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Ah yes, the WAH tab! The WAH (Work at Heights) tab is the seventh tab of the PTW system. It contains Section 8 of the PTW, which deals with any working at height considerations of the PTW and is found in the following place on the PTW tab:
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A great question! The WAH tab of the PTW must be selected whenever any part of the work being done by the contractor requires work to be done at height. Working at heights is any type of work performed from a place where, if precautions are not put into place, a person could fall a distance and injure themselves or worse. This type of work is considered 'high risk' because falls from he View Full Answer
Great stuff, now let's look at height work in a bit more depth! Cool! Okay, so let's get on with it! All work which is considered working at heights for the work being done, is managed in the WAH tab (section 8). This tab consists of four parts:1. Work Environment section - this section identifies the type of height work which must be done. 2. Risk Assessment Reference section - th View Full Answer
Yeah, sure thing! Let's take a closer look at this section. The first thing which needs to be done is to examine the type of height work operation(s) which are involved in order to determine what potential hazards are associated with the height work being done.This work environment section does this and is very quick and easy to complete. It consists of a series of common height work ha View Full Answer
Yep, sure thing! Let's take a closer look at this section. Once the height work hazards, for the work being done, have been identified, the necessary safety precaution checks and controls to ensure the height work is safe, must be confirmed and checked.The Precautionary Safety Measures section is where these safety measures are determined and confirmed. The Permit Issuer and Permit Requ View Full Answer
Ah yes! The Contractor Confirmation section again. This is a very important section because it is where the Permit Requester (PR) confirms that all the required safety precautions, relating to height work, are in place and confirms this formally. It is also important because the Permit Issuer (PI) also confirms formally that he agrees with the actions taken by the PR and that, in respec View Full Answer
Yep, this is a really important question! The WAH tab has both layer 1 and layer 2 effects in its workings. The layer 2 effects have been explained in detail in the Precautionary Measures question (refer to this section for more details), so we'll concentrate on the layer 1 effects:The layer 1 effects from this tab are connected to the Approve tab and are both passive and active. Height View Full Answer
Yep, the Excavation tab! The Excavation section is the eighth tab of the PTW system. It contains Section 9 of the PTW, which deals with excavation considerations of the PTW and is found in the following place on the PTW tab:
The Excavation tab is the fourth specific activity tab of the PTW. This tab is only selected when excavation pr View Full Answer
A very good question! The Excavation tab of the PTW must be selected whenever any excavation work is required for the work being done for the PTW. Excavation work is considered 'high risk' because every year people are killed when working in excavations or as a result of excavation work being carried out.DANGERS ASSOCIATED WITH EXCAVATION WORK Common dangers and risks associated wi View Full Answer
Cool stuff, now let's look at excavation work in a bit more depth! Great, so let's get on with it! All work which includes excavation work for the work being done, is managed in the Excavation tab (section 9). This tab consists of four parts:1. Work Environment section - this section identifies the type of excavation work which must be done. 2. Risk Assessment Reference section - t View Full Answer
Yep, no problems! Let's take a closer look at this section. The first thing which needs to be done is to examine the type of excavation which is involved in order to determine what potential hazards are associated with the excavation work being done.This work environment section does this and is very quick and easy to complete. It consists of a series of common excavation work hazards, View Full Answer
No problems! Let's take a closer look at this section then. Once the excavation work hazards, for the work being done, have been identified, the necessary safety precaution checks and controls to ensure the excavation work is safe, must be confirmed and checked.The Precautionary Safety Measures section is where these safety measures are determined and confirmed. The Permit Issuer and Pe View Full Answer
Ahh yeah! The Contractor Confirmation section again. This is a very important section because it is where the Permit Requester (PR) confirms that all the required safety precautions, relating to excavation work, are in place and confirms this formally. It is also important because the Permit Issuer (PI) also confirms formally that he agrees with the actions taken by the PR and that, in View Full Answer
Yeah, this is a really important question! The Excavation tab has both layer 1 and layer 2 effects in its workings. The layer 2 effects have been explained in detail in the Precautionary Measures question (refer to this section for more details), so we'll concentrate on the layer 1 effects:The layer 1 effects from this tab are connected to the Approve tab and are both passive and active View Full Answer
Ahh yeah, the Asbestos tab! The Asbestos section is the tenth tab of the PTW system. It contains Section 11 of the PTW, which deals with any asbestos considerations of the PTW and is found in the following place on the PTW tab:
The Asbestos tab is the sixth specific activity tab of the PTW. This tab is only selected when the work bein View Full Answer
A great question! The Asbestos tab of the PTW must be selected whenever any work processes the contractor does, include the likely exposure to asbestos or asbestos-containing materials to workers or persons in the vicinity of the work being done. This type of work is considered 'high risk' because of the health risk that asbestos dust presents to persons exposed to it.ASBESTOSAsbestos i View Full Answer
Excellent! Now let's look at asbestos work in a bit more depth! Great, so let's get on with it! All work processes, which involve possible asbestos exposure in the work being done, are managed in the Asbestos tab (section 11). This tab consists of four parts:1. Work Environment section - this section identifies the type of work being done where asbestos exposure is likely, as well as th View Full Answer
Sure thing! Let's take a closer look at this section. The first thing which needs to be done is to examine the type of work involved which could result in asbestos exposure and then determine what potential hazards are associated with the work being done.This work environment section does this and is very quick and easy to complete. It consists of a series of common asbestos work hazard View Full Answer
No problems! Let's take a closer look at this section then. Once the asbestos exposure hazards, for the work being done, have been identified, the necessary checks and controls to ensure that any work performed minimises asbestos exposure, must be confirmed and checked.The Precautionary Safety Measures section is where these safety measures are determined and confirmed. The Permit Issue View Full Answer
Ahh yeah! It's that Contractor Confirmation section again. This is a very important section because it is where the Permit Requester (PR) confirms that all the required safety precautions, relating to asbestos work and potential asbestos exposure, are in place and confirms this formally. It is also important because the Permit Issuer (PI) also confirms formally that he agrees with the a View Full Answer
Yep, this is a really important question! The Excavation tab has layer 1 effects in its workings. The layer 1 effects from this tab are connected to the Approve tab and are both passive and active. Asbestos work details are reflected in both the contractor declaration section (section 15) and the site hand-back section (section 16):1/. Passive effect - Approval section: When the Asbesto View Full Answer
Ahh, the Cold Work tab! The Excavation section is the eleventh tab of the PTW system. It contains Section 12 of the PTW, which deals with any cold work considerations of the PTW and is found in the following place on the PTW tab:
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A very good question! The Cold Work tab of the PTW must be selected whenever any cold work is included in any of the work processes the contractor does. Cold work is any type of work performed in low temperature environments. This type of work is considered 'high risk' because of the different effects a cold environment can have on a person working it in.Any person working in a cold (lo View Full Answer
Great, now let's look at cold work in a bit more depth! Awesome, so let's get on with it! All cold work processes, which are required in the work being done, are managed in the Cold Work tab (section 12). This tab consists of four parts:1. Work Environment section - this section identifies the type of cold work environment in which the work being done will take place. 2. Risk Asses View Full Answer
Yep, no problems! Let's take a closer look at this section. The first thing which needs to be done is to examine the type of cold work operation(s) which are involved in order to determine what potential hazards are associated with the cold work being done.This work environment section does this and consists of what type of work is being done in cold conditions and then determining what View Full Answer
Sure thing, let's look at how this works more closely then. Let's say we have an anemometer instrument (a device which measures air flow) we with us. We then check the ANEMOMETER AVAILABLE option:
Now, let's say we don't have an anemometer instrument. In this case, we then check the ANEMOMETER NOT AVAILABLE option:
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That's a really important question! Let's look at how this works more closely then. The calculation of the Wind Chill Temperature Index takes into account the main factors which affect the ability of a person to work in low temperature conditions. To calculate this index, let's break the process into a number of parts:Part 1: Determining the environmental temperature in which the cold w View Full Answer
No problems! Let's take a closer look at this section then. Once the cold work hazards, for the work being done, have been identified, the necessary checks and controls to ensure that any cold work performed is safe, must be confirmed and checked.The Precautionary Safety Measures section is where these safety measures are determined and confirmed. The Permit Issuer and Permit Requester View Full Answer
Yep! The Contractor Confirmation section again. This is a very important section because it is where the Permit Requester (PR) confirms that all the required safety precautions, relating to cold work, are in place and confirms this formally. It is also important because the Permit Issuer (PI) also confirms formally that he agrees with the actions taken by the PR and that, in respect of View Full Answer
Yeah, this is a really important question! The Cold Work tab has both layer 1 and layer 2 effects in its workings. The layer 2 effects have been explained in detail in the Precautionary Measures question (refer to this section for more details), so we'll concentrate on the layer 1 effects:The layer 1 effects from this tab are connected to the Approve tab and are both passive and active. View Full Answer
Ah yeah, the Hot Work tab! The Hot Work tab is the fifth tab of the PTW system. It contains Section 6 of the PTW, which deals with any hot work activities of the PTW and is found in the following place on the PTW tab:
The Hot Work tab is the first specific activity tab of the PTW. This tab is only selected when hot work processes are View Full Answer
A good question! The Hot Work section of the PTW must be selected whenever any hot work is included in any of the work processes the contractor does. Hot work is any type of work performed where flames, sparks or heat are generated and includes cutting, grinding, welding and other similar heat generating processes. This type of work is considered 'high risk' because of the hi View Full Answer
Sure thing, now let's look at hot work in a bit more depth! Cool! Okay, so let's get on with it! All hot work processes, which are required in the work being done, are managed in the Hot Work tab (section 6). This tab consists of four parts:1. Work Environment section - this section identifies the type of hot work which must be done. 2. Risk Assessment Reference section - this sect View Full Answer
Sure thing! Let's take a closer look at this section then. The first thing which needs to be done is to examine the type of hot work operation(s) which are involved in order to determine what potential hazards are associated with the hot work being done.This work environment section does this and is very quick and easy to complete. It consists of a series of common height work hazards, View Full Answer
Okay! Let's take a closer look at this section. Once the hot work hazards, for the work being done, have been identified, the necessary checks and controls to any hot work performed is safe, must be confirmed and checked.The Precautionary Safety Measures section is where these safety measures are determined and confirmed. The Permit Issuer and Permit Requester work through and confirm t View Full Answer
Okay! The Contractor Confirmation section again. This is a very important section because it is where the Permit Requester (PR) confirms that all the required safety precautions, relating to standard or complex hot work, are in place and confirms this formally. It is also important because the Permit Issuer (PI) also confirms formally that he agrees with the actions taken by the PR and View Full Answer
Oh yes, this is a really important question! The Hot Work tab has both layer 1 and layer 2 effects in its workings. The layer 2 effects have been explained in detail in the Precautionary Measures question (refer to this section for more details), so we'll concentrate on the layer 1 effects:The layer 1 effects from this tab are connected to the Approve tab and are both passive and active View Full Answer
That's a very good question you've asked! The reason it's important is because both the Hot Work tab and the Confined tabs need to be selected in the PTW to identify and put controls into place for the specific hazards associated with them. However, both have a common factor which needs to be looked at and that is the vessel specific precautions.Since both tabs will be referring to the View Full Answer
This is a great question and a really important one too! The vessel specific precautions section is important because it becomes an important factor when more complex work needs to be done and new hazards and safety precautions need to be reviewed to account for this.The vessel specific precautions apply to two tabs in the Permit to Work (PTW): 1/. Hot Work - where vessels, tanks o View Full Answer
Ahh yes, this is where the hot work becomes complex! The vessel specific precautions section must be used when any hot work is to be done on a vessel, tank or piping where there is a likelihood that the vessel, tank or piping contained a substance which could be reactive to the heat of the hot work process and cause either a fire to break out or an explosion to take place.The vessel spe View Full Answer
So, you want to get into the vessel specific precautions section some more, great! When choosing an existing vessel, its' details will pull through into the vessel section, which means we don't have to add its' basic descriptive details. In order to select a vessel, the vessel specific precautions section must be visible first.Note, when we refer to a vessel, we can also mean a tank or View Full Answer
