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Health And Safety
On November 9 2009 VicRoads introduced some changes to Victoria's road safety rules. One major change is that using a mobile phone while driving is prohibited, except to make or receive a phone call provided the phone:
is secured in a commercially designed holder fixed to the vehicle, or
can be operated by the driver without touching any part of the phone
It is the ACLCA view that the safest practice is to not use any mobile phone whilst driving, even if it meets the above rule. A number of our member companies already require mobile phones to be off when car engines are on. More information on all of the changes is available at the VicRoads web site.
ACLCA has just published a new HEALTH and SAFTEY ALERT - on TRAVEL SAFETY. New HAZARD Alerts have also been posted. View these via the hyperlinks to Health and Safety Alerts and Hazard Alerts or via the menus on the left.
The ACLCA OHS sub-committee usually meets on the last Thursday of each month at 7:30-9:00am. All interested members are most welcome. Check the location details on the events calendar, and advise ACLCA of you attendance via info@aclca.org.au. Topics currently being discussed include: asbestos, lessons learnt, JSAs and Toolbox Talks, how to instill culture change to avoid the silly accidents and OHS training.
Are you Aware?
| Topic | Information | More Information |
| Calibration of LEL and PID Meters | The LEL/PID should be calibrated to the gas of most interest. At a landfill this might be methane, but at a service station this might be n-Hexane. | LELs - Rae Systems PIDs - Rae Systems |
| Dial Before You Dig | New Service Guidelines for Victoria were released on 1 March 2009. | Download Guidelines |
Health Health and Safety Alerts
A number of Health and Safety Alerts have been prepared by the Occupational Health and Safety Sub-Committee of ACLCA (Vic). These alerts are available via the menu item to the left (or click here).
Hazard Alerts
The following Hazard Alerts have been produced by member companies or thier clients, and are provided for information purposes to assist member companies and their staff in understanding and avoiding some of the hazards that exist in our type of work. These alerts are available via the menu item to the left (or click here).
Submitting OHS Information
Information on submitting health and saftey information to this web site is available via the menu item to the left.
Sub-Committee Members
Details of people currently active in the OHS sub-committee are provided via the menu link to the left.
Sub-Committee Files
Other information, such as minutes of sub-committee meetings, meeting agenda and correspondence and other working files is downloadable by logging into the MEMBER area of the web site and going to the tab OHS SUB-COMMITTEE FILES