Safety (Issue 25)
Dangers Facing Lone Workers
An industrial accident in Canada claimed the life of a heavy equipment operator in late 2005.
The 66-year-old employee was killed when working on a property clearing project. The victim was operating a bulldozer and went over an embankment. The bulldozer reportedly rolled over the operator and crushed him.
The Coroner noted that nobody witnessed the incident. Investigators don’t know what happened to cause the bulldozer to go over the embankment. No obvious cause could be determined.
Lone Worker incidents such as this are all too common in our industry. The best possible way to deal with this is to make it company policy to NEVER have someone on-site by themselves.
This is of particular importance when the person is operating any plant or equipment (ie. Drilling, stripping overburden, etc.)
Also included under the lone worker banner is the issue of workers out of the sight of others. Keeping all persons at the site in visual and/or verbal contact with others can prevent accidents which no one knows about from occurring.
Prevention simply is the best cure.
Corporate Ambulance Membership
Corporate Ambulance Membership offers employers the opportunity to ensure all their employees are fully covered for Ambulance costs.
Features
- One yearly payment
- New employees can join throughout the year
- Ability for employee payments to be deducted from their salaries
- The option to include Ambulance Membership as a benefit with employee remuneration packages.
Benefits for employees
- Convenience and security; no need to remember to renew each year
- All the benefits of standard family or single Ambulance Membership
- Covers employees 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, at home and at work (for situations not covered by WorkCover)
- All members joining under Corporate Membership receive a discounted rate for the first year
- Waiving of the usual 60 day qualifying period providing they join by your Corporate Membership start date, or when joining your organisation
Information supplied by: Deborah Taylor,
Corporate Ambulance Membership Ph: 03 9840 3320
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