Climbing shelfs
Someone critiqued a recent post and challenged a statement that I climb shelves at work to get motors and other parts way in the back when the lift is broken (which is most days). To them I offer this photo of me 30 feet up the shelving taken yesterday as I searched for a bearing.
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Too many people around just looking for someone to say something to latch on to it, wanting to call him a liar.
It irks me when friends my age do that when having their photos taken
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Don't look down!!!...play it safe!!
Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) is a major player in any business these days, every business who employs anyone has to pay into the Work Cover insurance scheme by law and a complete Safe Working Statement needs to be submitted for approval and updated everytime something changes in the workplace.
Larger companies like yours employ safety officers and all companies must induct you before you can place a foot on the floor or site, the safety induction process can take up to half a day with videos followed by written exams.
Safety officers are like vultures hovering around the workplace keeping an eagle eye out for any breach of safety. If you get a cut deep enough to require a bandaid you can find yourself filling out several multi-page forms and a thorough interrogation by the safety officer, (this can take up to 3 hours) if it happens a second time you will be taken off the job and at a fixed date on your own time be expected to be re-inducted again before being allowed back on the job.
Just like yourselves, in the event of a serious injury or death, Work Cover will conduct a thorough investigation and depending on the outcome can fine or shut-down a business untill the safety issue has been corrected and all the staff have been re-inducted. A fine by Work Cover for a serious issue could bankrupt a business in this country.
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The end result is that there are very few workplace accidents in Australia now....
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