Ocupational Health, Safety and Rehabilitation Policy
Colab Construction prioritises the well-being of our employees and all other parties affected by our work regardless of the task at hand. We acknowledge our employees' health and safety are our utmost responsibility, and place equal importance on the public, our sub-contracting partners and our clients across projects regardless of scale.
We support injured workers in returning to work as soon as medically appropriate and adhere to the Workers' Compensation and Injury Management Act 1981. We also acknowledge that mental safety in the workplace is just as important as physical safety and implement strategies to support our employees to maintain their mental health.
The Directors recognise that injury management success depends on active participation, and we aim to arrange suitable duties considering medical restrictions if incidents were to arise.
The objectives of our company are:
To be an accident free workplace
To make health and safety an integral part of every position
To ensure health and safety is considered in all planning and work activities
To involve our employees in the decision-making process through regular communication, consultation and training
To provide a continuous program of education and training to ensure that our employees and contractors work in the safest possible manner
To identify and control all potential hazards in the workplace through hazard identification and risk analysis
To ensure all potential accidents/incidents are controlled and prevented
To provide effective injury management and rehabilitation for all employees
The success of our health and safety management is dependent on:
Pro-active planning of all work activities with due consideration given to implementing
OH&S controls that are suitable to each given situation
Understanding the total work process and associated OH&S risks
Ensuring the work team is totally committed to achieving our objectives
Ensuring that open and honest communication exists between management and all employees