<aside> 👉🏾 Worksafe Victoria has publications to help employers set up their OHS policies and procedures. Once complete, make these easy for your employees to find.

Remember, under the Occupational Health and Safety 2004 Act you are obliged to consult with your employees on safety and provide them with protective personal equipment (PPE). For a full explanation of your legal obligations visit the WorkSafe website (worksafe.vic.gov.au) or phone Worksafe on 1800 136 089.

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Policy

{Business Name} will, as far as practicable, provide a safe work environment for the health, safety and welfare of our employees, contractors, visitors and members of the public who may be affected by our work.

To do this, {Business Name} will:

• develop and maintain safe systems of work, and a safe working environment
• consult with employees and health and safety reps on safety
• provide protective clothing and equipment, and enforce its use
• provide information and training for employees
• assess all risks before work starts on new areas of operation, for example, buying new equipment and setting up new work methods, and regularly review these risks
• remove unacceptable risks to safety
• provide employees and contractors with adequate facilities (such as clean toilets, cool and clean drinking water, and hygienic eating areas)

Ultimately, everyone at the workplace is responsible for ensuring health and safety at that workplace.

All persons responsible for the work activities of other employees are accountable for:

• identifying practices and conditions that could injure employees, clients, members of the public or the environment
• controlling such situations or removing the risk to safety. If unable to control such practices and conditions, report these to their manager
• making sure workers use personal protective equipment (PPE), training workers to use PPE correctly
• making sure PPE is maintained and working properly

{Business Name} demands a positive, proactive attitude and performance with respect to protecting health, safety and the environment by all employees, irrespective of their position.