Your one stop shop for workplace health and safety.
Your one stop shop for workplace health and safety.
We polled work health and safety professionals in the latest Safe-T-Bulletin and via the NSCA Foundation website, and received the following results:
Question: Which control measures have been implemented at your workplace to manage the risks of COVID-19?
Voters: 48
1) Reviewed and promoted its policy on infection control?
| Yes | 47% |
| No | 27% |
| Working on it | 47% |
2) Ensured workers’ awareness of isolation/quarantine periods (as advised by the Australian Government Department of Health)?
| Yes | 82% |
| No | 4% |
| Working on it | 10% |
3) Provided clear advice to workers about actions to be taken when staff should not attend work, including if they become unwell or have symptoms of coronavirus (as advised by the Australian Government Department of Health)?
| Yes | 80% |
| No | 6% |
| Working on it | 10% |
4) Cancelled or minimised international and interstate work travel?
| Yes | 63% |
| No | 16% |
| Working on it | 16% |
5) Provided updates to workers about the situation and any changes to organisational policies (or procedures)?
| Yes | 76% |
| No | 6% |
| Working on it | 14% |
6) Put in place a contingency plan for managing staff absences?
| Yes | 31% |
| No | 18% |
| Working on it | 47% |
7) Reminded workers to practise good hygiene and other measures to protect themselves and others against infection?
| Yes | 88% |
| No | 2% |
| Working on it | 6% |
7) Provided remote work options where possible?
| Yes | 53% |
| No | 10% |
| Working on it | 33% |
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