Ahh, the vessel specific precautions section, great! When adding a new vessel, it will have no basic descriptive details so these will have to be added in the vessel section. In order to add a new vessel, tank or piping to it, the vessel specific precautions section must be visible first.Note, going forward, when we refer to a vessel, we can also mean a tank or piping; it just keeps thi View Full Answer
Ahh yes, the first part of the vessel section! Let's go! The vessel details section contains details about the vessel itself, which should be entered already. If they are not complete, these are simple and easy to add.The next part of the vessel details section identifies the contents which are or were present in the vessel, as well as, how these exist and what hazards they present in t View Full Answer
Ahh yep, the second part of the vessel section! Great, let's go! The vessel isolation details section contains details about isolation of the vessel. In this section we can record who the responsible persons are for the vessel being isolated, we can record the isolation point(s) which need to be in place for the vessel to be isolated and made safe, we can confirm the safety precaution c View Full Answer
Ahh yes, the third and final part of the vessel section! We're almost done, so let's go! The measurement details section contains details about the measurements made of the contents of the vessel. These measurement details are important because they can show evidence that the contents of the vessel were determined to be safe before work began. This allows both the contractor and client View Full Answer
Ahh yes, recording temperature measurements! Great stuff, let's go! When the temperature measurement type is selected, readings are entered, which relate to the temperature of contents in the vessel. These readings are recorded in degrees Centigrade and should be at an approximate value of 25 degrees C, to ensure the work being done is safe.The actual temperature measurement type looks View Full Answer
Ahh yes, recording pressure measurements! Great, let's go! When the pressure measurement type is selected, readings are entered, which relate to the pressure of the contents in the vessel. These readings can be recorded in either Pascals (Pa) or kilo-Pascals (kPa) and should be at an approximate value of 101.325 kPa (the value of the normal pressure around us), to ensure the work being View Full Answer
Ahh yes, recording acidity measurements! Great, let's go! When the acidity measurement type is selected, readings are entered, which relate to the acidity (or basic) nature of the contents in the vessel. These readings are recorded in pH and should be at an approximate value of 7.2 pH, to ensure the work being done is safe. In this case, to prevent a person from being exposed to acidic View Full Answer
Ahh yes, recording radioactivity measurements! Great stuff, let's go! When the radioactivity measurement type is selected, readings are entered, which relate to the temperature of contents in the vessel. These readings should be at an approximate value, which ensures the work being done is safe. In this case, to prevent a person from being exposed to excessive radioactivity.The actual r View Full Answer
Ahh yes, recording concentration measurements! These can be a bit trickier because the contents being measured may be a single component (ethane gas) or they may be more than one component (a mixture of methane and air). When there is more than one component present in the contents, these can be potentially more dangerous and so each component may need to be measured to ensure that the View Full Answer
Ahh yes, recording concentration measurements! These can be a bit trickier because the contents being measured may be a single component (ethane gas) or they may be more than one component (a mixture of methane and air). When there is more than one component present in the contents, these can be potentially more dangerous and so each component may need to be measured to ensure that the View Full Answer
Ahh yes, this is very easy to do! Each measurement type has a red CLOSE button at the top right of it. Simply click on this button and the measurement type will be removed from the vessel section:
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Ahh good question! The reset button allows all the measurement types currently set-up in that particular vessel, to be cleared and removed. Once done, all measurement types will have to be set-up again:
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Okay, no problems! A measurement type can easily be changed from the Unit Type drop-down field in the measurement type. Simply click on the drop-down field and select the desired measurement type from the list. Once you click on the new option, the PTW will display a pop-up to confirm that your new selection. Click OK to continue the change:
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Ah yes, the Approve tab! The Approve tab is the fourteenth and last main tab of the PTW system. It contains Sections 15 and 16 of the PTW, which deals contractor declaration (section 15) and approval and hand-back (section 16) aspects of the PTW and is found in the following place on the PTW tab:
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This is a really important question! Like previous mandatory sections of the PTW, this section is another fundamental section of the PTW. This is where the details of the PTW are confirmed and agreed by both the contractor (Permit Requester) and the client (Permit Issuer). The tab forms two sections, the Declaration and Approval Section (section 15) and the Hand-back and Acceptance sect View Full Answer
So, we're almost done with the PTW! That's great news! Let's get it done! The Approve tab is made up of three parts, section 15, section 16 and the Hand-back Confirmation and Final Approval section. This aim of this tab is to summarise and close off aspects of the PTW as they become relevant during the PTW process:Section 15: Declaration and Approval: This becomes relevant at the point View Full Answer
Great! Let's take a closer look at this section. This section must be checked and completed once the Permit Requester (contractor) has implemented all the required safety precautions as per the requirements of each tab aspect of the PTW. This part will display the relevant sections of the PTW tabs which are applicable in the PTW, providing reference back through the PTW and allowing the View Full Answer
Okay great, so you've performed checks with the contractor and you're happy all the controls are in place! Once the Permit Issuer and Permit Requester have agreed that all the necessary controls are in place, they formally sign to this fact in the declaration of controls section. This section consists of two declaration statements and a signing process:
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Ah yes! Now we're down to the last section of the PTW and then we're done! This is a very important section because it's where the Permit Requester and Permit Issuer make final checks that any requirements from the safety precaution controls have been met. These controls need to be checked as YES in order to make sure they are checked and confirmed:
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Aha, we're just about done! Now for the final part of the PTW, signing it off and completing it! This section is very important because it is where the Permit Requester and Permit Issuer agree that the contractor work is now complete and that the contractor has handed the work area in question back in its original form with no detrimental effects to the client environment or infrastruct View Full Answer
Ah yes, the Induction tab! The Induction tab is the twelfth tab of the PTW system. It contains section 13 of the PTW, which deals with conducting induction training on the contractor and his employees and is found in the following place on the PTW tab:
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A really good question! The Induction tab of the PTW is another fundamental tab of the PTW, which helps to record contractor induction training. An important aspect of contractors (and their employees) coming onto site is that they are not aware of the hazards on-site or aware of how the site operates. Induction training helps to create this awareness for them and the Induction tab deals with reco View Full Answer
Yep, let's take a look at things in a bit more depth! Okay, so let's go! The Induction tab is made up of three parts; the site induction section, the induction training register and the trainer details section. Together, these sections cover the induction training of contractor employees working on-site:Part 1: Site Induction - this contains a series of check options relating to importa View Full Answer
No problems! This section is really quick and really easy to complete! It lists a series of check options, relating to important site aspects and workings. It also allows the manner in which the training was conducted, to be described:
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Okay, on to the next part of the induction tab! This section is where the contractor employees, undergoing the induction training are added. There are two basic ways to add employees to the register, to select existing employees or to add new employees.To add an existing contractor employee to the induction training register, click on the SELECT CONTACT button. This opens the employee l View Full Answer
Okay, the last part of the induction tab! Great, we're almost done here! This section is where the details of the trainer(s), conducting the training are added. The addition of the trainer works in exactly the same way as that of the induction attendees, except that the persons selected will be taken from the client employee list, since the induction training will be conducted by the cl View Full Answer
Okay, so you're having trouble trying to add an existing employee! No problems, there is a good reason why this is happening. If you check the details of the employee, you'll probably find that the ADD button of the employee is white and not green. If this is the case, then you can't add the employee because there is information missing from the employee detail, probably the work positi View Full Answer
That's an excellent question! It is important to remember that in order to be effective, machinery uses force to achieve some type of work outcome. Machinery and equipment are specifically designed to work in very specific manners to accomplish the type of work they perform. In doing so, many machinery and equipment types use hydraulics, pneumatic, gravity, etc to help achieve the work View Full Answer
That's an excellent question! When determining any machinery isolation, it's important to identify and include controls for any residual energy sources which may be a part of the machinery or equipment being isolated. The Residual Energy Sources section helps to ensure these checks are made and that relevant precautionary safety measures are included to ensure the isolation is completel View Full Answer
That's a good question! Let's explain this in more detail then! The P&ID is the Piping and Instrumentation Drawing. This is a schematic of the full system, of which the isolation forms a part of. It provides a bigger picture of everything, allowing the isolation within the system to be performed safely and also ensuring that the rest of the system remains intact ad safe while the is View Full Answer
Ah yes, the EQMT Isolation tab! The Equipment Isolation tab is the sixth tab of the PTW system. It contains Section 7 of the PTW, which deals with the isolation of equipment and machinery in the PTW and is found in the following place on the PTW tab:
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A very good question! The Equipment Isolation tab of the PTW must be selected whenever any electrical installation or equipment is to be worked on or whenever any machinery is to be worked on by the contractor as part of the work being done for the PTW. This type of work is considered 'high risk' because of the high likelihood of persons coming into contact with either electr View Full Answer
Absolutely, let's take a look at isolation processes in a bit more depth! Okay, so let's get going! All equipment (and installation) processes, whether they are electrical or mechanical or include both, which are required to be isolated in order for the work being done to be safe, are managed in the EQMT Isolation tab (section 7). This tab consists of four parts:1. Work Environment sect View Full Answer
That's a good question! The type of isolation you make will depend on what type of installation, equipment or machinery needs to be isolated. The EQMT Isolation tab allows you to make an electrical isolation, a machinery isolation or an isolation which involves both isolation types.Selecting the type of isolation to be made is very easy in the PTW. Simply check the relevant isolation ty View Full Answer
Sure thing! Let's take a closer look at how this works then. When the Electrical option is checked, the tab opens up the electrical isolation aspects, displaying these in the work environment section. The first thing which needs to be done is to examine the main hazards associated with the electrical work being done.This work environment section does this and is very quick and easy to c View Full Answer
Yep! Let's see how the machinery side of things works then. When the Machinery option is checked, the tab opens up the machinery isolation aspects, displaying these in the work environment section. The first thing which needs to be done is to examine the main hazards associated with the mechanical work being done.This work environment section does this and is very quick and easy to comp View Full Answer
That's a great question! Let's see how things work when both isolation aspects are involved. When the Both option is checked, the tab opens up both the electrical and the machinery isolation aspects, displaying both of these in the work environment section. The electrical aspects are displayed first, followed by the machinery aspects.Each isolation aspect works in exactly the same as th View Full Answer
Okay! Let's take a closer look at this section. The precautionary safety measures section for electrical isolation can be found in the Electrical Equipment Isolation Details section, after the main electrical isolation and lockout details. Once the electrical hazards and isolation details, for the work being done, have been identified, the necessary checks and controls for any electrica View Full Answer
Okay! We've already looked at the electrical isolation, so now let's take a closer look at the machinery isolation aspect. The precautionary safety measures section for machinery isolation can be found in the Machinery Equipment Isolation Details section, after the main machinery isolation and lockout details. Once the machinery hazards and isolation details, for the work being done, ha View Full Answer
Okay! The Contractor Confirmation section again. This is a very important section because it is where the Permit Requester (PR) confirms that all the required safety precautions, relating to standard or complex hot work, are in place and confirms this formally. It is also important because the Permit Issuer (PI) also confirms formally that he agrees with the actions taken by the PR and View Full Answer
Okay, this is a really important question! The Eqmt Isolation tab has layer 1 effects in its workings. The layer 1 effects from this tab are connected to the Approve tab and are both passive and active. Height work details are reflected in both the contractor declaration section (section 15) and the site hand-back section (section 16):1/. Passive effect - Approval section: When the Eqmt View Full Answer
