Definitions for Health and Safety - I to M

Duty to preserve sites

1. A PCBU who manages or controls a workplace at which a notifiable event has occurred must take all reasonable steps to ensure that the site where the event occurred is not disturbed until authorised by an inspector.
2. Subsection (1) does not prevent any action:
   1. to assist an injured person; or
   2. to remove a deceased person; or
   3. that is essential to make the site safe or to minimise the risk of a further notifiable event; or
   4. that is done by, or under the direction of, a constable acting in execution of his or her duties; or
   5. for which an inspector or the regulator has given permission.

The necessary controls that are put in place by the Company to control and manage any loss to the company's service, personnel, buildings, vehicles and any other associated activity.

Although these controls go beyond the necessary requirements for Health and Safety management, they are complementary and should be managed in tandem.

The PCBU must, so far as is reasonably practicable, maintain any premises so that a worker occupying the premises is not exposed to risks to health and safety if:

• A worker occupies accommodation that is owned by or under the management or control of the PCBU; or
• The occupancy is necessary for the purposes of the worker's engagement because other accommodation is not reasonably available.

PCBU responsibility

A person with management or control of fixtures, fittings, or plant at a workplace must, so far as is reasonably practicable, ensure that the fixtures, fittings, and plant are without risks to the health and safety of any person.

A person with management or control of fixtures, fittings, or plant at a workplace - means a PCBU to the extent that the business or undertaking involves the management or control of fixtures, fittings, or plant (in whole or in part) at a workplace; but does not include:

• The occupier of a residence, unless the residence is occupied for the purposes of, or as part of, the conduct of a business or undertaking; or
• A prescribed person.

PCBU responsibility

Without limiting of the above, a PCBU must ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable,:

• The provision and maintenance of a work environment without risks to health and safety;
• The provision and maintenance of safe plant and structures;
• The provision and maintenance of safe systems of work;
• The safe use, handling, and storage of plant, structures, and substances;
• The provision of adequate facilities for the welfare at work of workers in carrying out work for the business or undertaking, including ensuring access to those facilities;
• The provision of any information, training, instruction, or supervision that is necessary to protect all persons from risks to their health and safety arising from work carried out as part of the conduct of the business or undertaking;
• That the health of workers and the conditions at the workplace are monitored for the purpose of preventing illness or injury of workers arising from the conduct of the business or undertaking.

PCBU responsibility

A person with management or control of a workplace who must ensure,

• So far as is reasonably practicable, that the workplace has the means of entering and exiting the workplace without risks to the health and safety of any person;
• And anything arising from the workplace are without risks to the health and safety of any person.