Health and safety measures are taken very seriously in Australia. Small or big, every business and organization need to follow rigorous health and safety standards failing which they can be fined. Any hazardous activity at work requires appropriate registration, permission, gear, and paperwork before work commences.
Under Australian WHS laws, your business must ensure your workers’ health and safety and not risk other people’s health and safety. To do this, you must: provide a safe work environment. Provide and maintain safe machinery and structures.
For further information, please click on the links below:
https://www.ag.gov.au/industrial-relations/work-health-and-safety