This is a really good question and a really important one too! The electrical and machinery isolation details cover all the aspects required to correctly isolate the equipment in question. Both isolation types work in work in the exactly the same way; they identify the equipment or machinery to be isolated, they determine who the responsible persons are for the equipment or machinery an View Full Answer
So, you want to get into the equipment isolation details section some more, great! When choosing an existing piece of equipment or machinery, its' details will pull through into the isolation section, which means we don't have to add its' basic descriptive details. Let's use the electrical equipment isolation details section as our example, however, remember that the machinery isolation View Full Answer
Okay, so you want to add a new piece of equipment or machinery to the equipment isolation details section, great! When piece of equipment or machinery, it will have no basic descriptive details so these will have to be added in the equipment isolation details section. Let's use the electrical equipment isolation details section as our example, however, remember that the machinery isolat View Full Answer
Ahh yes, the second part of the equipment isolation details section! Let's go! This aspect allows the responsible person(s) for the equipment or machinery to be recorded, as well as, their contact details:
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Okay, the third and final part of the equipment isolation details section! Let's get it done! This aspect allows the isolation points on the piece of equipment or machinery to be recorded. Once these aspects have been added, the equipment or machinery isolation aspects will be complete:
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Ahh great, you've completed the isolation details and now you need to print the lockout tags! No problems, let's go! The lockout tags are printed in the equipment details of the equipment isolation details section. The details of the labels are automatically pulled through from details in the fields of the various aspects in the equipment isolation details section. The lockout tags for View Full Answer
Ah yes, the Confined tab! The Confined tab is the ninth tab of the PTW system. It contains Section 10 of the PTW, which deals with confined space entry work of the PTW and is found in the following place on the PTW tab:
The Confined tab is the fifth specific activity tab of the PTW. This tab is only selected when confined space entry View Full Answer
A very important question! The Confined tab of the PTW must be selected whenever any confined space entry is included in any of the work processes the contractor does. Confined space entry work is considered 'high risk' because every year persons are killed or seriously injured either in confined spaces themselves or in attempting to rescue persons trapped in confined spaces.CONFINED SP View Full Answer
Yep, now let's look at the confined tab in a bit more depth! Great! Let's get on with it! All confined space entry processes, which are required for the work being done, are managed in the Confined tab (section 10). This tab consists of five parts:1. Work Environment section - this section identifies the type of confined space and the type of environment into which the confined space en View Full Answer
Sure thing! Let's take a closer look at this section then. The first thing which needs to be done is to examine the type of confined space which will be entered and to determine what the confined environment will be in order to determine the potential hazards associated with the confined space work being done.This work environment section does this and is very quick and easy to complete View Full Answer
Okay! Let's take a closer look at this section. Once the confined space work hazards, for the work being done, have been identified, the necessary checks and controls to any confined space work performed is safe, must be confirmed and checked.The Precautionary Safety Measures section is where these safety measures are determined and confirmed. The Permit Issuer and Permit Requester work View Full Answer
Okay! The Contractor Confirmation section again. This is a very important section because it is where the Permit Requester (PR) confirms that all the required safety precautions, relating to standard or complex hot work, are in place and confirms this formally. It is also important because the Permit Issuer (PI) also confirms formally that he agrees with the actions taken by the PR and View Full Answer
Oh yes, this is a really important question! The Hot Work tab has both layer 1 and layer 2 effects in its workings. The layer 2 effects have been explained in detail in the Precautionary Measures question (refer to this section for more details), so we'll concentrate on the layer 1 effects:The layer 1 effects from this tab are connected to the Approve tab and are both passive and active View Full Answer
This is a great question and a really important one too! The vessel specific precautions section is important because it becomes an important factor when more complex work needs to be done and new hazards and safety precautions need to be reviewed to account for this.The vessel specific precautions apply to two tabs in the Permit to Work (PTW): 1/. Hot Work - where vessels, tanks o View Full Answer
Ahh yes, this is where the hot work becomes complex! The vessel specific precautions section must be used when any hot work is to be done on a vessel, tank or piping where there is a likelihood that the vessel, tank or piping contained a substance which could be reactive to the heat of the hot work process and cause either a fire to break out or an explosion to take place.The vessel spe View Full Answer
So, you want to get into the vessel specific precautions section some more, great! When choosing an existing vessel, its' details will pull through into the vessel section, which means we don't have to add its' basic descriptive details. In order to select a vessel, the vessel specific precautions section must be visible first.Note, when we refer to a vessel, we can also mean a tank or View Full Answer
Ahh, the vessel specific precautions section, great! When adding a new vessel, it will have no basic descriptive details so these will have to be added in the vessel section. In order to add a new vessel, tank or piping to it, the vessel specific precautions section must be visible first.Note, going forward, when we refer to a vessel, we can also mean a tank or piping; it just keeps thi View Full Answer
Ahh yes, the first part of the vessel section! Let's go! The vessel details section contains details about the vessel itself, which should be entered already. If they are not complete, these are simple and easy to add.The next part of the vessel details section identifies the contents which are or were present in the vessel, as well as, how these exist and what hazards they present in t View Full Answer
Ahh yep, the second part of the vessel section! Great, let's go! The vessel isolation details section contains details about isolation of the vessel. In this section we can record who the responsible persons are for the vessel being isolated, we can record the isolation point(s) which need to be in place for the vessel to be isolated and made safe, we can confirm the safety precaution c View Full Answer
Ahh yes, the third and final part of the vessel section! We're almost done, so let's go! The measurement details section contains details about the measurements made of the contents of the vessel. These measurement details are important because they can show evidence that the contents of the vessel were determined to be safe before work began. This allows both the contractor and client View Full Answer
Ahh yes, recording temperature measurements! Great stuff, let's go! When the temperature measurement type is selected, readings are entered, which relate to the temperature of contents in the vessel. These readings are recorded in degrees Centigrade and should be at an approximate value of 25 degrees C, to ensure the work being done is safe.The actual temperature measurement type looks View Full Answer
Ahh yes, recording pressure measurements! Great, let's go! When the pressure measurement type is selected, readings are entered, which relate to the pressure of the contents in the vessel. These readings can be recorded in either Pascals (Pa) or kilo-Pascals (kPa) and should be at an approximate value of 101.325 kPa (the value of the normal pressure around us), to ensure the work being View Full Answer
Ahh yes, recording acidity measurements! Great, let's go! When the acidity measurement type is selected, readings are entered, which relate to the acidity (or basic) nature of the contents in the vessel. These readings are recorded in pH and should be at an approximate value of 7.2 pH, to ensure the work being done is safe. In this case, to prevent a person from being exposed to acidic View Full Answer
Ahh yes, recording radioactivity measurements! Great stuff, let's go! When the radioactivity measurement type is selected, readings are entered, which relate to the temperature of contents in the vessel. These readings should be at an approximate value, which ensures the work being done is safe. In this case, to prevent a person from being exposed to excessive radioactivity.The actual r View Full Answer
Ahh yes, recording concentration measurements! These can be a bit trickier because the contents being measured may be a single component (ethane gas) or they may be more than one component (a mixture of methane and air). When there is more than one component present in the contents, these can be potentially more dangerous and so each component may need to be measured to ensure that the View Full Answer
Ahh yes, recording concentration measurements! These can be a bit trickier because the contents being measured may be a single component (ethane gas) or they may be more than one component (a mixture of methane and air). When there is more than one component present in the contents, these can be potentially more dangerous and so each component may need to be measured to ensure that the View Full Answer
Ahh yes, this is very easy to do! Each measurement type has a red CLOSE button at the top right of it. Simply click on this button and the measurement type will be removed from the vessel section:
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Ahh good question! The reset button allows all the measurement types currently set-up in that particular vessel, to be cleared and removed. Once done, all measurement types will have to be set-up again:
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Okay, no problems! A measurement type can easily be changed from the Unit Type drop-down field in the measurement type. Simply click on the drop-down field and select the desired measurement type from the list. Once you click on the new option, the PTW will display a pop-up to confirm that your new selection. Click OK to continue the change:
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Ah yes, the Incident tab! The Incident tab is the thirteenth tab of the PTW system. It contains Section 14 of the PTW, which deals with incident aspects of the PTW and is found in the following place on the PTW tab:
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That's a really important question! This tab is not a standard aspect of a PTW but is included here because it allows an incident to be recorded and it also allows an incident to be integrated with OHS Online, allowing the incident process to pull through into the relevant parties' profile so it can be processed further. View Full Answer
So, an incident has occurred during the course of the contractor work! Okay, so that's where this tab comes in! Let's look at the Incident tab more closely then! The Incident tab is made up of eight parts, which all deal with different aspects of an incident, should it happen during the work done by the contractor:1. Person Involved - this determines who the person involved in the incid View Full Answer
That's a good question! Let's take a closer look and see how this works. Although this section is only made up of a single check option, this check option is very important because it determines which profile the details of the incident will be updated to in OHS Online.This check option allows three different selections to be made, based on the type of persons who may be on-site and who View Full Answer
A great question! It does seem a bit confusing when you first look at the fields which display on selecting the Other check option. However, there is a very good reason for this which we'll explain in more detail.In the situation of a visitor being hurt, the client has to take responsibility for the visitor, however, from the OHS Online side, the visitor is not an employee of the client View Full Answer
Great, let's take a look at the Employer Details section next! This section describes the details of the employer whose employee is injured and is very easy to complete because most of the fields populate automatically when the check option is selected in the previous section. The only field which needs to be completed is the Department field, which must indicate in which department (of View Full Answer
Okay, let's take a look at the Employee Details section now! This section describes the details of the employee who is hurt and the seriousness of their injuries. The expected time the injured employee may be off work for, can also be included here:
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Okay, now let's take a look at the General Incident/Accident Details section! This section describes the details of the incident which took place during the contractor's work. This section covers the following details related to the incident:1. General details - the date, time, place, etc that the incident occurred. It also allows reference to be made to when the Permit Issuer is inform View Full Answer
Now let's take a look at the Initial Documentation section! This section allows the main documents, which need to completed when an incident occurs, to be uploaded and incorporated into the incident process. The only field which needs to be completed is the Department field, which must indicate in which department (of the client) the incident happened in:
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Now let's take a look at the Details of Injuries section! This section allows the actual nature of the injuries to the person to be entered. This is quick and easy to complete, consisting of two drop-down fields and short descriptive field:
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Now let's take a look at the Details of Property Damage section! This section allows details of property damage to be entered, which may have occurred as a result of the incident. It also allows an estimate cost of the damage to be recorded of what the incident may have caused. This section is quick and easy to complete and consists of a short descriptive field and a series of check opt View Full Answer
Okay! The Contractor Confirmation section again. This is a very important section because it is where the Permit Requester (PR) confirms that all the required documentation relating to the incident has been submitted and the relevant incident reporting completed. It is also important because the Permit Issuer (PI) also confirms formally that he agrees with the actions taken by the PR an View Full Answer
A good question! We've entered all the details of the incident and now we need to submit these so that they are updated to the relevant profile on OHS Online! Before we can do this though, we need to check that the details entered in the Incident tab have been entered correctly so that they update correctly to the profile in OHS Online.To check that the details are correct, click on the View Full Answer
A good question! So, we've entered all the details of the incident, checked that they are correct and the system has confirmed that they are correct! Before we can do this though, we need to check that the details entered in the Incident tab have been entered correctly so that they update correctly to the profile in OHS Online.
