Responsibilities

Individual Responsibilities

• Each person has a duty to take care of their own health and safety and others affected by their actions.
• Individuals must cooperate with employers and coworkers to help everyone meet their legal requirements.
• If a person has specific safety responsibilities in their job role, they must be adequately trained and proficient in these areas.

Employer Responsibilities

• Employers have a duty to ensure the health and safety of their employees or those who might be affected by their business.
• This includes reducing, or ideally eliminating, risks in the workplace.
• Providing training and information about health and safety.
• Ensuring the business is not carried out in a way that could put people at risk. This could include the public.

Employee Responsibilities

• Follow the training you have received when using any work items provided.
• Take reasonable care of your own and other people’s health and safety.
• Meet specified safety requirements for machinery and dangerous tasks.
• Report any health and safety concerns immediately to the appropriate person (as indicated in your employer’s policy).

Organisational Responsibilities

• Assessing risks in the workplace and implementing necessary measures to control them.
• Ensuring safe working practices are set up and followed.
• Providing and maintaining safe machinery and safe systems of work.
• Ensuring safe handling of substances.
• Providing appropriate training and supervision.