Location on body (please circle and specify): How injury occurred (e.g. fall, grabbed by person, muscular stress): What caused the injury (e.g. furniture, another person, hot water): Treatment administered if required: Yes No Treatment: Referral required: Yes No Who to: First aid attendant (Print Name): Signature: THE FOLLOWING SECTIONS ARE TO BE COMPLETED BY THE SAFETY OFFICER Incident or accident investigation: Did the incident occur as part of the involved person’s normal activities? Yes  No  N/A Did equipment contribute? Yes  No  N/A Was the equipment used designed for activity? Yes  No  N/A Was the equipment properly maintained? Yes  No  N/A Did the equipment fail? Yes  No  N/A Had a risk assessment been undertaken? Yes  No  N/A Did safety instructions accompany activity? Yes  No  N/A  Are there documented safe work procedures (SWP) for activity? Yes  No  N/A  Were these Safe Work Procedures followed? Yes  No  N/A Was appropriate PPE used? Yes  No  N/A Was the involved person trained in this activity? Yes  No  N/A Did a known behaviour problem contribute? Yes  No  N/A Was there a known behaviour management plan? Yes  No  N/A Was it followed? Yes  No  N/A Did poor housekeeping contribute? Yes  No  N/A Did the work environment contribute? Yes  No  N/A After reviewing the above prompts and through interview/site visits what is the identified cause(s):
Food Preparation – Form 11 (Place Logo / Header here) Church Name Food Preparation Guidelines Church life is often about community and as part of community we tend to share meals. The latest figures published by the Food Safety Information Council (as of 2014) estimated 4.1 million cases of food poisoning occur in Australia each year including 31,920 hospitalisations, 86 deaths and 1 million visits to doctors. As churches we need to ensure we follow safe food handling practices to reduce the possibilities of adding to the above figures. According to the legislative bodies, depending on whether we sell food (fundraising) or not will influence what rules we need to conform to. For Guidelines associates with preparing food in a church, please see Appendix A This guide is aimed at providing advice to churches who Prepare food for use on site at a church but do not sell the food. Prepare food for sale at a fundraising event If your church runs a café or sells food as part of it’s business, then you’ll need to seek alternative advice to ensure you conform to the legislative requirements. Food Preparation Personal Register The following people have returned a signed form confirming that they have read and understood the Food Preparation Guidelines for Church Name. It is understood that those who have signed this form are the team leaders and people responsible for the food preparation and that they will ensure and take the responsibility for those who volunteer and help out in preparing the food, that they understand appropriate behaviour and hyenine requirements and will ensure the volunteers who work with them are aware of these matters also. Name Date Received
Characteristics of Hazardous Manual Tasks Force is the amount of muscular effort required to perform a movement or task. Forceful muscular exertions overload muscles, tendons, joints and discs and are associated with most MSDs. Repetitive force - using force repeatedly over a period of time to move or support an object Examples of repetitive force include: lifting and stacking goods onto a pallet gripping and handling bricks when bricklaying (Figure 1) repetitively pressing components with the thumbs or other part of the hand to assemble an item prolonged application of therapeutic massage treatments removing splinting material from patients using shears. Figure 1 Sustained force - occurs when force is applied continually over a period of time. Examples of sustained force include: pushing or pulling a trolley around hospital wards (Figure 2) holding down a trigger to operate a power tool supporting a plaster sheet while fixing it to a ceiling carrying objects over long distances supporting, positioning or stabilising a patient’s limb during surgery or when applying splinting or casting material Figure 2 High force – may be exerted by the back, arm or leg muscles or by the hands and fingers. High force occurs in any tasks that: a worker describes as very demanding physically a worker needs help to do because of the effort it requires require a stronger person or two persons to do the task. Examples of high force include: Lifting, lowering or carrying a heavy object Lifting, lowering or carrying an object that cannot be positioned close to the body pushing or pulling an object that is hard to move or stop restraining a person or animal. (Figure 3) Figure 3 Examples of high force using the hands and fingers include: using a finger-grip, a pinch-grip or an open- handed grip to handle a heavy or large load operating hand tools with tight squeeze grips (Figure 4) gripping small instruments with high force, for example, a dental hygienist cleaning teeth. Figure 4
Awkward posture – where any part of the body is in an uncomfortable or unnatural position, such as: postures that are unbalanced or asymmetrical postures that require extreme joint angles or bending and twisting. Examples of awkward posture include: squatting while servicing plant or a vehicle working with arms overhead bending over a desk or table using a hand tool that causes the wrist to be bent to the side kneeling while trowelling concrete or laying carpet bending the neck or back to the side to see around bulky items pushed on a trolley. (Figure 8) Figure 8 Vibration There are two common forms of vibration according to contact points between the body and the source: Whole body vibration occurs when vibration is transmitted through the whole body, usually via a supporting surface, such as a seat or the floor in heavy vehicles or machinery. This may result in lower back pain, degeneration of the lumbar vertebrae and disc herniation. Examples of whole body vibration include: operating mobile plant such as heavy earth moving machinery driving a vehicle over rough terrain. (Figure 9) Figure 9 Hand-arm vibration occurs when vibration is transferred through a vibrating tool, steering wheel or controls in heavy machinery to the hand and arm. This can disrupt blood circulation in the hand and forearm and damage nerves and tendons. Localised vibration contributes to white finger’ and ‘carpal tunnel syndrome’ through the gripping force needed to hold the vibrating tools (the tighter the grip, the more vibration is absorbed) and the repetitive shock loads of some tools. Examples of hand-arm vibration include: using impact wrenches, chainsaws, jackhammers, grinders, drills or vibrating compacting plates (Figure10-11) using needle guns in de-rusting metal. Figure 10-11 Further information can be found on the Safe Work Australia website – search “Hazardous Manual Tasks”