occupational health and safety | policy statement
Application of Policy
This policy is applicable to all Royal Australian Mint work areas including those circumstances where Mint workers (including Australian Public Service workers, contractors and volunteers) are required to work offsite.
Obligations
The Mint recognises its moral and legal responsibility to provide a safe and healthy work environment for its workers and visitors. It is committed to communicating and consulting with workers about health and safety issues and complying with Commonwealth Acts, Regulations and Codes of Practice. Where a legislative requirement or Code of Practice does not exist, the applicable Australian Standard is the minimum standard achieved. The Mint will undertake scheduled audits to help continuous improvement and ensure regulatory compliance.
Objectives
The Mint is committed to establishing measurable objectives and targets to ensure continued improvement aimed at the elimination of work-related injury and illness. This commitment is demonstrated by the implementation of the 2010-2012 Strategic Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Objectives plan and its associated annual action plan. The strategic OHS objectives established for 2010-2012 are:
- minimising hazard exposure to Mint workers
- improving risk management processes
- continuously improve OHS management
- enhance profile and practice of health, safety and wellbeing.
Accountability and Responsibilities
All workers have a responsibility for implementing workplace health and safety, as identified in Commonwealth health and safety legislation, associated regulations and codes of practice.
Branch Managers and Section Managers are responsible for:
- providing a safe workplace and personal protective equipment
- ensuring workers are suitably trained in health and safety matters
- promoting and implementing OHS procedures and work instructions
- development of risk assessments for all work-based activities, substances and equipment
- providing resources to meet the health and safety commitment.
Workers must:
- follow all OHS procedures, work instructions and reasonable directions
- ensure their actions or lack of do not create a risk, or increase an existing risk, to themselves or other persons
- report all hazards and incidents to their supervisor and Health and Safety Representative.
Ross MacDiarmid
Chief Executive Officer
Royal Australian Mint
10/11/2011
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