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Worker Safety On or Near Public Roads
It is considered that a project on worker safety on or near public roads would be well received by industry. Several unions have also identified worker safety near roads as a high priority. Additionally there is a large amount of road works being undertaken across NSW and other states.
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Safe Design, Manufacture, and Supply of Plant
To address the issue of unsafe plant designed, manufactured, supplied and/or imported into Australia. This would involve forming a steering committee and strategic approach to addressing upstream duty holders through information and guidance, compliance and enforcement activities, and influencing other regulators (eg Customs).
The project will fulfill the National OHS Strategy priorities by:
a. Providing a nationally coordinated approach to reducing the occurrence of unsafe plant being sold to Australian business, which then put workers at risk of serious injury
b. Eliminating hazards or controlling risk at the design and manufacturing stages by engaging and influencing upstream duty holders to ensure plant complies with current state and proposed national Work Health and Safety laws, wherever that plant is sold.
Cross jurisdictional sharing of intelligence, enforcement activities and information would help address the issues more effectively and efficiently. Establishing a more formal relationship with Australian Customs would also assist to achieve outcomes.
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Quad Bike Campaign
The Quad Bike working group will work towards developing a broad industry strategy that will, when implemented, contribute to a reduction in fatalities, serious injuries and other issues associated with the on-farm use of quad bikes; providing ongoing support to industry stakeholder groups and consult with industry to allow the representation of their views within the committee.
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