall arrange for the prompt investigation of all
accidents, the determination of causes and contributory factors
and the implementation of corrective action.
Records of accidents and injuries shall be kept and periodic
returns made in accordance with the requirements of the Department
of Labor and Immigration.
ADDRESSES OF THE IMPLEMENTING AUTHORITY
For further information on the Code, please contact the nearest
office of the implementing authority listed below:
Secretary Department of Labor and Immigration
239 Bourke Street
Melbourne, Vic. 3000
( P0 Box 281 7AA
Melbourne Vic. 3001)
Telephone: 63 0361
Director Department of Labor and Immigration
Australian Government Centre
Chifley Square
Sydney, N. S. W. 2000
Telephone: 20343
Director Department of Labor and Immigration
151 Flinders Street
Melbourne, Vic. 3000
Telephone: 654 3011
Director Department of Labor and Immigration
167 Eagle Street
Brisbane, Old. 4000
( P0 Box 1382
Brisbane, Old. 4001)
Telephone: 33 7011
Director Department of Labor and Immigration
99 Currie Street
Adelaide, S. A. 5000
( P0 Box 2299
Adelaide, S. A. 5001) Director Department of Labor and Immigration
Victoria Centre
2 St George's Terrace
Perth, W. A. 6000
( P0 Box R 1273
Perth, W. A. 6001)
Telephone: 23 0391
Officer-in-Charge
Department of Labor and Immigration
CMIL Building
University Avenue
Canberra City, A. C. T. 2600
( P0 Box 399
Canberra City, A. C. T. 2601)
Telephone: 48 0511
Director Department of Labor and Immigration
Australian Government Centre
188 Collins Street
Hobart, Tas. 7000
( P0 Box 585F
Hobart, Tas. 7001)
Telephone: 20 5011
Officer-in-Charge
Department of Labor and Immigration
Mitchell Street
Darwin, N. T.
( P0 Box 495
Darwin, N. T. 5794)
Telephone: 89 8911
Telephone: 51 0441 On matters concerning health, medical and first aid services
in employment, contact should be made with the Director-
General of Health at the following address:
Director-General of Health
Department of Health
( P0 Box 100
Woden, A. C. T. 2602)
Telephone: Canberra 81 8411
INDEX ACCIDENTS Investigation, 13.1
Prevention, 4.14
Records, 13.1
ADVICE TO EMPLOYEES, 9.8
BUILDINGS Safety aspects, 6.2
CHEMICAL AGENTS ( HARMFUL) 6.2.9, 9.1-9.6
COMMUNICATIONS, ADEQUATE MEANS OF, 6.2.11
CONFINED SPACES, 6.3,9.7
EMERGENCY EXITS, 6.2.7
EMPLOYEES Obligations, 2.2
EQUIPMENT Emergency use, 11.5
Firefighting, 6.2.8, 10.2
Maintenance, 11.4
Rescue, 6.28
Types and Specifications, 11.2
EVACUATION, 10.3
EXPLOSION RISKS, 10.1
FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT, 6.2.8, 10.2
FIRE RESISTANCE, 6.2.8
FIRE RISKS, 10.1
FIRST AID SERVICES, 2.1.10, 12
FURNITURE AND FITTINGS
Resistance to harmful agents, 6.2.13
GUARDING, 7.3
HARMFUL AGENTS, 6.2.9, 9.1-9.6
HEAD OFFICERS
Obligations, 2.1, 3
HYGIENE, OCCUPATIONAL, 9 INJURIES Records, 2.1.11, 13.2
ISOLATED SITUATIONS
Employee protection, 6.4
LIGHTING, 6.2.5
MACHINERY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
Safety measures, 7.1-7.3
PROTECTIVE EQUIPMENT, USE OF, 2.1.9, 11
RESCUE EQUIPMENT, 6.2.8
SAFETY AND HEALTH COMMITTEES, 4.1.2
SAFETY POLICY, 3, 4.1.1
SAFETY CO-ORDINATION,
SANITARY INSTALLATIONS, 6.2.12
SCREENING OF EQUIPMENT, 7.3
SUPERVISION, TRAINING, 8.3-8.4
VENTILATION, 6.2.6
WORKPLACES Safety aspects, 6.2
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