SAFETY AT APS
AT APS OUR MOST VALUABLE RESOURCE IS OUR EMPLOYEES AND OUR SAFETY PHILOSOPHY IS SECOND-TO-NONE
We have installed a strong safety culture and it is our aim to ensure our work can be carried out in an incident and injury free environment.
Safety is our number one priority on-site and we are continually reviewing our strategies and procedures to help safeguard the health and safety of our employees and the prevention of injury of any person on our job sites.
Our apsSafe initiative regularly communicates with management and workforce to reinforce our safety commitment message
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Work Safe, Be Safe, Home Safe
APS SAFE, EMPLOYEE SAFETY INFORMATION
Toolbox Topics
Tool Box Topic No. 1 - Harassment in the work place
Workers have a duty to take reasonable care for their own health and safety and to take reasonable care not to adversely affect the health and safety of other persons. Workers must comply with any reasonable instruction and cooperate with any reasonable policy or procedure relating to health and safety at the workplace.
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Tool Box Topic No. 2 - Electrical Hazards
Electrical hazards can be found in all industries. Avoiding electrical shocks both at home and at work requires awareness of the hazards and a respect for this "Silent Killer." The human body has a low resistance to electricity, making it a good conductor, like most metals. Unlike metals however, the human body does not respond well when electricity passes through it. Physical results include thermal burns, disruption of normal heart activity, severe muscle contractions, and even death.
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Tool Box Topic No. 3 - Noise
Construction sites are noisy places, especially during certain phases of a project. However, you don't have to accept hearing loss as a cost of working at construction sites. Noise is now recognized by OSHA as a hazard that can cause:
- Temporary or permanent hearing loss.
- Drowsiness, irritability, & loss of concentration.
- Decreased morale and stress.
- High blood pressure, ulcers, headaches, and sleeping disorders.
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Tool Box Topic No. 4 - Eye Protection
It can only take a moment for you to lose your sight. Because of workplace hazards, EH&S requires that employers supply appropriate eye protection. However, the employee must take responsibility and use the personal protective equipment (PPE) that is provided. However, eye injuries can be prevented if you use proper eye protection and maintain that eye protection.
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Tool Box Topic No. 5 - Back Injury's
Who has not heard the basics of back injury prevention? At the same time, who has applied these principles to every day work? Many people understand the basics of safe lifting, but fail to perform these basic practices on a regular and consistent basis.
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Tool Box Topic No. 6 - Slips Trips and Falls
Slips, trips and falls is the number 1 reason for an industrial injury in the Australia. Thousands of disabling injuries—and even deaths—occur each year as a result of slips, trips, and falls:
- From heights, on stairs, and on level ground
- At work and at home
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Tool Box Topic No. 7 - Manual Handling
Manual handling causes over a third of all workplace injuries. These include work-related musculoskeletal disorders (MSDs) such as pain and injuries to arms, legs and joints, and repetitive strain injuries of various sorts. The term manual handling covers a wide variety of activities including lifting, lowering, pushing, pulling and carrying. If any of these tasks are not carried out appropriately there is a risk of injury.
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APS Policy Documentation
APS Group Drug and Alcohol Policy
APS is committed to achieving a healthy and safe working environment for our employees. As such, we recognise that alcohol, drug and other substance abuse by employees can have serious adverse effects on their own health and safety of other others. As such, all employees must not:
- Consume alcohol or be under the influence of alcohol while working;
- Use or possess illegal drugs at any time in any workplace; or
- Drive a vehicle, having consumed alcohol or suffering from the effects of illegal substances.
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APS Group Environmental Policy
The APS Industrial Services environmental policy establishes the principles of action for the organization. It sets the level of environmental responsibility and performance required of the organization, against which all subsequent actions will be judged. The policy should be appropriate to the environmental impacts of the APS Industrial Services activities, products and services (within the defined scope of the environmental management system)
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APS Group Environmental Health & Safety Policy
APS Industrial Services staff and contractors carry out numerous services within the Construction, Infrastructure, Power Generation and Oil and Gas Industries. This often requires working in hazardous situations in which the risk is minimised by the use of safe working practices. The health and safety of our staff, contractors and customers is paramount.
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APS Group Fatigue Management Policy
The management of fatigue is an integral part of our organisation’s “Fit for Duty” Policy and is a shared responsibility between APS Industrial Services and all its personnel. APS Industrial Services is responsible for providing safe systems of work and all personnel share in the responsibility to minimise and manage the adverse effects of work related fatigue.
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APS Group Equal Employment Opportunity Policy
APS commitment to the principles of Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) will ensure all employees have equal opportunity when seeking and obtaining employment and/or promotion and work in an environment that is free from unlawful discrimination, workplace harassment, bullying and vilification.
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