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Nursery and Garden Centres Health Hazards Checklist (Australia) Mobile App

The Nursery and Garden Centers Health Hazards Checklist(Australia) mobile app is intended to reduce health risks in the workplace. Garden centers may not appear to have many safety hazards, but this can often be the case. Simple controls that employers can use to prevent hazards in the workplace, such as wearing gloves, could prevent infectious diseases and lower health risks. It is important to complete hazard identification and a risk assessment in consultation with your staff. This app will ensure that the right control is chosen for the hazards that are relevant in your workplace. It is simply customized to your workplace and always at your fingertips. In an effort to ensure occupational safety and health, you can add form fields to this app to help do things like identify what plant species you have in stock or inform you if pesticide residues are found on certain trees and shrubs you're handling. At the click of a button on your smart phone or mobile device, potential hazards are eliminated!

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How can I reduce the risk of hazards in my workplace?
There are many controls that employers can use to prevent hazards in the workplace.
Common controls used in workplaces can be categorised according to the hierarchy of controls:
Eliminate the hazard - install more power points to avoid cords on floor, widen aisles
Substitution - resurface floors with ‘less hazardous materials
Isolation - restrict access to some work areas
Engineering controls (minimising risk by redesign) - improve lighting, mark walkways install drai...
Administrative controls - ensure good housekeeping - clean up spills immediately, use signs for s...
Personal Protective Equipment proper footwear
The three steps in determining whether gloves should be worn for protection in the workplace are ...
If it can be clearly shown that:
there are situations at work where risks to safety and health by skin exposure are unavoidable; and
methods of control other than protective gloves are not practical
then the employer has a legal responsibility to provide suitable protective gloves to each worker...
All protective gloves provided must comply with Australian/New Zealand Standard AS/NZS 2161.
the wearer;
the work to be done; and
worn.
Choose carefully
Before gloves are purchased, consider the following:
the hazards the hands will be exposed to;
the type of material(s) that will give appropriate protection;
how much manual dexterity is needed;
the style of glove that would be suitable;
whether the gloves are a good fit (employees should be able to try on samples); and
the range of glove sizes available;
...and More!