Employee Workplace Safety
How MA Insurance Services can help?
MA Insurance Services can help provide you with the right information when it comes to employee workplace safety. Did you know in Western Australia, the law requires an employer to provide a high standard of safety and health at your workplace.
As an employer, you have a responsibility to provide and maintain, as far as practicable, a safe working environment for your workers, under Section 19(1) of the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1984 (OSH Act). This is called the employer’s ‘duty of care’. This includes:
- providing and maintaining workplaces, plant and systems of work so your workers are not exposed to hazards;
- providing information about any hazards and risks from the work;
- providing instruction, training (including an induction) and supervision to all employees so are able to work safely;
- consulting and co-operating with safety and health representatives (if any) and all employees about safety and health;
- where it is not practicable to avoid the presence of hazards, providing adequate personal protective clothing and equipment without any cost to workers; and
- ensuring safety and health in relation to plant and hazardous substances so workers are not exposed to hazards
