Work Health and Safety Policy

Purpose. States the commitment of Coastline Seafood to the health and safety of everyone who works on its vessels, cages, hatchery, plant, distribution centre and trucks, and sets out how safety is managed.

1.Purpose and scope

This policy applies to all workers, contractors, students and visitors at every Coastline site and on every Coastline vessel, and to work performed at customer and supplier sites. It sets out how the business meets its duties under the Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (South Australia) and, for vessels, the Marine Safety (Domestic Commercial Vessel) National Law. All safety procedures in the document register are made under this policy.

2.Commitment

Coastline will provide a safe working environment so far as is reasonably practicable, identify hazards and control risks using the hierarchy of controls, provide training, supervision and equipment, and consult workers on decisions that affect their safety. Safety performance will be reported monthly to the General Manager and reviewed at each site consultation meeting.

3.Principal hazards

The principal hazards of this business are drowning and falls into water, vessel and small boat operations, heavy weather, working with nets, ropes, winches and lifting gear, diving, manual handling of fish, bins and cartons, knives and processing machinery, slippery surfaces, cold rooms and freezers, chemicals used for cleaning and stock treatment, forklifts and trucks, and fatigue on long trips and harvest shifts.

• Drowning and falls overboard
• Winches, lifting gear and deck machinery
• Knives, saws and processing machinery
• Cold rooms, freezers and confined spaces
• Chemicals and stock treatments
• Fatigue, heat and cold exposure

4.Responsibilities

The General Manager holds overall responsibility and must provide the resources needed. Vessel masters hold responsibility for safety on their vessels under the vessel safety management system. Division managers must implement procedures, complete risk assessments and investigate incidents. Every worker must take reasonable care for themselves and others, wear the personal flotation devices and protective equipment issued, follow procedures and report hazards, incidents and near misses on the day.

5.Consultation and training

Workers will be consulted through health and safety representatives at each site, the monthly site safety meeting and pre-trip and pre-shift briefings. No worker will work on a vessel, cage, dive operation, machine or forklift without the required licence, ticket or verified competency recorded in the training matrix.

6.Incident reporting

All incidents, injuries, near misses and hazards must be recorded in the WHS Incident and Hazard Register within 24 hours using the Incident and Hazard Report Form. Notifiable incidents must be reported to the work health and safety regulator immediately by the General Manager, and marine incidents to the national maritime safety regulator by the master. Every incident will be investigated and closed only when corrective actions are complete.