{"id":2814,"date":"2024-07-29T03:09:52","date_gmt":"2024-07-29T03:09:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hazardco.com\/au\/?p=2814"},"modified":"2024-10-03T02:17:17","modified_gmt":"2024-10-03T02:17:17","slug":"comfort-on-the-job-essential-on-site-amenities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hazardco.com\/au\/blog\/comfort-on-the-job-essential-on-site-amenities\/","title":{"rendered":"Comfort on the Job: Essential On-site Amenities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Maintaining clean amenities is just as important as keeping your site nice and tidy. Employers have a duty to provide adequate workplace amenities\/facilities, including toilets, that are in good working order, clean, safe and accessible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Not meeting these requirements can lead to a risk of infection, disease, psychosocial harm or infringements\/enforcement from the Regulator. Regulators often actively check work sites to ensure workers have access to clean and safe amenities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">When planning amenities on your site, consult with your workers to understand what will be needed. Getting them involved will give you the opportunity to provide information, training and instruction on things like keeping the site amenities clean and reporting any problems.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Portable Toilets<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More often than not portable toilets are not maintained in a safe or hygienic way. Employers must make sure that toilets are cleaned and serviced regularly, and, just like plant and other on-site equipment, safe to use and operated the way it was designed to be used.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toilets should also:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be fitted with a hinged seat and lid<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Be provided with a door that can be locked from the inside<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Have enough water for flushing and washing hands\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Stocked with toilet paper, rubbish bins and hygienic means to dispose of sanitary items<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Supplied with soap or a suitable alternative such as alcohol based sanitiser<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Don&#8217;t forget, the toilet should be easy to access in all weather conditions and be placed on\u00a0 stable, flat ground to ensure it can operate properly.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Drinking water<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clean drinking water must be supplied to workers by installing site water taps as early as possible. If the mains have not been connected, provide workers with drinking water in containers, coolers or flasks.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><b>Meal and shelter facilities<\/b><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Workers should have a clean and weatherproof area for meals and rest breaks. Using the garage or a similar sheltered area can be used and be set up as soon as possible. If they aren\u2019t available on-site, workers should be given enough time on their breaks to access eating facilities off-site. Facilities should also include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Adequate seating<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Hygienic surfaces for meals<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rubbish bins and arrangements for regularly disposing rubbish and waste materials<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the early stages of construction a worker can use their vehicle for shelter until a suitable area becomes available.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">As always, if you have any questions please give our team a call on <a class=\"underline\" href=\"tel:1800954702\">1800 954 702<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hazardco.com\/au\/contact-us\/\">contact us<\/a>.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maintaining clean amenities is just as important as keeping your site nice and tidy. Employers have a duty to provide adequate workplace amenities\/facilities, including toilets, that are in good working order, clean, safe and accessible.\u00a0 Not meeting these requirements can lead to a risk of infection, disease, psychosocial harm or infringements\/enforcement from the Regulator. 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