OHS Flashcards
What work health and safety act does the state of Victoria operate under?
The Occupational Health and Safety
Act 2004
What are the duties and responsibilities of employers?
Provide a safe workplace
Safe ways of completing each task in written form
Safe plant, tools and equipment for job completion
Safety information and instructions when completing a task for the first time
To control risk
Who monitors the states compliance with OHS?
Worksafe Victoria
What are the 6 duties and responsibilities of employees?
Work in a manner safe to yourself and others
Not interfere with safe operation of equipment
Wear the correct PPE
Report injuries or illness to the duty manager immediately
Report faulty equipment and hazards
Follow instructions and comply with safety laws
What is a notifiable incident?
Any incident defined in the relevant state that must be reported to the relevant health and safety body.
What is a critical incident?
Any incident in which fatality or serious injury occurs that requires assistance from emergency services
What is a first aid injury?
An incident which can be treated on site or at a clinic by first aid personnel and results in no lost time
Must be reported immediately to Duty Manager.
What is a medical treatment injury?
An injury incident that requires off-site medical treatment and results in no lost time.
Must be reported immediately to Duty Manager.
What is a lost time injury?
An injury where an employee requires time off
Obtains a permanent disability
Leads to death through incident in the workplace
Why is personal hygiene important?
To prevent you and those around you from germs and infectious disease.
How long should you wash your hands?
20 seconds
When to wash hands?
After going to the toilet
Before or after eating
After blowing your nose
After dealing with the sick
After treating wounds and cuts
After touching dirty surfaces
After touching farm animals
What is the hierarchy of risk control?
- Eliminate
- Substitute
- Engineer
- Administration
- PPE
When should a driver wear PPE?
In sidings/yards, railway crossings and when crossing tracks.
What colour signs are mandatory?
Blue signs are mandatory. Blue background and white symbol.
What are the two types of risk assessment?
Qualitative and Quantitative
What are some significant risks you have a direct role in controlling?
PAE
What is the reporting hierarchy?
- Train Control (Metrol)
- Fellow workers
- HSR
- Manager
What are written communications?
Written communications such as incident reports are legal documents.
Train drivers are required to carry a notepad to write down descriptions.
What is a train drivers primary concern?
Safety
Who do you report any delays, operational incidents, irregularities or faults to?
Train Controller at Metrol
How and by when should incident reports be submitted?
Via the managers correspondence box prior to end of shift
Attach any relevant information
What is a CAN Notice and how can it be communicated?
Condition Affecting the Network. It can be transmitted via DTRS or handed to you by station staff.
What is a TMM and how is it used?
A Train Malfunction Message is used to report faults on a train.
The driver is required to contact TC to get a category and reference number as per the FMP.
Only 1 fault per TMM
What will the TC give you for a TMM?
Category
Reference number
Who do you contact if you need to upgrade the category for a fault?
Principal Drivers
What do you need to enter a confined space?
Confined space entry permit
What do you do for a needle sticky injury?
Wash wound with soap, water or alcohol based solution
Notify your Duty Manager or HSR
Go directly to your doctor
Within 24 hours of attending your doctor fill out the workers paperwork and submit to Duty Manager
Go on needle stick register
What do you do if there is blood, faeces, urine or vomit in the train?
Report as per FMP
Do not touch it
It may be cleaned enroute or at a terminus which would alter the fault to “rectified in running”
When you have an ill passenger onboard could TC alter your train express to a station with first aid staff present?
Yes
What call must you make if you have struck someone?
REC
What to do if there is a fire on your train?
Make a REC
Evacuate the carriage to another carriage
Metrol to notify emergency services
If practicable use fire extinguisher to control and localise fire.
What must be done during a bomb threat?
Turn off mobile phones
No DTRS
Landlines only
Comms from Metrol must cease
Who is the interim site coordinator?
The first person to identify an emergency is the interim site coordinator.
What are the functions of an interim site coordinator?
Remove people from danger (if safe to do so)
Ensure appropriate emergency services have been contacted
Maintain constant communications with Metrol (Every 10-15 minutes)
Get assistance from other staff inside train if available
Who should you report any risks to?
Manager, train controller, signaller and HSR
What should you do if you observe a hazard?
Report it immediately and take action to reduce the hazard.
What form must you complete within 24 hours after injuring yourself at work?
Injury claim form paperwork
What is OHS/WHS?
They are the laws and processes to protect employees from death, disease and injury while at work.
