Toolbox Talks

AEffective safety communication always begins with your message. The message is the safety information you want to transfer to your workforce, irrespective of their job role. Clear safety messages:

ENSURES all workers are aware of the identified safety hazards, and know what to do to overcome them.

CREATES trust between workers that safety hazards can be identified and fixed.

REMINDS workers that there are safe workways methodof statementdoing (SWMS)work, isand ato watch for safety planning document that must be developed for work that is considered high risk construction work under the Work Health and Safety (WHS) Regulation 2017.

A SWMS must be site-specific and made available to workers, supervisors and any other persons at the workplace, so they can understand the hazards, risks and safety controls that must be used to keep workers and others safe.

A SWMS is intended to be a simple safe system planning and implementation tool, used by supervisors and workers to stay safe on construction sites when undertaking high risk construction work.hazards.

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A list of templates and relevant documents can be found under "Attachments" on the side of this page.