When it comes to putting an OHS program into place with any small or medium business, regardless of the possible threat of facing fines or litigation from either Work cover or the Industrial Relations Commission, the average small or medium business owner is just not interested.

Even though these same business owners are aware of possible large fines and litigation against their business if it is proven that they ignored their “Duty of Care” in the event of a serious injury or breach of the OHS Act or Regulations, they are still willing to take the risk of “It will not happen to me, I have been operating for 15 years and no-one has been near my business”, but every day that goes by without a visit from an Inspector, actually is a day closer that it will happen.

So why do these owners continue to run this gauntlet?

Let’s look at some of the reasons:

• Most, if not all owners cannot afford to have an OHS Consultant develop and help them implement a OHS Program, average costs for an effective OHS Program could run into tens of thousands of dollars;
• There simply is not enough resources to employ a person specifically to draw up all the documents required;
• Virtually all owners do not know where to begin to start their OHS Programs, while some will make an attempt and begin to put together some documents. They turn out be ineffective and do not apply to the business as a whole;
• They are sick of the attitude built up over the years by work cover, “You can find that information on our web-site” which turns out to be of little help, if any at all;

Is it any wonder that small and medium business owners just do not want to know about OHS and designated the OHS issue to the bottom of the waste basket?

Here at B&L Safety Solutions we have been researching this problem for over 16 years, and now have dedicated this web-site specifically for those business owners, B&L Safety Solutions has proved that we can supply a effective and complete OHS program to small and medium businesses, including fully developed documents from as low as $800.00. You may ask how can they do this?

Well all of our documentation is based on the generic approach to all businesses activities, and as we develop a document and make it available to all small and medium businesses, we believe that there is no need to put an exuberant price on making the document available to all businesses, by doing this we can keep our prices down so that even the smallest business can afford to begin to put together an effective OHS Program without the high price tag, our most comprehensive, highly descriptive documents will cost no more than the price of a pair of shoes, the highest you will ever pay is $19.95 + GST per document, while others are as low as $10.00 + GST.

These documents have the same information as used by the large corporations in their OHS Management Programs with the exception that the price tag is incredibly lower.

As you explore this OHS document site, visit each of the sections and see the extensive list of documents available (just click on any link below):

OHS Policy & Procedures;
Hazard and Risk Documents;
Safe Work Methods;
Safety Checklist Documents;
Safe Instruction Documents;
And finally there is a section that covers General OHS, areas like Workplace Consultation, Hazard and Risk Flowchart, Master Plant & Machinery Register etc, plus there are more documents being added to this site every month.

Under the Occupational Health & Safety Act 2000, every employee must be inducted or trained into the workplace, and that there is a criteria that must be met.

B&L Safety Solutions has developed and now has available various OHS programs including, OHS General Induction & Assessment. This program comes in three versions. The Basic Induction which covers 11 sections of the OHS Regulations; The Extensive Induction Program which cover 18 sections including Confined spaces, Hazardous Substances etc; and finally the Comprehensive Induction Program, which covers all safety measures plus Forklifts, Spray Painting, Confined Spaces, Emergency Isolation, Designated OHS Responsibilities etc, each Induction Program also comes with 4 practical sessions, and with each program there is also a complete Assessment manual which outlines multiple questions for the employees to answer, at the back of each Program there are records of the employees who undergo the induction, and also a certificate indicating the level of competencies achieved by each employee.

Also available are, Hazard and Risk Management; Quality Assurance Programs. These are P.O.A., simply submit a request to support@bsafety.com.au and we will only be happy to assist your inquiries as to which Program you may be interested in.

Each of the document sections mentioned above contains a vast number of documents that are fully developed and ready for you to put into place.

Virtually all documents have a link to its namesake in another section; for instance, if you were looking for an OHS Policy on FORKLIFTS, you will find this document in the OHS Policy & Procedure Section, there are also links in Forklift Hazard and Risk, Forklift Safe Work Method, Forklift Safety Checklist and Forklift Safe Instruction.

You now have the complete range of OHS Documents for addressing Forklifts as per the Work cover, OHS Act, Regulations and the Legislative requirements, as mentioned before our costing for these highly descriptive documents is very cost effective, if you decided to purchase all involving the FORKLIFT application, would cost no more than $99.82 including GST.