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Okay, so you've completed the details in the PTW and now you need to print it! Great, to do this we need to use the print function. This can be found in the first tab of the PTW, the Work Permit tab:
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A good question! The print function in the PTW, allows a number of different print options to be chosen. These options are shown below:1. Print PTW in full - this allows the full PTW to be printed. 2. Print Daily Aspects of PTW - this allows aspects of the PTW to be printed. 3. Print Shift Handover - this allows shift handover aspect of the PTW to be printed. 4. Print Loc View Full Answer
No problem! In order to print the PTW in full, we need to select the Print PTW in full option from the print function set-up. When this option is selected, the following print aspect is displayed:
When this print option is selected, click on the PRINT button and the following tabs of the PTW will be printed as a PDF file which can the View Full Answer
No problem! In order to print selected parts of the PTW in full, we need to select the Print Daily Aspects of PTW option from the print function set-up. When this option is selected, the following print aspect is displayed:
When the relevant check options are selected, click on the PRINT button and the PTW will be printed as a PDF fil View Full Answer
No problem! In order to print the shift tabs of the PTW, we need to select the Print Shift Handover option from the print function set-up. When this option is selected, the following print aspect is displayed:
You will notice that in this print set-up, there are only specific activity options to print and no mandatory options to print View Full Answer
No problem! In order to print all the lockout tags for equipment isolation, we need to select the Print Logout Tags option from the print function set-up. When this option is selected, the following print aspect is displayed:
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Ah, a good question and a very important one too! A Permit to Work system is a formal written system which is used to control specific types of work which are hazardous in their nature.The PTW document specifies the work to be done and the precautions to be taken while this work is conducted. It plays a crucial role in safe systems of work for many maintenance activities, allowing work View Full Answer
Absolutely! The presence of contractors on-site, dramatically increases the risks of an incident occurring on-site, whether it be by the nature of their work, their ignorance of the hazards associated with the site they work on or poor control of the contractor while they are on-site.Through the use of a PTW, you can control contractors working on your site by identifying the hazards as View Full Answer
Great question! The PTW system forms a small but crucial part of the overall contractor process which a client would undergo to have work done on their site. The role of the PTW system is shown as step five in this simplified diagram of the contractor process:
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Yes, this is a very good question! There are a number of important roles included the PTW system and its workings. These are as follows:1. Permit Requester (PR) - This should ideally be the contractor supervisor on-site, as this would be the person, representing the contractor who is at the 'coal-face' of the work being done, however, this may not always be true for every sce View Full Answer
Ah yes, the PTW can be quite intimidating to do, particularly if the work being done is complex in nature! The PTW system in OHS Online, is designed to keep the PTW as simple as possible, so let's try and simplify that process a bit, so it's easier to understand. The PTW system has essentially five main stages to complete a basic PTW. These are briefly described in the diagra View Full Answer
The Permit to Work (PTW) covers both standard work aspects performed by a contractor and specialised work processes performed by a contractor, including:1. Hot work 2. Cold work 3. Work which requires equipment to be isolated (electrical and mechanical) 4. Working at heights 5. Excavation work 6. Work where confined space entry is required 7. Asb View Full Answer
Sure thing! Stage 1 refers to the first four tabs of the PTW system, which are all compulsory and need to be completed in the PTW. These tabs include the following:1. Work Permit Tab: This tab is the first tab and is completed by the Permit Issuer (PI) working with the Permit Requester (PR). Here the basic contractor details are inputted, as well as the administrative require View Full Answer
That's a very good question to ask and an important one too! The answer is; yes, it can! Let's use an example to show you this more clearly:Example: The main work aspect of a contractor's job involves hot work. However, the hot work needs to be conducted inside a tank, which is located at a high point in the client's facility. Based on this information, we know the job involv View Full Answer
Absolutely! Stage 2 refers to the next seven tabs of the PTW system, which are all optional in nature and only and need to be completed in the PTW, when the type of work the tab covers, is included in the work to be done by the contractor:1. Hot Work Tab: Where hot work applies in the work to be done, the Permit Issuer (PI) works with the Permit Requester (PR) to complete the View Full Answer
Yep, no problems, let's take a closer look! Stage 3 refers to the last set of mandatory tabs of the PTW system, which need to be completed in the PTW. These tabs finish off the last important aspects of the PTW being completed:1. Induction Tab: This tab of the PTW is completed by the Permit Issuer (PI) working with the Permit Requester (PR) to determine the contractor employe View Full Answer
Sure thing, let's take a closer look at Stage 4! Once the first three stages have been completed, the PTW needs to be printed to hard-copy for signatures. Stage 4 refers to the completion of this aspect of the PTW:Signatures Aspect: The contractor confirmation sections of the PTW need to be signed off by both the Permit Issuer (PI) and the Permit Requester (PR) to formalise t View Full Answer
Yep, let's wrap-up Stage 5! Once the contractor has completed the required work for the client, the PTW needs to be re-evaluated. Stage 5 refers to the completion of this aspect of the PTW and the finalisation of the PTW. Here, the Site Hand-back section (section 16) of the Approve tab is examined by both the Permit Issuer (PI) and the Permit Requester (PR), to confirm the re View Full Answer
Sure thing, well spotted! Yes, you are correct, it is included in the diagram but we haven't discussed it yet, so let's get on and do that now!The incident tab is both a mandatory tab AND an optional tab, due to its nature. That sounds confusing, I know, so let's explain this further. The incident tab is optional in that it is only used when an incident occurs during the course of the c View Full Answer
That's a really great question! The main reason for doing this is to refresh the PTW webpages so that they display the updated data inputted into the PTW. If the PTW is not refreshed regularly, data may not display the updated changes correctly.It is important to remember, the tabs showing the PTW details are really webpages. They are what is known as static webpages, meaning they do no View Full Answer
A good question! A PTW can be very straightforward in nature or it can be very complex in nature, depending on the type of scenario involved. In order to allow the relevant scenarios to be covered, the PTW has been broken down into sections, with each section dealing with a specific aspect of the PTW. This creates a methodical and orderly approach to completing the PTW, allow View Full Answer
Sure, no problems! The PTW function can be found as an option in the Contractor drop-down option menu, located on the main menu bar. Simply locate it and select it to open the Permit to Work register:
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Sure thing! That's actually a really great way of showing why it's important to refresh! Let's use the risk assessment as an example. When you add tasks to the risk assessment (section 3), each one is linked to the relevant PTW tab to which the task refers to. Once the tasks in the risk assessment have been saved, if you go and check the risk assessment reference section of the relevant View Full Answer
That's a great question! When the specific activity tabs are printed to hard-copy format some of them do have coloured borders. The purpose of this is to quickly identify aspects of the PTW when it is in its hard-copy format. By seeing a specific colour, a person can immediately know and understand the type of work involved.The different border colours are based on internatio View Full Answer
That's an interesting question! The answer is that there's nothing stopping you from simply checking YES to the items. However, if you do this, you are taking a huge risk to yourself in the event that an incident occurs which ties back to this PTW aspect.If you do not take the time to make the proper checks of the PPE and safety equipment and an incident occurs where the PPE you checked View Full Answer
Ah yes, the PPE tab! The PPE (Personal Protective Equipment) tab is the third tab of the PTW system. It contains section 4 of the PTW and is found in the following place on the PTW tab:
The PPE tab is a compulsory tab, which means it must be completed in order to create a PTW. This is shown in its title section:
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A great question! The PPE tab of the PTW is another fundamental section of the PTW. This is where all the necessary PPE and safety equipment, required to ensure contractor employees are safe, is determined, selected and recorded. View Full Answer
Great stuff, we're making good progress in our PTW! That's awesome! Okay, so once the basic the PTW risk assessment has been completed, the next thing to do is to identify the PPE and associated safety equipment control measures required, as per the PTW risk assessment. The PPE tab (section 4) is where all this safety equipment is selected as controls. It consists of two parts:1. PPE an View Full Answer
Absolutely! Let's take a look at this section more closely. It consists of two fields and a check list option:Field 1 displays tasks which have been included in the risk assessment, in the previous tab. These display because each task has required PPE controls associated with it in order to control its overall risks.Field 2 is a drop-down field, from which different PPE or sa View Full Answer
Ah yes! The Contractor Confirmation section. This is a very important section because it is where the Permit Requester confirms that the required safety precautions are in place and confirms this formally. This is important because in the event of an incident occurring, this section helps to confirm that from a precautionary nature, the relative safety precautions were in place prior to View Full Answer
Ah yes, the Environmental tab! The Environmental tab is the fourth tab of the PTW system. It contains Section 5 of the PTW, which deals with any environmental considerations which need to be made in the PTW and is found in the following place on the PTW tab:
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This is a really great question and an important one too! The Environmental tab of the PTW is another fundamental section of the PTW. This is where the environmental considerations of the work being done need to be identified and documented.When considering the environmental aspect, there are a couple of points to consider: 1. How can the environment be affected by the w View Full Answer
Great stuff, we're almost done with the first mandatory tabs in our PTW! That's great news! Okay, so now that the risk assessment and PPE aspects of the PTW have been completed, the last part of the mandatory set-up tabs to complete is the environmental checks. These are done in the Environmental tab (section 5). This tab consists of four parts:1. Work Environment section - this section View Full Answer
Yep, sure thing! Let's take a closer look at this section. The first thing which needs to be done is to examine the work environment to determine what potential environmental hazards are associated with the work being done, as well as what workplace infrastructure may be affected during this process.This work environment section does this and is very quick and easy to complete. It consi View Full Answer
A nice question! This is a common section which displays in a number of PTW tabs in the PTW system. This section is here to assist the Precautionary Safety Measures section by referencing any tasks from the risk assessment which are relevant to the tab being worked in. In most cases this section will appear just before the Precautionary Safety Measures section, making it easy to refer t View Full Answer
Yep, sure thing! Let's take a closer look at this section. Once the environmental hazards and infrastructure concerns, for the work being done, have been identified, the necessary safety precaution checks and controls to ensure the environment is safe and the infrastructure remains intact, must be confirmed and checked.The Precautionary Safety Measures section is where these safety meas View Full Answer
Ah yes! The Contractor Confirmation section again. This is a very important section because it is where the Permit Requester confirms that the required safety precautions, relating to environmental and infrastructure considerations, are in place and confirms this formally. This is important because in the event of an incident occurring, this section helps to confirm that from a precauti View Full Answer
Ah cool, this is a really important question! The Environmental tab has both layer 1 and layer 2 effects in its workings. The layer 2 effects have been explained in detail in the Precautionary Measures question (see this for more details), so we'll concentrate on the layer 1 effects:The layer 1 effects from this tab are connected to the Approve tab and are both passive and active. Envir View Full Answer
That's a really good question! Although the PTW risk assessment uses the same mechanism as the standard OHS Online risk assessment, there are a few important differences between the two:1. The length of time - taking reviews aside, the PTW risk assessment covers the period for which the PTW is valid, whereas the standard risk assessment usually covers a period of a year. 2. Stand-a View Full Answer
Ah yes, the Risk Assessment tab! The Risk Assessment tab is the second tab of the PTW system. It contains section 3 of the PTW and is found in the following place on the PTW tab:
The Risk Assessment tab is a compulsory tab, which means it must be completed in order to create a PTW. This is shown in its title section:yds438b View Full Answer
A great question! The Risk Assessment tab of the PTW is another fundamental section of the PTW. This is where a risk assessment of the work to be done is made and all the hazards, their associated risks and the safety control measures for the task(s) being done for the job are identified, quantified and documented. View Full Answer
Great stuff, we're no onto the next stage of the PTW! That's really cool! Okay, so once all the basic details and set-up of the PTW have been completed, the next thing to do is to identify the hazards and risks associated with the job through the task risk assessment. The Risk Assessment tab (section 3) is where these details are identified and determined and it consists of two parts:1. View Full Answer
Sure thing! This section is very quick and easy to complete and consists of a series of common work hazards, which are selected or nulled by checking each hazard as YES or NO. This list serves simply to allow the user to think about the different hazard aspects making up the job and to quickly note them. Those hazards which apply are checked as YES and those which do not apply are check View Full Answer
Okay, the risk assessment, now we're really getting into things! The risk assessment section uses the same workings as the main risk assessment in OHS Online, so you can select existing tasks from the library or you can add new tasks which aren't on the library (check out the risk assessment helpfiles in the OHS Online topic, if you're not sure how this works).Tasks, specific to the wor View Full Answer
That's a good question! So, let's get on and explain the first part in a bit more detail. The reason why you link a task to a specific PTW tab is so that when you're working in that PTW tab, the task displays automatically, giving you reference directly to your risk assessment when you're determining the hazards and safety precautions which need to be in place for the work being done. T View Full Answer
Nice question! Okay, the risk assessment can only be printed in full from the Risk Assessment tab. To print the risk assessment in full, click on the PRINT RISK button. This opens the risk assessment print function in a new tab. The risk assessment print function works in exactly the same way as it does in OHS Online (check out the risk assessment helpfiles in the OHS Online topic, if y View Full Answer
Well spotted! This is an important question! If the contractor cannot be found, then they are not in the OHS Online database. This means that all their details will have to be entered into the PTW manually.The PTW actually provides you with a message, warning you of this fact:
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A good question you ask there! There is one fundamental difference between selecting a contractor and manually adding a contractor in the PTW and this is the speed with which the PTW is completed.When a contractor is selected, the PTW will pull contractor information (from the selected contractor's profile) throughout the PTW, at points where that information would be relevant, saving t View Full Answer
A very important question! Let's use the Client Specification section of the Work Permit as our example to explain this better. Just remember, what is described here will apply to other areas of the PTW as well.When the Client Specification section is initially opened, you will see that neither the YES nor the NO options are checked. The system defaults the check options this way delibe View Full Answer
