Australia Model Code of Practice: Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace
Section 6: Emergency preparedness – Australia Model Code of Practice: Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace

Australia Model Code of Practice: Managing Risks of Hazardous Chemicals in the Workplace 6.1b: 6.1 Develop, consult on, test and review emergency procedures

At minimum emergency procedures should say how to raise the alarm and contact the emergency services, what actions workers take to protect people, property and the environment, and what prescribed persons such as fire wardens do. Workers need training and procedures must be tested, and workers should be consulted and ideally directly involved. A one-page point-form procedure, displayed or carried as a pocket card, can show evacuation, assembly areas, first aid officers, wardens and emergency contacts. The plan must be developed in consultation with workers, the primary emergency services organisation and neighbouring premises, and the emergency service should be consulted on fire protection system design. Where an incident could have effects beyond the boundary the plan should deal with off-site effects and warnings to neighbours, and affected residents and workers nearby should be told the relevant parts. The plan should be tested when devised and after each change, with practice drills at suitable intervals involving all workers and the emergency service, and reviewed within five years and at no more than five-year intervals, on a change of risk at or near the site, when updated information appears and when testing shows a deficiency. It should be readily available in hard copy.

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