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Safety for Money Management Workers Presented by: <INSERT NAME>. Funded by the Australia Government Department of FaHCSIA for the Financial Management Resource Unit Project, produced by Matrix on Board. Legal situations. Occupational Safety and Health Act WA 1984:
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Safety for Money Management Workers Presented by: <INSERT NAME> Funded by the Australia Government Department of FaHCSIA for the Financial Management Resource Unit Project, produced by Matrix on Board
Legal situations Occupational Safety and Health Act WA 1984: An employee shall take reasonable care — • to ensure his or her own safety and health at work; and • to avoid adversely affecting the safety or health of any other person through any act or omission at work.
You are breaking the law if you don’t: report to the your employer — • any situation at the workplace that you have has reason to believe could constitute a hazard to any person that you cannot correct; or • any injury or harm to health of which you are aware that arises in the course of, or in connection with, your work.
Hazard and Risk • Hazard - in relation to a person, means anything that may result in — • (a) injury to the person; or • (b) harm to the health of the person; • Risk - in relation to any injury or harm, means the probability of that injury or harm occurring
What can you do about hazards? • How serious would the impact be? • How likely is it to happen? • What can you do to avoid it or make it less harmful or likely? • Document and keep this.
Exercise • Workshops • Remote work • One-on-one sessions Create a checklist • What safety issues do you need to think about? • What can you do about each of them?