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Duty of Care - The responsibility of the employer to look after the health and
safety of people at work.
Employer - The organisation or individual who employs people to carry out work
for them. This includes self-employed people.
Manual handling - The lifting, lowering and moving of objects by a person. For
instance, carrying boxes or house bricks.
Occupational Health and Safety - Keeping people safe and healthy at their
place of work by prevention of accidents, injury and illness.
Occupational Health and Safety Act - The main law in NSW covering the
responsibilities and rights of employers and workers. It also outlines fines and
penalties for breaking this law.
Regulation - A specific part of the Occupational Health and Safety Law that
details how to carry out work safely.
Safe work method - The way employees should be trained to do a job safely.
Supervisor - The person chosen by the employer to organise and oversee the
work carried out by employees.
Ultraviolet radiation - Rays of the sun that can damage the skin and cause skin
cancer.
Workplace - The premises of the employer and any place where an employee
carries out work.
OHS Crossword
Questions
Across
1. Chemicals that can harm a person's health causing illness, injury or disease.
3. Any machinery, equipment or tools used at work.
6. Keeping people safe and healthy at their place of work by preventing
accidents.
9. A person from a union given legal power to enter a workplace on OHS issues.
14. The sharing of information and exchange of views on OHS matters between
managers.
15. The premises of the employer and any place where an employee carries out
work.
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2. The responsibility of the employer to look after the health and safety of people.
4. The process of managing risks that different hazards may represent in the
workplace.
5. A person who carries out work for the employer.
7. Instruction given to employees so they can carry out their work safely.
8. Equipment used by workers to protect them from hazards in the workplace.
10. Anything that might cause harm to a person.
11. The probability that harm might come to a person.
12. The NSW Government organisation responsible for OHS law.
13. The organisation or individual who employs people to carry out work for
them.