Follow up by WorkSafe of Previous Notices Issued
BRUCE McCLURE, CMPA General Manager reports on WorkSafe Victoria’s follow up of notices issued at extractive industry sites.
DURING the period 1 July 2011 to 20 November 2011, WorkSafe followed up on 31 notices that had been issued previously at a number of sites.
Several of these follow ups related to notices that were issued prior to this period, however the majority related to notices actually issued during this period.
The notices that were followed up by WorkSafe consisted of:
- 25 Improvement Notices,
- 3 Prohibition Notices, and
- 3 Dangerous Goods Improvement Notices.
Grouping similar types of notices together provides the breakdown of notices followed up as displayed in the table below:
Of the 31 notices that were followed up, 29 were complied with and closed out on the return visit. However, 2 were found to have not been complied with at the first return visit.
One of these non-compliances relates to the provision of worker amenities (dining facilities), the other relates to a poor procedure with regards to repetitive and potentially heavy lifting. Both of these non-compliances occurred at the same site.
Of these two outstanding notices, the work amenities issue has since been complied with, and the other will be reviewed again at the end of November following review and assistance by a WorkSafe ergonomist and suggested changes.
SUMMARY
What this article highlights is that WorkSafe Victoria do check that notices are complied with and it is in the best interest of the site involved with a notice to deal with it quickly and to ensure that the issue is closed off .
If in doubt as to what WorkSafe requires to happen to close off a notice it only takes a call to the WorkSafe Inspector involved to seek advice.
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