Work Health and Safety Policy

Purpose. This policy states the commitment of CAQA Corridor Logistics to the health and safety of its workers, contractors, visitors and the public at every site and on every journey.

1.Purpose and scope

This policy applies to all workers, labour hire staff, contractors and visitors at the Dandenong South distribution centre, the Altona North terminal, the Albury-Wodonga depot and on the road. It sets out what the business will do to meet its duties under the Work Health and Safety Act and the Occupational Health and Safety Act in Victoria, and what every worker must do in return.

2.Commitment

Corridor will provide and maintain a safe working environment, safe plant and vehicles, safe systems of work, and the information, training and supervision workers need to do their jobs without harm. The business will consult with workers through the health and safety committee and shift toolbox talks before changes that affect their safety. Safety performance will be reported to the leadership team every month.

3.Responsibilities of managers and supervisors

Managers and team leaders must lead by example, enforce the site rules and stop any task they believe is unsafe. They must ensure that every worker under their control has completed the site induction and holds the licence or verification of competency required for the plant they operate.

• Complete the daily pre-shift safety check of their area
• Investigate incidents within the timeframes in the incident reporting procedure
• Close hazard actions assigned to them in the incident register
• Deliver or attend the monthly toolbox talk

4.Responsibilities of workers

Every worker must take reasonable care for their own health and safety and for the safety of others, follow the procedures and training they have been given, wear the personal protective equipment specified for their area, and report every incident, near miss and hazard in the incident register before the end of their shift. Workers must not operate forklifts, reach stackers or vehicles they are not licensed and authorised to operate.

5.Key hazards

The business recognises that its principal hazards are powered mobile plant interacting with pedestrians, falls from vehicles and racking, manual handling, fatigue in driving operations, dangerous goods, and working inside the rail corridor. Each of these hazards has a documented procedure and control set that workers must follow.

• Forklift and pedestrian separation through the traffic management plan
• Load restraint checks before every departure
• Fatigue limits under the fatigue management policy
• Segregated storage and placarding of dangerous goods
• Rail corridor access under the terminal safeworking rules

6.Consultation and issue resolution

Health and safety representatives are elected for each site and shift. Safety issues raised by a worker will be answered by the supervisor within one shift and, if unresolved, escalated to the Safety, Compliance and Training Manager. A worker will not be disadvantaged for raising a safety concern or for stopping work they reasonably believe is unsafe.

7.Review

This policy will be reviewed every twelve months, after any notifiable incident, or when legislation or the business changes in a way that affects it. The General Manager approves each revision and the Business Support Manager controls its issue.