WHS Flashcards
What are your WHS responsibilities as a student?
- Ensure that your work and work area is without risk to the health and safety of yourself or others.
- Comply with the partner organisation’s and the university’s Work Health and Safety policies and procedures.
- Report hazards or incidents as they occur in accordance with university and partner organisation’s policies.
- Actively participate in all health and safety activities and training (e.g. emergency evacuation procedures, site inspection).
What are the 4 key aspects of Risk Assessment/Management?
- Identify the hazards
- Assess the risk/s
- Control the risk/s
- Review
What are some common hazard categories?
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physical - excess noise, poor lighting, trip hazards, radiation, weather or temperature extremes, magnetic fields, pressure extremes (high pressure or vacuum) etc.
* ergonomic - repetitive movements, poor postures, improper workstation set up, etc
*** psychosocial **- bullying, unreasonable workloads or timeframes, distressed people, aggressive or violent customers, discrimination, etc., - biological - bacteria, virus, mould, or toxin exposures via soil, water, human, animal, insect contact etc.,
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chemical - depends on the physical, chemical and toxic properties of the chemical but can include substances which are flammable, oxidizing, corrosive, toxic, explosive etc
* electrical - frayed cords, overloaded power boards or sockets, lack of electrical isolation, no safety switch etc - **mechanical **- inappropriate/lack of machine guarding, equipment malfunction or breakdown.
What should you consider when working out the consequences of a risk?
- What harm could occur (Fatigue, physical injury, dehydration)? How severe is the harm? Could the hazard cause death, serious injury, illness or minor injury requiring first aid?
- What factors could influence the severity of harm that occurs?
- How many people are exposed and how many people inside or outside the workplace?
- Could one failure lead to other failures.
- Could a small event escalate to a larger event with more serious consequences?
Define the 5 items in the consequence table
Define the 5 items in the likelihood table
What are the two items in a risk matrix?
- Likelihood
- Consequence
What is a control measure?
Control measures assist to eliminate or minimise health and safety risks. Control measures will vary greatly depending on the nature of your PACE activity and the possible risks. Control measures could include training and preparation, supervision, debriefing, counselling, or protective equipment for hazardous materials.
What is the heirarchy of risk controls?
Define Manual Handling
How do you respond to an incident?
How do you respond to an emergency?
What to do in response to negative experiences and emotions?
- Awareness - of your emotions/response
- Ensure you are safe
- Seek Support
- Self-help Options
If your PACE activity is taking place off campus your host organisation will provide you with an induction covering Health and Safety which is relevant to your workplace and PACE activity. The topics should include:
- Work health and safety
- Incident/accident reporting
- Hazard reporting
- First Aid
- Smoking
- Travel (if relevant)
- Evacuation procedures
- Anti Discrimination Laws
- Any location and activity-specific risks and control measures in place
- Any specialised training if relevant
Define bullying
Bullying is repeated unreasonable behaviour towards a worker or group of workers that creates a health and safety risk. It includes behaviour that intimidates, victimises, offends, threatens, degrades or humiliates a worker or group of workers. Reasonable management actions, such as managing performance, restructuring work/teams or addressing a misconduct concern are not considered workplace bullying.