Ahh, you spotted the Permit Requester field has been marked as important! Yes, you're right, this field is important because this field contains the name of the Permit Requester. The name in this field will be repeated throughout the PTW, in the confirmation sections of the PTW, again, saving time having to repeatedly complete the name later on:
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Ahh, yes, let's see where this field repeats in the PTW! As mentioned earlier, the Description of Work field is important because it displays in later parts of the PTW. In most cases, this field will be repeated at the top of future PTW tabs, where it is displayed as a reference for the tab section to remind the user of what work is being conducted in the PTW. For simple work this might View Full Answer
A very good question! The specific activities selections are very important in the Client Specification details because they affect how the PTW sets-up. When a specific activity options is checked as YES, the tab to which it refers opens (becomes active). When a specific activity option is checked as NO, the tab to which it refers closes (becomes in-active). Let's look at each specific View Full Answer
Ahh yes! The Permit Issuer field works in very much the same way as the Permit Requester field, except that this time it relates to the name of the Permit Issuer. The name in this field will be repeated throughout the PTW, in the confirmation sections of the PTW, again, saving time having to repeatedly complete the name later on:
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That's a great question! The Permit Issuer and Permit Requester fields are important because these two persons are the main signatories of the PTW once it has been completed. In the case of the Permit Issuer this person is likely to be the Contractor Controller (who represents the client) and in the case of the Permit Requester, this person is likely to be the contractor supervisor who is on-site View Full Answer
Ahh, you've raised a very important point here! Good spot! The answer is very simple, there are no relevant details in the associated profile. What this means is that important details are missing from the profile, which need to be inputted into that profile (the profile could be either the contractor or the client). When these details are added, they will display correctly.To understan View Full Answer
Ah yes, the Work Permit tab! The Work Permit tab is the first tab of the PTW system. It contains the first two sections of the PTW: Section 1 and Section 2. It is found in the following place on the PTW tab:
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A great question! The Work Permit tab of the PTW is the fundamental tab of the PTW. Through it, the basic PTW is set-up and the relevant optional sections of the PTW are chosen and, once these are chosen, they become active, allowing the specific work activities to be included, documented and controlled. The PTW will always open in this tab and whenever a refresh is done, the refresh will default View Full Answer
Great stuff, now we're looking at things in a bit more depth! That's really cool! Okay, so let's get on with it! The Work Permit tab is made up of three parts; the contractor selection, section 1 and section 2. This aim of this tab is to select the contractor who will be doing the work (and who is being controlled), to set-up the main format of the PTW and to complete the main administr View Full Answer
Sure thing! This section is really quick and really easy to complete! To select the contractor, you first need to determine if they are an external contractor or internal contractor and then check the relevant option.An external contractor is an outside party who is sourced in one way or another and is chosen to do the required work; in most cases, this is the type which will View Full Answer
Okay, onto the next section of the Work Permit tab! This section is important because it's where the main general aspects of the PTW are entered.If the contractor has been selected, then some of these fields will be filled automatically. Those fields which don't, are fields which need to have data manually added to them:
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Okay, we're still in section 1 here but now we're going to complete the second part of the General Permit details! This part is very important because it creates the basic set-up of the PTW, by broadly defining what the main safety requirement areas are, which need to be in place, according to the work being done.This is achieved by determining specific and relevant criteria, by checkin View Full Answer
A good question! Once the General Permit section (section 1) has been completed, important required documents and details from the contractor must be obtained for the work being done. The Administrative section is where these documents and details are entered and recorded. There are two parts to the Administrative section:1/. Important PTW Administrative Details - this is where the View Full Answer
Great, section 2 already, we're making progress! Okay, the Administration section requires the administrative details section to be completed. These details relate to the contractor and a number of fields will display relevant data from the selected contractor. Others, use drop-downs to add data, so completing this section should be quite quick:
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Okay, section 2 is almost complete! The Important Client Contact details form the last part of the administrative details and the last part of the Work Permit tab. These details are important because they act as a communication link, providing important client contact details to the contractor, allowing the contractor supervisor on-site to contact a client member, in the event of an inc View Full Answer
Okay, that sounds like it might be your web security protecting you from unwanted pop-ups! What you need to do here is to allow your browser to accept pop-ups from the OHS Online website. To do this, you will need to go into your web browser settings. Let's show you how to do this in Google Chrome.Open up your Google Chrome web browser. Click on the burger menu (three dots) in the top r View Full Answer
Okay, that sounds like it might be your web security protecting you from unwanted pop-ups! What you need to do here is to allow your browser to accept pop-ups from the OHS Online website. To do this, you will need to go into your web browser settings. Let's show you how to do this in Mozilla Firefox.Open up your Mozilla Firefox web browser. Click on the burger menu (three horizontal lin View Full Answer
Don't worry, this is simply the system's way of telling you that it has no risk assessment on record yet. You need to add one first and then it will display. Here, let's see an example where a number of risk assessments have been done for a company, so you can see how they look on a register:
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Aha, this might be due to your company logo file type. To check if this is so, look at the file name in the Logo field in the Branch Details tab in the Branches section of OHS Online. If the file type is anything other than a JPG or GIF file, then that is your problem. You will have to upload a new company logo file which has either of these two formats. Once you've uploaded the file, try running View Full Answer
This is a very important section in OHS Online! This is where all the important information about the branch is entered. This includes details about the branch and also associated details which may affect the branch in one way or another. The Branches section is split into a series of tabs, with each tab allowing specific details of the branch to be added:
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The Addresses tab is where basic branch address details are added. This tab allows the GPS co-ordinates for the branch to be included, the physical address details and the postal address details:
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The branch details tab is where basic branch details are added, as well as certain important health and safety aspects concerning the branch. The tab is split into two parts, Branch Details and Additional Info. The first part, Branch Details, consists of three basic fields:
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This is an important question because the two numbers are often confused! Both numbers come from the Department of Labour (DOL) but they are used for very different purposes. Let's look at the main differences in the table below:
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The Contacts tab is where the details for the main health and safety contact for the branch are added. The main health and safety contact would be the person who is maintaining health and safety in the branch on a day to day basis:
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This is another important question and the answer is no! The two contacts are different contacts. The contact in the Contacts tab is the person who maintains health and safety for the branch on a day to day basis. The Contractor Contact in the Contractor Details tab, is the person in the branch who would be contacted if you wanted to employ the services of that company. Their difference View Full Answer
The Employees/Departments tab deals with two important aspects of the branch; the employees working at the branch and the departments which make up the branch. Consequently, the tab is split into these two parts, as Branch Employees and Branch Departments. Let's look at the Branch Employees first. This allows you to add or make changes to employees working in the branch:
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The Employees/Departments tab deals with two important aspects of the branch; the employees working at the branch and the departments which make up the branch. Consequently, the tab is split into these two parts, as Branch Employees and Branch Departments. Let's look at the Branch Departments next. This allows you to add or make changes to departments making up the branch:
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A very important question! Yes, there is a limit to the number of departments you can add to a branch. Currently, you are able to add up to twenty (20) departments to a branch. If you have more than twenty departments to your branch, this will cause functioning issues in other working areas of OHS Online. View Full Answer
The Appointments tab deals with health and safety legal appointments which apply to the branch. This tab allows you to add or make changes to appointments applying to the branch:
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The Inspections tab deals with health and safety legal inspections which apply to the branch. This tab lists all the inspection you have for your branch and allows you to add or make changes to these inspections:
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The Assigned Staff tab deals with the assigning of staff to different health and safety functions. Although this tab is primarily used by MAKROSAFE consultants, there is a field here which is very important to you and may affect you and your inspections, if it is not used:
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The SW Settings tab deals with details about your SafetyWallet (SW) settings. This page allows you to view your SafetyWallet details, such as your membership plan and the number of contractors you use. It also lists the users who have access to your SafetyWallet profile:
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The Contractor Details tab deals with details about your profile as a contractor. This page is very important because the details included here play role in your contractor profile when it is displayed in the Contractor Listing on OHS Online. Let's take a closer look at the Contractor Details, breaking it down into portions to explain its workings better:
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The Contractor Register tab deals with details about contractors who provide services to your business. In other words, this is your Contractor Register. This page is very important because the contractor details are displayed as a list and show all the contractors who are added to your Contractor Rewards. As the number of contractors on this list increases, so too do the discount rewar View Full Answer
A very good question! In order to add your company logo to your profile, you will need to upload a copy of your company logo, as a file, to OHS Online. To do this, you will need to be in the Branch Details tab in the Branches section of OHS Online. From here, the logo is added at the bottom of the tab:
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Good question! You can check if your company logo is correct through the Branch Details tab in the Branches section of OHS Online. From the Logo field, click on the Preview button, to check how your company logo looks. A pop-up window will appear, displaying your company logo as it has been uploaded to OHS Online:
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This is a very important question! OHS Online is very particular about the type of image files it will use. In fact, it only accepts two file types; JPG and GIF files. Any other types create problems when OHS Online creates your reports and graphs. The table below briefly describes compatible and non-compatible files in OHS Online:
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That's a very good question! Yes, repeatedly having to update your company logo for each branch will get tedious very quickly, particularly if you have quite a few branches. The good news is that there is an alternative way of adding your company logo once and having it apply to all your branches. To do this though, you have to go into the Clients section and upload your company logo th View Full Answer
A good question! This is important and will depend on if the logo files are the same in both Logo fields. If your company logo is a different file in the Logo fields of both the Client Details tab and the Branch Details tab, then when you run reports in the branch, they will reflect your logo from the file in the Branch Details tab, not the Client Details tab. This is because the logo i View Full Answer
This problem can occur quite often because we do not cover every municipality and district which is in South Africa. Currently, we only cover the main Metropolitan bylaws within South Africa. This means that if your local or district bylaw is not shown, then you should select the main Metropolitan bylaw which is nearest to you. Although this is not ideal, the health and safety details, View Full Answer
This is a very good question and a very important one too! There are still a lot of users who use Internet Explorer as their web browser. Unfortunately, OHS Online is not properly supported on this web browser, so if you use it you will experience problems. When you use OHS Online, then you are strongly advised to use either Google Chrome or Mozilla Firefox, since both these web browser View Full Answer
Ah yes, your registers play an important role in health and safety! OHS Online provides you with a number of important registers which you can use to help you. Let's take a closer look at these:
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Good question! Your different health and safety registers are all grouped together in OHS Online and can be found in the Registers option on the main Menu Bar at the top of the page. The Registers option is a drop-down list, with each register listed. Simply click on the desired register option in the list to open that register:
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This is a good question, as your Contractor Register is going to be an important part of your profile! You actually have two different ways in which you can access your Contractor Register. The first way to access your Contractor Register is through the Contractor Register tab, which is found in the Branches section:
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A good question! Since you're a SafetyWallet member, you get rewarded for your commitment to health and safety. One of the ways you are rewarded is by the number of contractors you use, who are also SafetyWallet members as well. The more contractors in your Contractor Register, the greater your rewards and discounts will be.The way these contractors is monitored is through your Contract View Full Answer
That's a very good question and a very important one too! To add a contractor, you've used, in OHS Online, you need to access the Contractor Approval option from the Contractors drop-down option in the Registers option on the main Menu Bar. When the Contractor Approval option is selected, the Contractor Approval page will appear: View Full Answer
That's an important question! The search function has been designed to allow you to search for contractors who are SafetyWallet members too and then allows you to add them to your vetting list. Let's take a closer look at how it works:
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Another very good question! Once you have added the contractor, you want vetted, to your vetting list, a blue Browse Files button becomes available against the contractor. This button allows you to pick a destination folder from which you can upload an electronic file of your proof of use:
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A useful question to ask! There are three main statuses which a contractor can be when it is in the vetting list, in the Contractor Approval page. These are 'Confirmed', 'Denied' and 'Waiting'. Each status is highlighted by a different coloured label, to make it visually easier to identify:
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No problem, accidents happen! Don't stress, OHS Online provides you with an easy solution to help you fix this problem. Simply locate the contractor in the vetting queue in your Contractor Approval page: View Full Answer
Sure thing. The vetting queue does start to get a bit busy and messy if these contractors are not removed. Again, OHS Online gives you a simple solution to fixing this problem. Locate the contractor in your vetting queue. Locate and click on the red button, at the end of the contractor row. A pop-up will prompt you to confirm the removal. Click on OK to confirm this. The contractor will View Full Answer
