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Serious about Safe Business pack

What is the ‘Serious about Safe Business’ pack?

The pack contains tools and information to help you identify what you need to do to make your workplace safer and outlines how to do it.

The pack is a practical approach to managing safety in your workplace, essentially it is a simplified safety management system.

How to use the pack

Fill out the ‘Compliance at a glance: how do you rate?' checklist (PDF, 31 KB).

Each element has three rating levels of performance. After filling out the checklist, if you tick in the:

Green zone – you are likely to have effective safety practices in place and will need to maintain these
Orange zone – you are on the right track, and there are still likely to be opportunities available for improvement
Red zone – it is likely that you are not managing health and safety issues effectively. Significant improvements may be required to prevent injuries and illnesses from occurring.

Involving your staff in the process will help you to get a true indication of how you are progressing with developing better safety systems.

Once you have completed the checklist, refer to the six advice sheets available (above right).

The advice sheets will tell you how to improve your safety, depending on the outcome of your rating (green, orange or red zones).

Keep a record of what you need to do and how you will do it.

It is a good idea to start with the areas where your rating was in the red zone, followed by those in the orange and green zones.

Small Business Advisors are available throughout Queensland for free workshop consultations to help you implement the processes used in this pack in your workplace.

For more information about this free service call 1300 369 915 or email the Small Business team.

Last updated 22 July 2008