OHS 06-11-2024

Attendees

• Matthew Windsor

• Anthony Perry

• Graeme MacLean

• Jack Tandy

  • Lance Gannon

• Thomas Lidgerwood

• Jake Joyce (remote)

  • Sarah Driscoll

  • Tim Bishop

  • Alex Morris

  • Henry Osborne

Apologies

• Oscar Paterson

• Paul Deakin 

• Jack Tandy

Acknowledgement of Country 

• Thomas Lidgerwood

Nominate minute taker

• Tim Bishop

Nominate Chair person

• Anthony Perry

Conflicts of interest if any

• Nil

Management update

• Shoulder dollies - Arrived, Tim putting into trucks this week

• XL's in Cranbourne, need to do more testing. Likely solution will be backing XL's off Camms Rd with Offsider using stop sign

• Auto front door opener to be installed. Done. Door can close too quickly for staff with mobility issues (crutches for example). Motion-activated sensor could be considered? - Tim to investigate

• Large poster of stretches to be put up next to gym in Abbotsford. Has been done in Cranbourne. Jack to do. 

Health & Safety reps update 

• None

Policy working groups updates:

Discrimination & Harassment Policy

• Resolved an issue

• Working on improving speed of responses to reporting

• People picking their offsider / crew - should only happen if a golden ticket is available or a valid reason for incompatibility is given - MW to improve assigning of days

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Safe Manual Handling Policy

Privacy Move Policy

Fatigue Management Policy

New, emerging or ongoing hazards or risks, new issues

• Ramps - MW presented ramp stats:

  1. Misstep most common reason for injury

  2. Rate of injury has climbed slowly over past six years, possibly due to increased reporting

  3. 6% of all injuries are ramp related

  4. Ramp injuries probably more debilitating

  5. Less slips this year since resurfacing 

  6. Less handling injuries (better training)

  7. Majority of injuries due to mis-steps

  8. Get rid of the ramps?

  9. Boots stick better, we should be enforcing them more

  10. Graeme was watching the golf

  11. Please look at causes of injury before next meeting and come up with a control measure each

• Double dollies for Abbotsford? 

• Offsiders to exit truck at Nelson st and guide truck into spot. That has been happening and seems to be working well. 

• No pedestrian access signs to be put up  More signage about staff remaining out of truck until cab has exited

• Offsider to walk in front to the left of truck when exiting, gets in the truck at cooke st.

• Shout loudly when guiding

Findings of workplace inspections if any

• Abbotsford - to be done AP & TL

• Cranbourne - Someone needs to do workplace inspection, check double dollies are present etc

Cranbourne Issues to be considered by workers and management

• All the trucks to have two dollies in them - JJ to implement

Any updates on legislation, codes of practice, guidance materials

• Nil - TL to order compliance code

Other/new business

• Bring in water big water bottles and PUT YOUR NAME ON IT - reminder on heat break policy 

  • How to tie and hang a strap TB

  • Using the camera as a guide for centre of ramp - AP

• Its been mentioned a couple of times about an OHS section in the man’s message. Please make sure items are added before Thursday of each fortnight

  • OHS reps to be added to noticeboard - TB

  • Don't call people dogs other options include crew, slinger, team, bestie, peeps- TB

Injury report

• Good month! 

• Less injuries, possibly due to less work, shorter days 

• Alex Morris made light of injury

• Hand surgery for old injury happening, good news

• One ramp injury, large truck

• See report 

Toolbox representatives

• Anthony Perry

Meeting close and confirm date and time of next meeting

Meeting closed 0800. 

Next meeting 3rd December 0700. 

Actions arising

Tim Bishop

• Wii console to be fixed

  • Shoulder dollies - Arrived, Tim putting into trucks this week

  • Auto front door opener to be installed. Done. Door can close too quickly for staff with mobility issues (crutches for example). Motion-activated sensor could be considered? - Tim to investigate

  • OHS reps to be added to noticeboard - TB

  • Don't call people dogs other options include crew, slinger, team, bestie, peeps- TB

  • How to tie and hang a strap TB

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Richie Mansbridge

• • Concave mirrors at exit door to be installed - next year

  • No pedestrian access signs to be put up

Jack Tandy

• Large poster of stretches to be put up next to gym in Abbotsford. Has been done in Cranbourne. Jack to do. 

• Jack to put Anthony in daily note as speaker for next toolbox

Matt Windsor

• People picking their offsider / crew - should only happen if a golden ticket is available or a valid reason for incompatibility is given - MW to improve assigning of days

Alex Morris

• Alex to make a gas lift bed how-to vid next time he does one (phone staff, put him on it) SOON

Anothony Perry & Thomas Ledgerwood

• Abbotsford workplace inspection - to be done AP & TL

  • Using the camera as a guide for centre of ramp - AP

  • TL to order compliance code

Jake Joyce

• Two dollies in all Cranbourne trucks