EEO, OS&H and Ethics

OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH (OS&H)

What everyone needs to know

The WA Occupational Safety & Health Act (1984) aims to protect the safety and health of people at work. The Act covers employers and employees and self-employed people.

Employees must:

• take reasonable care of the safety and health of others
• co-operate with employers in their efforts to comply with occupational safety and health requirements

Employers must:

• act to ensure the safety and health at work of their employees.

What managers need to know

• Maintain places of work under their control in a safe condition
• make arrangements for ensuring the safe use, handling, storage and transport of equipment and substances
• provide and maintain systems of work and working environments that are safe and without risks to health
• provide the information, instruction, training and supervision necessary to ensure the safety and health at work of employees
• consult with employees to enable them to contribute to decisions affecting their safety and health
• adopt a risk management approach to managing workplace safety and health.

Note: The information provided is intended solely for the use of job candidates. Managers and employees should seek more information once they enter the workplace. Nothing in this information shall be construed to waive or modify any obligations imposed by the Occupational Safety & Health Act 1984, the Occupational Safety & Health Regulations and the Equal Employment Act 1984.

Further information can be obtained from:

www.equalopportunity.wa.gov.au
www.safetyline.wa.gov.au
www.publicsectorstandards.wa.gov.au