WORKPLACE HEALTH & SAFETY

There are many rules, regulations and guidelines to follow in any business and ours is no exception. Below is a list of what Groundfloor QLD uses when taking on any project (with exception to type of works some tasks vary).

Depending on the type of works we carry out on a jobsite depends on which manuals are followed by. The list below includes all manuals we can possibly use on any jobsite taken from workplace health and safety Queensland web:

Steel Construction Advisory Standard 2004
Tilt-up and Pre-cast Construction Industry Code of Practice
Concrete Cutting and Drilling Industry Guide 2001
Concrete Pumping Code of Practice 2005 (with attached Concrete Pumping Safety Guide)
Formwork Code of Practice 2006

With the help of Mr. Darryl Rasmussen (Workplace Health and Safety Consultant) a manual was designed to cover all our needs on a jobsite. Below is a list of what you will find in a manual we hand out when work commences with Groundfloor (QLD) Pty Ltd

Element One (Checklists - In the instance of being a Tilt-Panel project):

Appendix A: Engineers Certification Letter Copy
Appendix B: Panel Checklist (against the Construction Plan)
Appendix C: Panel Lifting and Temporary bracing checklist
Appendix D: Qualification register for Panel Erection

Element Two (Site Specific Workplace Health and Safety Plan):

Workplace Health & Environmental Policy
Controls and Implementation
Scope Document
Training and Staffing Details
Register of Substances
Safe Work Procedures
SWP General Site Safety Conditions
Tool Box Talks
First Aid Accident & Incident Information
Environmental Policy

Element Three (Work Method Statements - In the instance of being a Tilt-Panel project):

WMS for Erection of Formwork/Columns/Walls
Erection for Tilt-up Panel Construction
SWM for Formwork and Stripping of Formwork

Element Four (Australian Standards):

Australian Standard Booklet containing information on Tilt-up concrete and Pre-cast concrete elements for use in Buildings with a separate part for Guide to Design, Casting and Erection of Tilt-up panels.
Or any other Australian Standard that may apply at time of construction or depending on types of work completed.

NB: Other projects depending on the works use various methods for workplace health and safety, this example is provided based on a tilt panel constructed project. The procedure of the manual stays the same at all times, and only varies in sections for the actual works we complete.

Credits for this section:

www.whs.qld.gov.au

Darryl Rasmussen – Workplace Health and Safety Officer