PADI RTO First Aid Student Manual

and safety, and (b) The provision and maintenance of safe plant and structures, and (c) The provision and maintenance of safe systems of work, and (d) The safe use, handling, and storage of plant, structures and substances, and (e) The provision of adequate facilities for the welfare at work of workers in carrying out work for the business or undertaking, including ensuring access to those facilities, and (f) The provision of any information, training, instruction or supervision that is necessary to protect all persons from risks to their health and safety arising from work carried out as part of the conduct of the business or undertaking, and (g) That the health of workers and the conditions at the workplace are monitored for the purpose of preventing illness or injury of workers arising from the conduct of the business or undertaking. 4. If: (a) A worker occupies accommodation that is owned by or under the management or control of the person conducting the business or undertaking, and (b) The occupancy is necessary for the purposes of the worker’s engagement because other accommodation is not reasonably available, the person conducting the business or undertaking must, so far as is reasonably practicable, maintain the premises so that the worker occupying the premises is not exposed to risks to health and safety. 5. A self-employed person must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, his or her own health and safety while at work. Note. A self-employed person is also a person conducting a business or undertaking for the purposes of this section. First Aid and the Risk Management Process Step 1 - Identify potential causes of workplace injury and illness • Does the nature of the work being carried out pose a hazard to people’s health and safety? • Have these hazards been identified in work that is being carried out? Has incident and injury data been reviewed? • Has consultation with workers and their health and safety representatives oc- curred? • Is specialist or external assistance required? Step 2 - Assess the risk of workplace injury and illness • How often does a hazard have the potential to cause harm? • What type of injuries should the hazards cause? • How serious are the injuries? • Does the number and composition of workers and other people affect how first aid should be provided? • Could the size and location of the workplace affect how first aid is provided? Step 3 - What First Aid is required? • First Aiders o How many first aiders are needed? o What competencies do they require?

HLTAID008 MANAGE FIRST AID SERVICES AND RESOURCES

HLTAID008 MANAGE FIRST AID SERVICES AND RESOURCES

Hierarchy or preferred order of control Elimination Removing the hazard or hazardous work practice from the workplace. This is the most effective control measure; Substituting or replacing a hazard or hazardous work practice with a less hazardous one; Isolating or separating the hazard or hazardous work practice from people involved in the work or people in the general work areas from the hazard. This can be done by installing screens or barriers or marking off hazardous areas; If the hazard cannot be eliminated, substituted or isolated, an engineering control is the next preferred measure. This may include modifications to tools or equipment, providing guarding to machinery or equipment; Includes introducing work practices that reduce the risk. This could include limiting the amount of time a person is exposed to a particular hazard; and Personal protective equipment Should be considered only when other control measures are not practicable or to increase protection Control measures are not mutually exclusive. That is, there may be circumstances where more than one control measure should be used to reduce exposure to hazards In some instances, a combination of control measures may be appropriate. Control measures should be designed: • To eliminate or reduce the risks of a hazardous work process and to minimise the effects of injury or dis- ease; and • To reduce the risk of exposure to a hazardous substance. Overview of primary duty of care [19.10] The primary duty of care is the centrepiece of the reforms introduced by the Act. At its broadest, persons conducting a business or undertaking owe a duty of care to other persons to ensure that, so far as reasonably practicable, they do not expose those persons to risks to their health or safety: s 19(2). Categorised in that way, the duty which is owed to workers can be seen as a sub-category of the duty owed to others. DIVISION 2 - Primary Duty of Care Section 19 Primary duty of care 1. A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure, as far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety of: (a) Workers engaged, or caused to be engaged by the person, and (b) Workers whose activities in carrying out work are influenced or directed by the person, while the workers are at work in the business or undertaking. 2. A person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, that the health and safety of other persons is not put at risk from work carried out as part of the conduct of the business or undertaking. 3. Without limiting subsections (1) and (2), a person conducting a business or undertaking must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable: (a) The provision and maintenance of a work environment without risks to health Substitution Isolation Engineering control Administrative control

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