Over the last couple of months, we have been working with SAFEWORK NSW Inspectors on some safety improvements in our shops. The process ran over 10weeks with multiple inspections and whilst the changes might seem small, they were very important especially with the ongoing changes to legislation and standards, it is very difficult to stay up to date.
The inspectors couldn’t do enough for us and were very supportive throughout the process. We’ve made improvements in our materials movement processes, storage and management of chemicals, and our painting controls and learnt about the latest legislation changes. SAFEWORK would much rather be working with companies to improve safety as opposed to getting involved with investigations after a serious accident and injury.
The SAFEWORK Website has lots of great information for PCBU’s to access and Inspectors are available to provide information and inspect worksites to improve safety. We encourage all businesses to use these resources, it has certainly helped us.