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4. Is adequate written safeuse information provided to customers? 5. Is safe-use information kept up to date? 6. Are safety design faults appropriately dealt with? 7. Are items adequately inspected and maintained between each hiring and at appropriate frequencies? Provide written safe-use information for each specific make and model of plant and equipment hired to the customer. This includes, as appropriate: • Data sheets, brochures and/or users’ checklists, • Erection or assembly instructions, • Description of skills or qualifications required for operation or use, including certificates of competency, specialist training or other qualifications, • Operators’ manuals, • Description of personal protective equipment necessary for its safe use or operation , and • Any other health or safety information you have that is relevant to the particular item. Safe-use information should be accurate and up-todate. Remove obsolete or superseded information from stock normally accessed by customer service staff. On becoming aware of new or revised safe-use information or product recalls, promptly notify customers who have hired affected items, and maintain records of such notifications. When staff, servicing contractors or customers advise you of a potential safety design fault in a particular item, promptly notify the designer, manufacturer, importer or supplier wherever possible, and seek advice on how to deal with the issue. Where none of these is contactable, engage a suitably expert person to advise you on the issue and what needs to be done. Between-hiring inspection and maintenance is necessary to ensure that re-hired items are provided in a serviceable condition, and that unserviceable or obsolete items are removed from hire stock. Where items are to be hired out for an extended period, make arrangements with the customer for inspection and maintenance at the intervals recommended by the manufacturer or the applicable Australian Standard. Inspections and maintenance may be conducted onsite where conditions are appropriate and the necessary equipment is available. Make sure that inspection, testing and servicing staff or contractors are suitably instructed, trained and, where appropriate, qualified. Make sure that inspection and maintenance records are kept and are readily accessible. WorkSafe Victoria:Checklist for Hiring Out Construction Plant & Equipment December 2006 Page 2 of 3
8. Are unserviceable or obsolete items adequately segregated and correctly disposed of? 9. Are items hired for use interstate in compliance with local health and safety requirements? Do not re-hire items which have not been inspected since returning to the hire depot. Segregate items due for inspection or maintenance and unserviceable items from ready-to-hire stock. Dispose of items no longer in hire stock by: • Selling or otherwise providing them in a safe and serviceable condition, together with their safe-use information and maintenance records, or • Disposing of them as scrap, together with clear written advice to that effect. When supplying items to interstate customers, make sure you have complied with the local health and safety requirements for the importation and supply of plant and equipment. In most cases, this will be the same as in Victoria, but where there is any uncertainty, obtain a copy of current local OHS requirements. If you have difficulty in doing this, seek advice from the relevant State or Territory workplace health and safety authority. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT YOUR OBLIGATIONS AS A SUPPLIER Section 30 of the Victorian Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 requires suppliers to ensure that items of plant intended for use at a workplace: • Have been designed and constructed to be, so far as is practicable, safe and without risks to health when properly used, • Have been sufficiently tested and examined to ensure that this is so, and • Are accompanied with adequate information about their intended purpose and any conditions necessary to ensure their safe use. In the case of certain types of equipment intended to be used in non-workplaces, such as the home handyman market or for volunteer organisations, Section 8 of the Victorian Equipment (Public Safety) Act 1994 also requires suppliers to ensure the above. The equipment types to which this Act applies are listed in Regulation 105 of the Equipment (Public Safety) (General) Regulations 1995. Regulations made under these Acts also place specific obligations on suppliers of plant and equipment. These include: • The Occupational Health and Safety (Plant) Regulations 1995, • The Occupational Health and Safety (Noise) Regulations 1992, • The Occupational Health and Safety (Manual Handling) Regulations 1999, and • The Equipment (Public Safety) (General) Regulations 1995. Requirements for certificates of competency are set out in the Occupational Health and Safety (Certification of Plant Users and Operators) Regulations 1994. The above legislation can be accessed through the Victorian Law Today web page at: www.dms.dpc.vic.gov.au WorkSafe Victoria:Checklist for Hiring Out Construction Plant & Equipment December 2006 Page 3 of 3
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