Ah, yes, these details can be a bit much once you're used to how things work! So, OHS Online has thought of this and provided you with an easy fix to this. At the top of the section with the first set of instructions, there is a 'Toggle Help' label at the top right of the screen. Clicking on this label will hide or show the help instructions:
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Ah, that's no problems! The Contractor Confirmation page is used to vet and confirm that a contractor has been used by a SafetyWallet member. The member will have submitted the contractor already. This page allows that contractor to be confirmed as valid or not. This page can be accessed in the Contractors option, in the Registers option from the main Menu Bar:
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That's not only a very good question but it's a very important one too! SafetyWallet members will submit contractors that they've used in their business, in order gain further rewards and discounts in SafetyWallet. So, when they do submit a contractor for validation, it's important that the contractor is vetted and their use confirmed (or denied), as quickly as possible.To vet a contrac View Full Answer
That's a good question! The contractor vetting queue is where you actually approve or deny a contractor as being used by a Safetywallet member. Let's take a closer look at the vetting queue to how it works:
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That's an important question! It is very important that feedback is communicated to the member about why the contractor was denied. It could be a genuine reason that the contractor services were wrong or were not in the correct time period. On the other hand, the member may have just made a mistake in uploading the wrong file for proof.When you click on the Deny button, OHS Online displ View Full Answer
A good question! The details of the allowable time period for the contractor's invoice to be valid are included in the instructions section at the top of the Contractor Confirmation page, however, here they are again, just for your reference:1/. The invoice must be dated and the date fall within the current year (January to December of the current year). View Full Answer
Another useful question to ask! There are three main statuses which a contractor can be when it is in the Vetting Queue, in the Contractor Confirmation page. These are 'Confirmed', 'Denied' and 'Waiting'. Each status is highlighted by a different coloured label, to make it visually easier to identify:
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Sure, no problems! Accessing this page is very simple to do. Simply locate and click on the Contractor and Supplier option, in the Registers option from the main Menu Bar:
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Ah, a very good question! The answer is 'No'. Both the directories are exactly the same and perform the same functions. You simply have two different places from which you can access them. They both list potential contractors or suppliers whose services you may want to use in the future. Every name on the directories is also a SafetyWallet member too, so like you, they are also committe View Full Answer
This is an important question! This directory is intended as another tool for you to use to help you. In doing so, there are a number of reasons why the Contractor and Supplier Directory is useful to you:1/. Your business needs some sort of services conducted by an outside supplier or contractor. You are able to search and select the services of contractors, who can do this, quickly and View Full Answer
No problems, let's take a closer look and see how this works! When the Contractor and Supplier Directory opens, you will see a search function displayed. This is the first part of the directory and allows you to search for different contractors and suppliers by entering keywords in the search function (much like you would conduct a search in Google):
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You've asked a very important question here! Unfortunately, this is not a system fault with OHS Online. It's actually a data problem (lack of data to be precise) which is linked to the contractor and their profile. It means that when the contractor was setup, they did not provide details for a contact, their email or their website address, so OHS Online cannot display the details you ne View Full Answer
A very good question and a very important one too! There are a number of important details which you need to provide to make sure your contractor profile is correct. These are as follows:1/. Contact Name - this would be the name of the person in your company who would manage new sales or services to clients. 2/. Contact Number - obviously, if we have a name, we also need a number s View Full Answer
Okay, good question! Keywords form a crucial part of the Contractor Directory. These are the words you choose, to best describe your services. They work in the same way that you would search for something on Google. The only difference here is that you determine what keywords you want to be searched under. You enter these in the Keywords field, in the Contractor Details tab, in the Bran View Full Answer
That's another good question! The link buttons are there as a visual way of showing what YOUR relationship is with the contractor you are viewing. There are four main statuses to these buttons and these statuses change according to your relationship with the contractor:1/. Where you have no relationship with the contractor, you will see the 'Add to My Contractors' button displayed. This View Full Answer
Ah, so you want to check or update your LOGS? No problems! The Letters of Good Standing register displays details of your records of good standing with the Commissioner. This register can be accessed in the Letters of Good Standing Register option, in the Registers option from the main Menu Bar:
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That's a great question! The Letters of Good Standing register is where you'll find details of your records of good standing with the Commissioner and where you can add new Letters of Good Standing (LOGS). These documents are very important because they provide proof to other businesses that you are current and up-to-date with your payments to the Commissioner. As a result, they form an View Full Answer
That's a good question! You can find this field whenever you open a LOGS from the register. When the LOGS details open, you will find this field on the right-hand side of the page:
What this field does, is to tell you whether the LOGS is valid or not and the reason why its status is this. Let's take a look at a couple of examples, whi View Full Answer
Ah, you want to check the actual LOGS document. No problems! Simply, click on the LOGS in the register, whose file you want to view, to open it. Once the LOGS opens, look for the file details on the left-hand side of the page. Click on the light blue View button, to open the file to view it:
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A good question! To add a new LOGS to your register, click on the current LOGS in the Current section. This opens the details of the current LOGS:
Click on the Upload New LOGS button to add a new LOGS to your register. Once this is done, the following window opens:
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Another good question! To upload a new LOGS file to your register, click on the current LOGS in the Current section. When the LOGS opens and shows the details of the current LOGS, click on the blue Browse Files button:
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That's an excellent question! The LOGS file is an important file in your profile, since it confirms to possible clients that your payments to the Commissioner are current and up-to-date. As a result, this file also appears in your contractor details:
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You want to check on or update your employees' hours worked? No problems! The Hours Worked register displays details of the total monthly hours' employees have worked at the branch, together with the number of incidents which have occurred over that same period. This register can be accessed in the Hours Worked Register option, in the Registers option from the main Menu Bar:
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Ah, that's a very good question! The Hours Worked register is where you'll find details of the total monthly hours' employees have worked at the branch, together with the number of incidents which have occurred during the period and the number of days of work lost over that same period. These details are very important because they allow you to determine your Disabling Injury Frequency View Full Answer
Ah, you noticed that did you? Good spotting! You are quite right; some rows are highlighted in red while others aren't. This is an automated function which OHS Online runs when no employee data is added for that month.Unfortunately, this aspect of health and safety is often overlooked, so often, very little data gets inputted here. When this happens, there is no data available to genera View Full Answer
A nice question! The information added automatically by OHS Online is detailed in the table below to make ease of reference simpler:
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That's a very important question! Your DIFR report is your Disabling Injury Frequency Rate report which examines the ratio between actual disabling injuries per million-man hours worked, expressed as a percentage. This report, when used correctly, can be a very useful tool which you can use to establish how severe your workplace incidents are. With this information, you can then put strategies in View Full Answer
Good question! You can print your Disabling Injury Frequency Rate (DIFR) report from the report function, located just below where the monthly list of employee data can be entered:
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The DISR report is very similar to the DIFR report and follows the same report format as that of the DIFR report. The DISR report is your Disabling Severity Frequency Rate report which examines the physical absence from the workplace as a result of incidents. As with the DIFR report, this can be a very useful tool which you can use to establish lost time in the workplace as a result of incidents. View Full Answer
Good question! You can print your DISR report from the report function, located just below where the monthly list of employee data can be entered:
In the print mechanism, select the DISR report type from the drop-down option. By default, OHS Online will set the period to a year, from the current date, however, should you wish to chang View Full Answer
Ah, so you want to check out your hazardous chemicals on-site then? No problems! The Hazardous Chemical Substances or HCS register displays details of all your hazardous chemicals, which you have on-site. This register can be accessed in the HCS Register option, in the Registers option from the main Menu Bar:
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Good question! The Letters of Good Standing register is where you'll find details of all your hazardous chemicals which you have on-site at your branch. Details can include the chemical name, the manufacturer, its location, the volume stored and whether the MSDS for the chemical is available:
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Simply put, all your hazardous chemicals should be included on the HCS register. This includes chemicals which you may use on a large scale, such as oils, greases, fuels (petrol, diesel, etc) or solvents (white spirits, hexane, benzene, etc). Laboratories and chemical plants would include acids, bases, oxidising and reducing chemicals, etc. However, this also needs to include your View Full Answer
A Material Safety Data Sheet is more commonly called an MSDS sheet. Every chemical has its own MSDS sheet. It is basically an identity document for the chemical, providing details of its chemical nature and explaining its dangers. It provides guidance on the safe handling of the chemical, its safe storage, its safe disposal and what to do in the event of an emergency involving the chemi View Full Answer
Yep, no problems! The Department register displays details of all the departments making up your branch. This register can be accessed in the Department option, in the Registers option from the main Menu Bar:
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Good question! The Department register is where you'll find details of all your departments making up your branch. In the register you are able to add new departments or update existing departments:
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This is great question and a very important one too! Legal appointments in health and safety are very important because the OHS Act and its Regulations requires certain mandatory appointments to be made in the interests of health and safety. This means failure to have these appointments, automatically means non-compliance with the Act, which immediately places the employer at fault.Alth View Full Answer
Unfortunately, no! You cannot simply appoint some verbally. When a legal appointment is made, it has to be made in writing with both the appointer and appointee signing confirmation and acknowledgement of the fact.Something else which is also very important to note about legal appointments, is the fact that you cannot simply appoint anyone as a legal appointment. It is very important th View Full Answer
A great question! By definition, the OHS Act and its Regulations, require a number of legal appointments to be made in health and safety, which are considered mandatory. Most of these appointments are general appointments required in health and safety, while the GMR (2)(1) is applicable to specific work environments where machinery would be used. The table below, briefly summarises thes View Full Answer
Ah, well spotted! Yes, you are quite correct, there is also another mandatory appointment, the 16(1) appointment, which refers to the head of the organisation. While you can make this appointment in writing, it is not really necessary, since the OHS Act makes this appointment compulsory in its definition:16 (1) - Every chief executive officer shall as far as reasonably practi View Full Answer
This is a really good question! Although you have mandatory legal appointments in health and safety, there are other important health and safety appointments you can also make, some of which, you will find necessary in your health and safety. With that being the case, it is always good practice to make the appointments in writing, as this helps to ensure the required functions are carri View Full Answer
A good question! When a legal appointment is made, there are a number of details the letter should include, in order for the letter clear, transparent and valid. These main requirements are as follows:1/. The name of the entity must be indicated. 2/. The name of the person being appointed and their designation must be stated. 3/. The area of responsibility of the person being View Full Answer
Ah, yes, legal appointments! These are very important in your profile! The Legal Appointments register displays details of employees who have been legally appointed for health and safety, at your branch. This register can be accessed in the Legal Appointments option, in the Registers option from the main Menu Bar:
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A great question! The Legal Appointments register is where you'll find details of all legal health and safety appointments made, which are relevant to your branch. In the register you are able to add new appointments, update existing appointments and print legal appointments:
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A good question! Keeping your Legal Appointments register up-to-date means that all your legal appointments are current and available. This means if you are ever visited by the Department of Labour (DOL), you are able to show that your legal structure is in place. This indicates that you have responsible people, taking care of and ensuring that your workplace is kept health and safe. View Full Answer
Okay, great! You need to add a new appointment to appointments register! No problems! Let's take a closer look at how to do this, shall we! Let's say we need to add a Contractor Controller appointment to our Legal Appointments register. Firstly, you will need to be in your Legal Appointments register to do this:
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Yep, no problems! You've added your new appointment to your Legal appointments register and now you need to print the letter of appointment! To show this, let's use our example of the Contractor Controller appointment which we added to our Legal Appointments register! Again, you will need to be in your Legal Appointments register and you will need to open the appointment in question:
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Ah, a good question! Yes, there are two parts to a letter of appointment when it is printed from the Legal Appointments register. This is because, in addition to the actual letter of appointment, the initial part of the letter provides an explanation of the purpose of the letter. This is added to assist the appointee in understanding his appointment and where it comes from:
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Yep, sure thing! The Employees register displays details of all the employees working at your branch. This register can be accessed in the Employees option, in the Registers option from the main Menu Bar:
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Good question! The Employees register is where you'll find details of all your employees working at your branch. In the register you are able to add new employees or update existing employees:
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Sure thing, no problems! The Drivers Licences register displays details of all relevant drivers licences your branch. This register can be accessed in the Drivers Licences option, in the Registers option from the main Menu Bar:
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Good question! The Letters of Good Standing register is where you'll find details of all your hazardous chemicals which you have on-site at your branch. Details can include the chemical name, the manufacturer, its location, the volume stored and whether the MSDS for the chemical is available:
