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Why test your appliances? “nearly all deaths on building and construction sites since 1985 have been due to falls, electrocution, structural collapse or contact with heavy machinery” - Worksafe All employers have duty of care to - individuals, staff, contractors and third parties in the workplace. Every business has a legal requirement to document workplace health and safety risks and produce records of the procedures taken to reduce or eliminate risks.
On every new site we test we find
Such as this power board used for a TV and DVD player of a corporate meeting area. It was in full view and easily accessible to staff and clients. This items was found in an office just like yours!! Under current OH&S legislation, it is a requirement that all businesses MUST provide and maintain a safe working environment that is without risk to health. The AS3760:2003 standard provides that Electrical Equipment, appliances, leads, etc. are certified Tested and Tagged for safety compliance. Insurance policies require you to fulfil all legal requirements to remain covered. A failure to comply with OH&S legislation provides an opportunity for your insurance company to refuse a claim should you have a fire or workplace injury. In some states in Australia it is mandatory to test and tag all electrical appliances.
The Workplaces that Require Testing OzTag is certified to test and tag for any organization that must comply with WorkCover, OH&S legislation and insurance requirements. These include: Government departments Building sites Public and private schools Healthcare services Childcare and kindergartens Hotels and motels Offices Retail shops Restaurants Exhibition Industry Homes office Workshops Factories AV hire companies PA hire companies
Your Workplace Safety Obligations Australia is a federation of six States and two Territories. Under our system of government, the States and Territories have responsibility for laws about workplace health and safety and for enforcing those laws. Each State and Territory has a principal OH&S Act which sets out requirements for improving standards of workplace health and safety to reduce work-related injury and illness. These requirements spell out the duties of different groups of people who play a role in workplace health and safety. These requirements are known as the Duty of Care and give employers a “Duty of Care” to: • secure the health, safety and welfare of employees and other people at work; • protect the public from the health & safety risks of business activities; • eliminate workplace risks at the source; and • involve employers, employees and the organisations that represent them in the formulation & implementation of health, safety and welfare standards. Duty of care requires everything ‘reasonably practicable’ to be done to protect the health and safety of others at the workplace. This duty is placed on: • all employers; • their employees; and • any others who have an influence on the hazards in a workplace. Specific rights and duties logically flow from the duty of care. These include: • provision and maintenance of safe plant and systems of work; • safe systems of work in connection with plant and substances; • a safe working environment and adequate welfare facilities; • information and instruction on workplace hazards and supervision of employees in safe work; • monitoring the health of their employees and related records keeping; • employment of qualified persons to provide health and safety advice; • nomination of a senior employer representative; and • monitoring conditions at any workplace under their control and management.
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