Safety and Environment Induction Handbook 2012 - Fremantle Ports

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Employee Responsibilitiesand DutiesSafety for LifeSafety for LIFE serves as the encapsulation of thePort’s vision for health and safety at all levels of theorganisation. In particular, Safety for LIFE serves tosee the realisation of no injuries; no harm; and nodamage at all levels within the Port through theadoption of safety as the organisation’s core value.• “Safety for LIFE” is about protecting our mostimportant asset — our people.• Our purpose is to drive safety through every partof Fremantle Ports — ultimately, we all exist tosupport our families.• Production and safety are both important but weneed to ensure safety is the first priority.Safety for LIFE is achieved when safety is adopted asa core value at work and at home.Employer Duty of CareFremantle Ports will, as far as practical, provideand maintain a working environment in which itsemployees are not exposed to hazards. FremantlePorts will ensure it:• Provides and maintains plant and systems of workso employees are protected from hazards• Provides information, instruction, training andsupervision to enable employees to perform theirwork in such a manner that they are not exposedto hazards• Consults and cooperates with employees in regardto safety and environment at the workplace• Where not practicable to avoid hazards, provideat no cost to the employees personal protectiveequipment as is necessary to protect them fromhazardsTo prevent personal injury or illness to people,damage to property and to maintain a healthyand ecologically sustainable port environment itis required that all persons accept the followingresponsibilities:• Take reasonable care for his or her safety andhealth at work• Perform all work and associated functions in asafe and environmentally responsible manner• Comply with all statutory requirements• Follow all Fremantle Ports policies, proceduresand practices• Obtain and correctly use all necessary personalprotective equipment• Act to eliminate risks within the workplaceand / or to report those risks that theindividual cannot correct• Establish and maintain the highest possiblestandards of housekeeping and cleanliness inindividual work areas and on Fremantle Portsproperty generally• Report all incidents (safety, environment &business), complaints and improvementsno matter how small• Assist with the investigation of incidentsas required• Strictly follow all procedures for the taskbeing performed• Be familiar with emergency and evacuationprocedures and the location of first aid pointsand equipment and fire protection facilities• Use the correct tools and equipment for“the job” and use them safely• Only use, alter or repair tools or equipmentwhen authorised and trained to• Ensure that no task is performed ifconsidered unsafe4
Fremantle Ports - Safety and Environment Induction HandbookWork Area Behaviour andConductIn addition to the previously mentionedresponsibilities and duties, it is also a condition ofentry to the Port that all persons ensure thattheir behaviour and conduct are consistentwith the following:• Persons must not allow the consumption ofalcohol or drugs to adversely affect their workperformance, personal safety, safety of others ortheir official conduct at any time• No person shall enter or remain in a workplaceif that person is under the influence of alcoholor is under the influence of a drug (unless inaccordance with a prescription from a MedicalPractitioner)• To protect the health of all from the effects ofcigarette smoke, smoking in all enclosed workareas, Fremantle Ports’ buildings and FremantlePorts’ vehicles is prohibited. Smoking is alsoprohibited in the vicinity of all external doorways,windows, air conditioner intakes and in the vicinityof any flammable liquids and gases• Persons shall not act in a disruptive, abusive,violent, sexist, discriminatory, bullying or belittlingmanner• No person shall behave in a manner that offendsor intimidates another person. This includesany unwelcome, offensive comment or actionconcerning a person’s race, colour, language, ethnicorigin, sex, marital status, pregnancy, impairment,disability, political / religious conviction, age, familyresponsibilities / family status, AIDS / HIV status etc• Any behaviour likely to cause injury to orendanger persons or cause damage to property orthe environment is prohibited• The unauthorised borrowing, private use orremoval from the premises of Fremantle Portsmaterial and consumables is prohibited• Persons may only access those parts of theFremantle Ports computer system that they areauthorised to access and must not:- Misuse information on the system- Copy licensed software- Send unwanted, unsuitable, incorrect orunauthorised material to another personor organisation or store such material onFremantle Ports’ computing resourcesPersons who are directly employed by FremantlePorts should refer to the Fremantle Ports’ “Codeof Conduct 2006” [Refer TRIM: 203886] for furtherinformation on the items mentioned above and withregard to other important issues.5
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