Австралия. Работнику только один раз показали, как выполнять погрузку. Далее не осуществлялось никакого надзора за указанным работником, пока он не получил серьезную травму. Эти факты были установлены в суде. В публикации ничего не говорится о том, подписывал ли работник соответствующую инструкцию по технике безопасности, и если подписывал, что там было указано, и можно ли было это точно понять. Указано, что работник не понял инструкцию нанимателя (возможно, имеется в виду, устную инструкцию). Суд также установил, что у нанимателя не было никого, кто отвечал бы за контроль техники безопасности указанных погрузочных работ. Помимо прочего Суд обратил внимание, что в отношении неопытных работников не следует ограничиваться мимоходным инструктажем, какой может быть проведен, например, для менеджера или более опытного работника. Неопытный работник может просто постесняться переспросить.

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Tuesday 8th August 2016 Do your workers fully understand your safety instructions? In today's Health & Safety Bulletin: Worker wins $600,000 for injury caused by lack of supervision A NSW Court of Appeal has determined that a host employer should pay nearly $600,000 to a worker who injured her back because the company failed to ensure she understood its safe working instructions. The Court found that had the worker received a “modicum of supervision” to ensure she was complying with its systems of works, the injury could have been avoided. The worker had severely injured her back lifting 25kg bags of dextrose into a hopper, which should have been slid along a mechanical lifter’s platform where, when slit, would have allowed gravity to empty the bags. The Appeal Court Justices found the worker was only shown once how to empty the dextrose bags into the hopper once before routinely performing the task incorrectly without a supervisor correcting her. "She adopted an unsafe work practice, and that work practice continued, uncorrected, until the day of her injury," Justice Simpson said at the appeal sought by host company Jurox. "There was no person whose role or responsibility it was to ensure that, once she had undergone the somewhat superficial training by [a co-worker], the [worker] understood her instructions and complied with them," she said. Justice Simpson found that the employment hire company, Integrated Pty Ltd, didn't breach its duty of care (even though it didn’t audit the workplace) because an audit would not have shown the inadequacies in Jurox's supervision.   Want a simple way to save time, avoid hassle and be able to act with absolute confidence when a safety incident occurs in your workplace? Click here to find out more about the Health & Safety Handbook   "The [worker's] incorrect technique resulted, not from a conscious departure from what she had been taught, or even carelessness, but from the entrenchment of a practice that ought to have been, and could easily have been, corrected at an early stage," Justice Simpson said. Justice Simpson upheld the $588,515 award for damages. Could your business afford a penalty like that? According to the Court of Appeal, in this instance the injury could have been avoided with a bit more supervision and a check that the worker fully understood the safe way to conduct the procedure of loading bags into a hopper. What are ‘simple instructions’ to some managers and supervisors, might not appear that way to inexperienced workers who may be scared or embarrassed to ask for further explanation. Perhaps your workplace safety systems, processes or practices need overhauling to make them ‘bullet-proof’? A very small investment in the Health & Safety Handbook, written the legal experts at Holding Redlich, could save you many thousands of dollars and, importantly, protect your workers from serious injury. Can you afford not to have a copy? It’s just like having a health & safety lawyer on staff. Get the Health & Safety Handbook today and protect your business. Keep up the good work, Jeff Salton Editor, Health & Safety Bulletin PORTNER PRESS IS THE MEDIA PARTNER OF THE 2016 ALC SUPPLY CHAIN SAFETY & COMPLIANCE SUMMIT Do you have a colleague or friend you think will benefit from today’s Health & Safety Bulletin? Knowledge is one of the biggest assets in any business. So why not forward this on to your friends and colleagues so they too can start taking advantage of these health and safety tips?     Check out our other free bulletins     Twice–weekly tips and useful advice to help ensure you’re always up to date with workplace legislation. Click below for an immediate free subscription. Practical advice that will help ensure you comply with all your CoR and road transport obligations. Click below for an immediate free subscription.     Please whitelist the Health & Safety Bulletin to make sure you get every edition delivered to your inbox. The information in this email is intended solely for the addressee. Access to this email by anyone else is unauthorised. If you are not the intended recipient, please return the message to the sender and delete it from your records. All content is ©2007-2016 Portner Press Pty Ltd All Rights Reserved. Disclaimer: We research our recommendations and articles thoroughly, but disclaim all liability for any inaccuracies or omissions found in our publications. Click here to view our Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions. Queries: For general enquiries, email cs@portnerpress.com.au or call 1300 782 911. Health & Safety Helpdesk: Paid subscribers to the Health & Safety Handbook can ask our experts for advice. Syndication: To republish a Health & Safety Bulletin article, please email cs@portnerpress.com.au for information. Health & Safety Bulletin ISSN 1837-6533 Portner Press Pty Ltd 96-98 Bridport Street Albert Park VIC 3206 Australia