1. Safety Campaign
THE OFFICIAL
SAFETY NEWSLETTER
OF THE CFC GROUP
for the Quarter www.cfc.com.au MAY 2011
Welcome!
What is a hazard?
A hazard in relation to a person means anything that may result in injury to the HAZARD N
IO
IDENTIFICATNG
person or harm to the health of the person.
& REPORTI
Each employee has a duty of care to identify and report hazards in the workplace.
This includes a duty:
This issue is all about our latest and greatest achievements in safety, health,
• To report hazards, injuries, near misses and unsafe acts to the employer.
Possible Hazards environment and quality. There are tips on surviving cold and flu season and a
• To report to their employer any situation at the workplace that he/she has
reason to believe could be a hazard and he/she cannot correct it.
new section dedicated to how you follow the SHEQ philosophy in your everyday
• To report any injury or harm to the health which he or she is aware that
arises in the course of or in connection with work. life. Combined with images of our handsome team members, this is your May
Managers/Supervisors must then fulfil their duty of care:
• Within a reasonable time, investigate the hazard that has been reported. Use caution when floors are Don’t leave exposed power
SHEQ issue!
wet, always use proper cords where people could
• Assess the risk of injury or harm to a person resulting from the hazard. signage trip over them
• Consider how the risk of harm may be reduced or eliminated.
• Hazard identification (Spot the hazard)
• Risk Assessment (Assess the Risk)
• Risk Control (Make the Change)
Remember to put the Report dodgy or damaged
These three steps will help you ensure that hazards are brakes on door handles so that you
identified, controlled and eliminated in your workplace. don’t get locked in the toilet,
it has happened before!
SAM on the hunt for possible hazards
New Safety Vests for
JCB Construction
Equipment Australia
The information included in SHEQ is of a general nature and is not intended to substitute for professional medical advice.
In continuing to increase safety awareness nationally, all branches have now been issued with
Centurion Think’s Pink for Safety
JCB CEA high visibility safety vests promoting the message of “Think Safe, Act Safe”.
High visibility vests are required to be worn in all areas where mobile equipment is in operations
(workshop and warehouse areas). Branches have been issued with yellow vests for all staff and
orange vests for visitors. It is important to easily distinguish visitors, especially in an emergency Centurion is soon to introduce a new initiative to improve the safety of Another key factor of the initiative is that these visitors will also be
situation, as they are not familiar with company safety procedures or layout of the facility. visitors at its Hazelmere facility. The supply base has been newly required to wear a pink high visibility safety vest, which will be given to
linemarked with pink lines, which safely guides visitors through the facility them at reception. This will help identify these visitors and ensure that
ABOVE Garry Weeks (SA Service Manager) and Mark Howarth Every time an individual puts on a “Think Safe Act Safe” vest they will be reminded of the
(QLD Service Manager) model the new high vis vests for JCB CEA to a designated dock door where they can collect their goods. they remain within the pink zoned areas.
Printed on recycled paper using environmentally friendly soy-based inks.
importance of safety.
This will ensure that visitors are kept within these areas and not wandering Why Pink? Not only does it stand out, but we will also be supporting the
outside the boundaries established. Visitors who need to collect goods from Breast Cancer Care WA with this initiative through giving the opportunity
The CFC Group of Companies the facility will be required to make an appointment for this pickup, at which for visitors to donate to the foundation when they are given their pink vest.
time they will be instructed on the PPE requirements of Centurion.
WIN, WIN situation.
This will reduce the number of visitors arriving at the Centurion site with
inappropriate footwear ie. thongs, which poses a significant safety risk.
SAFETY – THE CORNERSTONE OF OUR BUSINESS

2. Richard and Robert in for an adventure!
JCB CEA Occupational Health Richard Frei and Robert Figura from Centurion will be
taking part in the upcoming Anaconda Adventure
Race to be held later this year. The challenge will see
them follow a spectacular course through the
JCB CEA NSW State Manager Phil Withell’s
Relay for Life Contribution
& Safety Awareness Training wilderness and untouched landscapes of Augusta;
running around rocky headlands, swimming between
ocean reefs, paddling on the stunning Hardy Inlet and
mountain biking through forests.
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with it.
How much did you know about OH & S before the training?
I had a reasonable understanding from my previous work experience but
the training brought me up to date with the legislations. This makes things
Flu and Cold Identification and Prevention
easier for me because now I know what we have to comply with and we
don’t spend time complying with things that are out of date.
Flu season has arrived. Often it is the
Do you feel confident passing on your knowledge to others?
ABOVE OH & S training in Melbourne with the National Safety Council of Australia. Yes, there was enough information given to me and I feel confident simple and obvious actions that help
passing on what we need to address and why.
prevent the common cold and flu.
Hands
Underground Underground Wash your hands regularly and thoroughly (to avoid germs transmitted on
people’s hands, some recommend that next time you are approached by
Services Going Services someone with palm outstretched, try a manly hug instead!)
Make habits that suit your lifestyle, for example if you travel by public
for Gold with Approved by transport to work, make sure that when you arrive at work you wash your
hands as germs love public transport.
What is the difference between the flu and a cold?
Flu symptoms come on suddenly and include fever, headache, dry cough,
sore throat and stuffy nose, extreme tiredness and an aching body.
Worksafe WA Rio Tinto Eat, Sleep, Exercise
You should do these things everyday anyway, but during flu season be
Between one and three days will pass between contamination and
beginning to feel unwell. The flu usually lasts up to a week and usually sees
particularly vigilant that you maintain a healthy balanced diet with fruits and
Underground Services are on track for a gold award from Worksafe WA, The health, safety and environmental management you bedridden. Feeling weak, a cough and small symptoms can remain for
vegetables, get enough sleep (approximately 8 hours/night) and partake in
with the company’s safety systems being audited recently. This award would systems of Underground Services were recently a few weeks. As well as spreading through air droplets, the flu spreads by
regular exercise.
position Underground as a proactive company with a robust safety system audited by Rio Tinto on January 12th, 2011 and they contact with the mouth, nose or eyes or objects touched by people infected
and an engaged workforce. It will also reveal how Underground Services’ have now been approved as a contractor for future Mouth with the flu. A cold mainly affects the head and throat and no fever should
safety systems stack up against other businesses within Western Australia. Rio Tinto tendered works. Well done to the team at Apart from watching what you put in your mouth, be careful of when you be present. Symptoms can include nasal congestion and runny nose,
Underground Services for this achievement. open it. One way that the flu virus spreads is through respiratory droplets in sneezing, sore throat. These symptoms appear one to five days after
Fingers crossed that Underground sees gold shortly. infection and will last approximately one week. The common cold is caused
the air produced by coughing or sneezing.
by more than two-hundred different types of viruses.