Safety Wood - Safety In Wood Industry

The industry wood processing includes companies involved in the manufacture of doors and wooden windows, roof trusses and wall frames, safety wood kitchen cabinets and millwork. The industry has been identified by WorkCover as one of the most hazardous industries in the state after 1965 workers compensation claims in the three years to 2010 at a cost of $ 19.5 million for wood stove safety the scheme Workers' Compensation NSW.

WorkCover has identified the manual tasks in the workshop as a key security issues safety wood companies need to answer after it accounted for over a third of all injuries.

Director General of Occupational Health and Safety Division John Watson from WorkCover said WorkCover works with safety wood companies to make their workplace more productive wood stove safety, healthy and safe.

"The manufacture of wooden doors and windows, roof trusses and wall frames, kitchen cabinets and joinery involves a lot of manual handling, safety wood increasing the likelihood that workers are injured," said Watson wood stove safety.

"A number of risk handling have been identified in the workplace wood stove safety, including the delivery of poorly designed and ranges, working at the wrong height, safety wood while the manufacturing and assembly of products and manually move wood and wood products through the workshop.

"Despite these risks, we believe manual handling injuries are preventable and businesses can do more to create safer workplaces.

"To help local businesses, we have developed a CD timber security that provides tools and tips to avoid injury safety wood.

"Every worker must return home safely and WorkCover inspectors working with wood processing companies to help reduce wood stove safety injuries and illnesses and to improve the management of wounds safety wood."

Watson added that the wood processing companies have shown significant interest in the free program Coach Security WorkCover safety wood.

"Limited places are still available in the program, wood stove safety which runs until August 30 and allows up to 50 processors of small wood in Sydney, Wollongong, Central Coast and Newcastle areas associated with a coach safety professional association which can provide free support and advice safety wood to make the workplace more productive, healthy and safe.

"Eligible businesses that invite a coach safety in the workplace can access discounts of up to $ 2,000.

"For a limited time a discount of up to $ 1,000 is available to all small businesses in the industry of wood products that implement a security solution to improve health and safety at work, safety wood return to work or injury management as a hydraulic forklift truck, air scissor lifts or adjustable work tables, "he said.

A safety kit for the wood industry is available www.workcover.nsw.gov.au well as more information on the program manager of security and small business discounts safety wood.