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Ah, yes, your lifting equipment! The Lifting Equipment register displays details of all the lifting equipment used at your branch. This register can be accessed in the Lifting Equipment option, in the Registers option from the main Menu Bar:
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A great question! The Lifting Equipment register is where you'll find details of all the lifting equipment used at your branch. In the register you are able to add new pieces of equipment and update existing pieces of equipment:
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Ah, no problems! The Formal Training register displays details of employees who have undergone health and safety training with MAKROSAFE. This register can be accessed in the Formal Training Register option, in the Registers option from the main Menu Bar:
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Ah, that's a good question! The Formal Training register is where you'll find details of any accredited training which your employees may have done with MAKROSAFE. The register lists these employees and displays their training details, including the employee's name, the type of accredited training conducted, the assessment and expiry dates of the training and the certificate View Full Answer
Unfortunately, at the moment you can't! The Formal Training register is structured to only enter details of accredited training on employees who have done their formal training with MAKROSAFE. View Full Answer
Ah, committee meetings! Sure thing! The Health and Safety Meeting register displays details of all the H&S committee meetings held at your branch. This register can be accessed in the Health and Safety Meeting option, in the Registers option from the main Menu Bar:
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A great question! The Health and Safety Meeting register is where you'll find details of all H&S committee meetings held at your branch. In the register you are able to add new committee meetings, update existing committee meeting details and upload minutes of committee meetings:
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Ah, yes, your inspections! These play a very important role in your health safety and its maintenance. The Inspections register allows you to create and manage the health and safety inspections you need to conduct in your workplace. You can access your inspections by selecting the Inspections option, from the main Menu Bar:
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A great question! The Inspections register is where you'll find details of all your health and safety inspections, which are relevant to your branch. In the register you are able to add new inspection checklists, update existing ones and print the results of inspections which have been conducted:
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Ah, yes! This might seem frustrating or even annoying, however, there is a reason for this! All our inspection checklists are linked to our Mobile App. This is where you'll be able to answer, edit and save your inspections.The Mobile App is designed to allow you to conduct inspections quickly and efficiently, at the point of inspection. This saves you having to duplicate work by printin View Full Answer
This is a very good and important question! By conducting regular inspections in the workplace, accidents, injuries or illnesses can be avoided. Inspections help to identify and record hazards and allows corrective actions to be taken to prevent an accident occurring.We all know that when a piece of equipment, such as a ladder, is used often and repeatedly, it eventually wears, weakens View Full Answer
Another very good and important question! The purpose behind conducting workplace inspections allows a number of important health and safety aspects to be covered:a/. existing and potential hazards can be identified and corrective action planned and taken b/. Underlying causes of hazards can be determined c/. Further understanding of jobs and tasks, conducted in the workplace, View Full Answer
Yes, that can be a bit overwhelming sometimes! So, let's give you some pointers which will help you with this. The table below simplifies what to look for, in two basic parts:
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You've created the initial risk assessment template but now you need to add the task data to it, to give it meaning. This is the next step in creating your risk assessment and you should be on the Risk Assessment Register page. Click on the risk assessment entry which now appears in your Register. It will open as follows:
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A good question! You will need to be in the Task Inventory page of your risk assessment to do this. Once there, you use the green 'Add Task Wizard' button to add a task from the OHS Online library. This opens the OHS Online function which allows a library task to be selected and added to your risk assessment:
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Okay, great question! Let's use an example to show you exactly what to do. In this case, let's choose the task of 'Using a Ladder'. The first thing we do is search for and locate the task, using the search function:
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Ah yes, that's important! Before you can create your risk assessment there is information you will need to have in order to complete it. Let's take a moment to check a couple of things are in place:1/. Task Evaluation: Have you identified all the tasks in your business and have you evaluated what these tasks involve in order to determine the hazards associated with them? 2/. Risk A View Full Answer
Every journey starts with a first step. Your first step in creating your risk assessment is to click on the blue 'Add New Entry' button. This will open a new risk assessment template which you will use to create your risk assessment. You may notice that the page refers to it being a 'Task Inventory', which shows a revision number. This first part of your Task Inventory needs you to add View Full Answer
Another good question! You will need to be in the Task Inventory page of your risk assessment to do this. Once there, you use the red 'New Task' button to create a new task in OHS Online. This opens the OHS Online function which allows a new task to be created and added to your risk assessment:
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This is very important! Before you create a new task in OHS Online, it is important to make sure the task does not already exist in OHS Online. This is to avoid creating duplicate tasks in OHS Online, which would add unnecessary data to the database and possibly create confusion. View Full Answer
This is very straightforward to do! Let's use an example to show this. Let's say I want to add a task called, Using a Fixed Ladder to Access a Roof. Simply open a risk assessment to the Task Inventory page and click on the Add Task Wizard button, to open the task library:
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Great, you've created a new task, now you need to add the associated hazards and their risks! Okay, so click on the green Create a new Hazard and Risk button. This will provide you with access to two new fields where you can now add the first hazard and its associated risk for the task:
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Right-ho, no problems! Once you've created your new task, OHS Online places it in the task library. You will need to find the new task in the task library to add it to your risk assessment. Click on the green Add Task Wizard button, to open the task library and use the search function, entering the keyword of your new task to locate it. Once found, you can add this to your risk assessment. View Full Answer
Sure thing! Adding the mitigating control measures works slightly differently to the hazards and tasks but is also easy enough to do. In this case, click on the Control Measures drop-down option field:
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Yes, you can! If you look closely at each hazard and its associated risk, you'll see there is a red 'Rem Risk' button at the end of the risk row. Simply, click on this button to remove the particular risk (and hazard) from the task:
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That's a very good question! OHS Online quantifies an overall task according to 'worst case scenario', that is to say according to the most harmful hazard it has associated to it (the highest risk). If we look at the task we inserted, 'Using a Ladder', we can see that the Risk Rating of the task has been valued at 8 (Possible Risk). A lot of the hazards, associated to the task are View Full Answer
Ah, yes, quantifying risks! Now we start to get to the heart of the matter! Okay, so quantifying risks in OHS Online is very straightforward. You will need to open the task page which lists all the hazards associated with the task, as well as their associated risks. To the right of the risk description, you will find a series of boxes which contain values, defaulted to zero:
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A great question! There's also a really great answer to this too, one you're going to like! You don't have to! Yes, that's right, you don't have to because OHS Online does it for you! Isn't that cool! As you add tasks to the Task Inventory, OHS Online automatically places these in order of priority, from highest risk to lowest risk, so you can straight away see which are the most import View Full Answer
Ah, that's no problem, OHS Online has thought of that! If you look closely at each task in your task inventory, you'll see there is a red button at the end of the task row. Simply, click on this button to remove the particular task from your task inventory:
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Also, a good question! Since there are many hazards in the workplace, they are often placed into categories to simplify them. The table below describes some of the more common hazard groups:
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Yes, inspections, a good question! In OHS Online your inspections work off a register, which is linked to a mobile phone application. You can access the inspection register from a menu option, where your inspection checklists are listed and can be viewed or new ones can be added.You conduct inspections from the Mobile App on your phone, allowing you to enter information on your phone as View Full Answer
Good spot! The Browse button is used for inspection images. OHS Online allows you to include photos of findings you determine during your inspection. Once these are uploaded to your PC, they can be attached to specific inspection questions, using the Browse button:
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A nice question! The Preview button is used to view inspection images. When an image is linked to a specific checklist question, the Preview button appears below the Browse button. When the Preview button is clicked on, a preview window opens, displaying the image:
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Another good question! An inspection checklist is the basic inspection component you use to note and record health and safety inspections. Each inspection checklist is specific to an inspection process; for example, a ladder checklist will contain details specific to inspecting a ladder. All inspection checklists have a standard format to them:
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Ah, yes, you need to expand your range of inspections! No problems! Let's use an example to show how this works. Let's say I need to add a new inspection checklist, for ladder inspections, which I need to have done for a ladder I use in my Operations department. The first thing we need to do is go to my Inspection register in OHS Online:
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This is a good question! Once an inspection has been conducted and the data uploaded onto OHS Online, the inspection checklist is changed by the updated data. In addition to the obvious changes to questions, other changes take place in the inspection checklist page. Let's take a closer look at the inspection checklists to see what changes take place:
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Printing of inspections! No problems, let's take a look and see how to do that! To print an inspection to hard-copy, we need to open the inspection in question first. Let's say we want to print our Health and Safety Representative Inspection Checklist for Offices, to hard-copy. When we open the inspection checklist, we find the Print button is at the top of the inspection checklist page View Full Answer
Yep, good question! If you open the inspection checklist in question and look at the questions, you will be able to see the finding there. If you look in the Details field of the questions and a View button is displayed, you will know that a finding has been made against the question. You will also notice that there is an AR number included in the button description. This number is the View Full Answer
This is a very important question! When an inspection is conducted and findings are noted, these findings will affect your compliance rating negatively. In the same way an audit finding affects your compliance, so too does an inspection finding. This makes sense, since inspections are a form of checking your workplace and noting any concerns which may affect health and safety.When an in View Full Answer
Another important question! When an inspection is conducted and findings are noted, these findings are not only recorded in the inspection checklist of the inspection but are also added to your Action Request (AR) report:
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Ah, yes, controls measures! These will be found within the task function when you add a task to your risk assessment. You will find them on the page where the hazards and risks of a task are listed and you can access them using the blue 'Toggle Control Measures' button:
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Since there are a large number of control measures available to use in health and safety, OHS Online places control measures into categories. This makes them easier and quicker to find, when you need them. We have listed the categories for you so you can refer to these at any time, should you need to:
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Ah, another easy one! When you have found the control measure you wish to add to your task, locate the check box at the end of the row the control measure is in and check it. This will add the control measure to your task:
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Ah, that's very easy! In the control measure list, you will see at the end of each control measure listed, there is a check box. If the check box is checked, then the control measure has been selected for that particular task:
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Ah, that's a cool question! There is a quick way for you to check which control measures have been selected for a particular task. Simply, check the 'Only show selected' check box above the search field option, in the control measures. OHS Online will only list the selected control measures for the task:
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That's a good question! The answer is, no, you don't. If you don't want a particular control measure, simply uncheck it. If you wish to add other control measures, simply check them. That's how easy it is to adjust control measures to a task! View Full Answer
No problems! If you look at the top of your Task Inventory page, you'll see there is a 'Print' button. Use this to print your risk assessment to hard-copy:
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Yes, that's correct! When you click on the 'Print' button, OHS online takes you to the Report Criteria page. Although the print setup may look complicated, it's not really. It's designed to allow you to print the whole risk assessment or parts of the risk assessment, depending on what your requirements might be. If you wish to get your risk assessment approved and signed off, then you'l View Full Answer
Okay, basically, there are two parts to setting up your risk assessment print, following which, you can print your risk assessment. We are going to print our risk assessment off for approval and signing, which means we will be selecting all the options in the print setup. Now, let's look at the two setup options and how they work:
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Ah, a good question! When you click on the 'Print' button, OHS online prints the details of your setup in the Report Criteria page, however, it doesn't print them straight to PDF, as you might expect. Instead, it prints the details of your risk assessment as web-pages. From here, you would then use the standard Windows print function (Ctrl + P) to select and print your risk assessment t View Full Answer
Ah, a good question! We have explained this already, however here is a slightly different way of explaining it which might make things a bit clearer:
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Ah, a good question! Here's what the 'Report To Print' option looks like when it prints as a web-page:
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Ah, a good question! Here's what the 'Document To Print' option looks like when it prints as a web-page:
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That's very easy! You need to have printed your risk assessment so that it has opened into the two web-pages. Once this is done, you use the standard Windows print function (Ctrl + P). This will open the print function, similar to the one below:
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Yes, that can happen sometimes! Don't worry though, it's simply a setting in the print setup, which probably hasn't been checked. Let's take a look your print setup again and see what could be wrong:
If you look closer at the 'Options' setting, you can see one of the check boxes, 'Background graphics' is unchecked. This is the setting View Full Answer
