Organisational and Site Requirements

All duty holders must do everything that is “reasonably practicable” to protect the work health and safety of everyone at the workplace. This duty of care falls on all:
• PCBU
• Managers
• Supervisors
• Workers
• HSR
• Client

The aim of regulations is to minimise risk of injury or illness at the workplace. The management and control of risk in the control of hazards and risks in the workplace and provide them opportunities to contribute and participate in the process. The Work Health and Safety Consultation, Cooperation and Coordination Code of Practice for example provides for workers to take a more proactive action in the decision-making process through consultation. The more that workers and others participate and contribute to work health and safety, the more informed their decisions shall be.

Duty holders under the Common Law duty of care need to prove to the satisfaction of the court that the actions that they have taken to protect others from risk are reasonable and practicable. Duty holders need to clearly know what their duty is, what the implications are for each group and what happens if they do not comply.

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