Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00394:body:0:p62
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:F2016L00394
Segment Type: other
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Character Range: 266777–269839

Emergency planning
Regulation 43: A person conducting a business or undertaking at a workplace must ensure that an emergency plan is prepared for the workplace.
All workplaces must have an emergency plan that has been specifically developed for the particular workplace and its specific hazards and covers a range of potential incidents. All persons at the construction workplace must receive information, training and instruction about implementing the emergency plan.
A reliable and effective means of communication should be established between all work areas and persons involved to permit and ensure effective evacuation of danger areas.
Rescue equipment and a communication system to contact any necessary emergency services, should be available and readily accessible at the workplace.
The emergency procedures in the emergency plan must clearly explain how to respond in various types of emergency, including how to evacuate people from the workplace in a controlled manner.  Contact numbers for emergency services should be prominently displayed.
A register of all persons who are at the construction workplace on a particular day should be kept so that in the case of any emergency everyone can be accounted for.
Emergency procedures must include:
    * an effective response to an emergency
    * evacuation procedures
    * notifying emergency service organisations at the earliest opportunity
    * medical treatment and assistance
    * effective communication between the person authorised by the person conducting the business or undertaking to coordinate the emergency response and all persons at the workplace.
For example, emergency procedures may include:
    * the personnel in charge of emergencies, including personnel to respond to and oversee the evacuation of injured persons
    * the warning system (e.g. the alarm signal for evacuation)
    * the safe assembly point
    * shutting down of work, including plant and electrical equipment
    * information regarding hazardous chemicals located on site
    * provision of fire fighting and rescue equipment at appropriate locations
    * procedures for assisting injured people and people whose means of escape are limited
    * procedures for managing the risk of combustible materials (such as paper, card, wood, dust, timber, plastic and polystyrene) and highly flammable liquids and gases (such as solvents, liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) and oxygen)
    * procedures following an evacuation, for example undertaking a headcount to determine if all persons that were at the construction workplace have been accounted for
    * procedures regarding incident investigation, counselling and debrief.
The evacuation procedures should be displayed in appropriate location(s) at the construction workplace. The emergency plan and evacuation procedures must be tested on a regular basis.

Personal protective equipment

Regulation 44: Where PPE is to be used to minimise a risk to health and safety, the person conducting a business or undertaking who directs the carrying out of work must