That's a good question, as a keyword is mentioned in a number of different parts of OHS Online and SafetyWallet. In the case of a risk assessment we use the term keyword when referring to tasks. In this case, a keyword is the main word in the task which would be best to use to locate the task when you're looking for it in the task library.Let's use the keyword 'ladder' as an example. Wh View Full Answer
This is a very good question to ask and an important one too! Not all the tasks (and their associated hazards and risks) in the task library are created by the same person. Where possible, we try to ensure that all the tasks in the task library conform to a certain format so that they are as standardised and consistent as possible. However, different persons adding different tasks, View Full Answer
Okay, right then! The task title is written in a particular way because when hazards and risks are described, the task is incorporated into their descriptions, keeping each point unique to the task:
The task title, 'Using a Splicing Machine', can be easily incorporated into the hazard and risk descriptions, making all details very spe View Full Answer
Okay, next part! Hazards are sorted under a set of specific categories and then written in a particular way too, when they are described. Let's look at the categories part first. In the table below, the main categories we use are listed, together with a brief description of what they cover:
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Now for the last part! The risk descriptions link to the hazard as well as the task title. The details are more specific in their description and include the possible outcomes, in the event the hazard occurs. The outcomes always list from the least severe to the most severe: Person makes contact with live electrical wires, leads or connections while using a splicing machine, result View Full Answer
Aha, you've clicked on the drop-down and there are no names to select! This has to do with the OHS Online system and its functioning. OHS provides a drop-down list of all employees who can be picked, either as the approver or as the preparer. OHS pulls these names from your employee list, stored in another part of the database. Now, if no employees have been entered into the employee re View Full Answer
Ah, yes, this is an important question! An IOD is the commonly used acronym for an injury on duty. An injury on duty is an accident which arises out of and in the course of an employee's employment, which results in a personal injury or illness to the employee or which results in the death of the employee. If you have any questions, please feel free to speak to one of our Experts {{web_f View Full Answer
This is a very important question! When an IOD occurs in your workplace, you need to report this to the Department of Labour, in particular, the Compensation Commissioner (WCA) or the Rand Mutual Assurance (RMA). A document, known as an Annexure 1 Report, needs to be completed and placed on file.Additionally, there are a series of documents which need to be submitted to the Compensation View Full Answer
This is another very important question! When an IOD occurs in your workplace, the responsibility lies with you as the employer, to get your injured employee to a doctor or medical practitioner. View Full Answer
This is an important question! When an IOD occurs in your workplace, you need to report this accident, by submitting a W.Cl.2 to the Compensation Commissioner (or an RMD.1 to the Rand Mutual Assurance), within seven (7) days of the accident (incident) occurring.Additionally, there are a series of documents which need to be submitted to the Compensation Commissioner, so a claim can be ma View Full Answer
Yes, of course, don't stress! If you're not sure of what to do and need help, help is only a call or click away. MAKROSAFE has a great IOD department who can help you process your claims with the Compensation Commissioner. They can help you in the following way:1. Capture your claim onto the OHS Online system 2/. Report to the Compensation Commissioner for your registration 3/ View Full Answer
Good question! Reimbursement claims by the Compensation Commissioner, work in the following manner:1/. Where an employee is off duty for three (3) days or less, there will be no re-reimbursement due to the company for earnings paid during this time off 2/. Where an employee is off duty for four (4) days or more, reimbursement due to the company for earnings paid during this time of View Full Answer
This is another important question! A Section 24 incident is a specific type of incident, which must be reported, when it occurs. This requirement is driven by Section 24 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 85 of 1993, which states a Section 24 incident as any incident where:
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This is a good question! What happens when your employee feels better? The answer is that they must continue with the visits to the doctor, until the doctor is happy that the employee has fully recovered and has stated this is so. You may ask, Why? The answer is very simple, when an IOD is reported, it starts a process which has to be seen through to the end. The Compensation View Full Answer
An important question! The Claim Number is a unique number which is given to your particular IOD. It is determined and given to you by the Compensation Commissioner. Once you get the number from the Compensation Commissioner, make sure ALL documentation relating to that particular claim, has the unique claim number included on it, so it can be referenced to that particular claim.Initial View Full Answer
Aha, casual workers, that's a good question! The answer is yes, you do! Your question, gives us an opportunity to see how legislation looks at this point. In this case, it is the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act, which defines who an employee is:employee - means a person who has entered into or works under a contract of service or of apprenticeship or l View Full Answer
Ah, yes, this is an important question! When it comes to driving, the circumstances under which the driving or transportation occurred, need to be looked at. The table below briefly explains where and where not an employee would be covered:
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Okay, good question! As the employer, you are responsible for paying the employee's earnings for the first three months that they are off duty, due to the accident. Thereafter, the employee needs to complete and submit a W.Cl.132 - Affidavit by Employee form to their nearest Department of Labour or Compensation Commissioner offices, from which payment is then made directly to the employee for the View Full Answer
A very good question! An Annexure 1 Report is a document which is used for recording and investigating an incident in the workplace, whenever an incident occurs, which is considered a Section 24 incident or which requires any type of medical treatment other than first aid. Despite this, it is often common practice to record incidents where first aid is administered in an Annexure 1 Report.
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This is another important question! When an IOD occurs, the Compensation Commissioner, requires certain documents to be submitted, which relate to the IOD. These initial documents need to be submitted, in order for the Compensation Commissioner to accept the claim:
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Yes, that's a good question to ask! The W.Cl.2 - Employer's Report of an Accident form is the initial document required by the Compensation Commissioner for reporting the details of an IOD occurring in the workplace. It is more commonly referred to as a W.Cl.2 form.
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That's another good question! The W.Cl.4 - First Medical Report form is another of the initial document required by the Compensation Commissioner when reporting the details of an IOD occurring in the workplace. It is more commonly referred to as a W.Cl.4 form.The W.Cl.4 form is completed by the doctor and provides details of the actual injuries he or she diagnoses, on seeing the injured View Full Answer
This is a very good question! At first glance, the W.Cl.5 - Final / Progress Medical Report form does appear confusing. However, it's actually two forms in one because it serves two purposes. Firstly, it's a progress report, describing the progress details of the employee as they recover from their injury(ies). Secondly, it's a final report, which checks and confirms that the employee has recover View Full Answer
The W.Cl.6 - Resumption Report
Ah, almost there now! Yes, the W.Cl.6 - Resumption Report form is the last form in the process. This is completed by you, the employer, as soon as the employee returns to work (or when the employee has been discharged in certain cases) and is more commonly referred to as a W.Cl.6 form:
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This is an important question, since this requirement is driven directly by legislation! Section 80 of the Compensation for Occupational Injuries and Diseases Act (COID Act), requires all employers to register with the Compensation Commissioner, when they employ at least one or more employees in their business. View Full Answer
A good question! There are two ways you can do this; you can do this yourself or you can get us to do it for you. Simply contact MAKROSAFE and we'll take all the hassle and paperwork away from you and work on your behalf to get your business registered.When registering with the Compensation Commissioner, you will be required to provide all prescribed particulars about your business, as View Full Answer
Another good question! Your assessment is also called your Return of Earnings (ROE). Your Return of Earnings must be submitted to the Compensation Commissioner every year, in March. This submission includes your earnings paid during the previous year, from March to February.The submission of your Return of Earnings is very important and must always be submitted on time as late submissio View Full Answer
Another important question! Once your Return of Earnings (ROE) have been assessed by the Compensation Commissioner, you will have to pay this within one (1) month of your assessment.Again, as with your Return of Earnings submission, if your payment of your assessment is late, you will incur penalties and interest, which will be added to your account. You will also not be able to get you View Full Answer
Another good question! The answer is yes, you do! Although you may be a contractor, you are still running a business. If you hire (employ) one or more persons to assist you with your work, they are considered your employees, which means you, as their employer, are subject to the same requirements as other employers, with respects to Section 80 of the Compensation for Occupational Injuri View Full Answer
This is an important question! If you use a contractor who is not registered or who has failed to pay their assessment from the Compensation Commissioner, then the employees of the contractor are considered to be your employees. This means you take responsibility for them and if any one of them is involved in an accident, you will be considered the responsible employer who has to report View Full Answer
Okay, so you need to record an incident in your workplace! No problems! This is a very important section in your profile! The Incidents section displays details of all incidents and employees involved in incidents, at your branch. This section can be accessed in the Incidents option from the main Menu Bar:
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A great question! The Incidents section is where you'll find details of all workplace incidents and employees involved with incidents, at your branch. In the register you will be able to view incidents individually, allowing you to view and edit details about the incident:
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A great question! The answer is, yes you can! You will find the W.Cl.2 form in the Incident section of OHS Online. Click on the Incident option on the main Menu Bar to open the Incidents section. At the top of the Incident page, you will see a number of buttons, which allow indicate important process reports. Here, you can open the W.Cl.2 form and also the Annexure 1 form and Resumption View Full Answer
The Employer Employee tab is the first tab to have information added concerning the incident. The tab is split into two parts, allowing basic details of the employer and the employee to be inputted:
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Most of the fields in the Accident Details are straightforward when inputting data, however, there are a couple of fields which differ slightly to the rest. The first set of fields are the time fields for recording the time of reporting the accident. Beside each field is a small black icon, which, when you click on the centre, will a View Full Answer
The Additional Emp Details tab is the third tab to be populated in the incident process. It allows further details about the employee to be inputted. In particular, details about the employee's salary and their time off, as a result of the accident:
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The Additional Details tab is the fourth tab to be populated in the incident process. It allows further details about the employee to be inputted. In particular, details about the doctor and medical facility the employee was sent to and whether the accident cause may have been the result of the injured employee's actions. It also allows further accident details to be added, such as witn View Full Answer
The Inj/Dam Details tab is the fifth tab to be populated in the incident process. This tab is split into two parts; the first part allows actual injury details of the employee to be inputted and the second part allows damage to property details to be inputted:
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The Comments tab is the sixth tab to be populated in the incident process. This tab allows general comments about the accident to be inputted:
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The Prog tab is the seventh tab to be populated in the incident process. This tab plays a very important role in the Incidents section because it manages the document process which needs to be followed when an accident is reported to the Compensation Commissioner:
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That's a good question! You're quite right; the W.Cl.5 - Progress / Final Medical Report document is repeated in the Prog tab. This is because the W.Cl.5 report has two functions, as a progress medical report and a final medical report. When the progress medical report aspect is used, there is no way to know how many visits the injured employee will need to the doctor before the doctor View Full Answer
The Acc tab is the eighth tab to be populated in the incident process. This tab is split into two parts; the first part allows general account details, relating to the accident to be inputted. These details can include costs which are related to the accident, for example, prescriptions for medication the employee may have required. The second part allows the employee's earnings to be en View Full Answer
Nice question! Whenever you login to OHS Online there are always two parts to the process. Firstly, you need to login to OHS Online and then, once you are logged in, you need to select your profile details. Let's look at logging in first.Enter the address; https://system.ohsonline.co.za/admin/main.php, in your web address field in your web browser. The following webpage will open, where View Full Answer
A good question! No, you don't have to logout of OHS Online to change the branch you wish to view. Simply, click on the branch field drop-down and select a different branch before clicking on the Select button. OHS Online will then change the branch your viewing to the newly selected branch. This means it will also change all the details to that branch as well.
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Yes, this might seem a bit odd, we know, as it makes it less convenient for you as a user, however, it's actually a security precaution which is built-in to OHS Online to keep your information safer. View Full Answer
Ahh, you've raised a very important point here! In fact, it's a fundamental which will determine how much you get out of using OHS online. OHS Online is a powerful database for your health and safety, however it is only as powerful as the data it contains. The power to use the data is already there, present in the design of OHS Online. You, as the user, have to add the data to it, to ma View Full Answer
Okay, that sounds like it could be a problem with the departments you have for the branch. A simple way to check this is to look at the Back button on the audit page:
The fact the Back button is not its normal size, indicates that the page has not loaded properly because it is struggling to load properly. The reason for this is due to View Full Answer
Yes, this is very important! If you want to work with health and safety, it's good to know what you are working with. Let's take a look and see what the main sections (options) are which make up OHS Online:
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Another good question! You will find all your main health and safety sections are found on the main option menu at the top of the OHS Online page. This option menu remains permanently displayed, regardless of the section you may be working in:
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Nice question! Whenever you login to OHS Online there are always two parts to the process. Firstly, you need to login to OHS Online and then, once you are logged in, you need to select your profile details. Let's look at logging in first.
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Looking for your company details? No problems! You'll find that all your company profile details will be kept in your Client and Branches sections of OHS Online. To access these, you need to select the Client option in the Option Menu at the top of your OHS Online page. View Full Answer
Okay, you want to check out your profile details! No problems! Simply, find the Client option in the Option Menu at the top of your OHS Online page and select it. When you select the Client option, a short drop-down list will appear, displaying two options; Branches and Clients. Select the Branches option to update details about the branch and the Clients option to update client options View Full Answer