Retail

Retail Display Safety Checklist

Checklists

Merchandising Display Safety Checklist You can use this safety checklist if you are a merchandiser setting up an in store display

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Keeping workers motivated over Christmas

Retail

[picappgallerysingle id="216992"] Excerpt from latest article by Inside Retailing that relates well to safety issues faced by all organizations: Retailworld Resourcing released their top five tips for improving motivation and morale over the December month, when workplace morale often diminishes. CEO of Retailworld Resourcing, John Caldwell says: “Workers tend to become less motivated over the [...]

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More Free Checklists

Checklists

We’ve just added these checklists to our sister site PUBLIC LIABILITY Amusement Rides Evaluation Checklist (0) Club and Hotel Liability and Hazard Evaluation Checklist (0) Commercial Premises Hazard Evaluation Checklist (0) Public Liability & Hazard Evaluation Checklist – Motels & Boarding Houses (0) Public Liability and Hazard Evaluation Checklist for Fitness Centres (0) Public Liability [...]

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Shopping Trolley Collection Safety

Contractor Induction

One of my pet hates is people who are too lazy to return their shopping carts to the collection bays, Ive got the scratches and dings on my car to justify my disdain! I’ll bet they are the same people who leave their rubbish on the table at takeaway restaurants when there is a bin [...]

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Shopping Centre Loading Dock Safety

Public Liability

The majority of the high risks we identify during audits of shopping centres and malls are in and around loading docks. In a lot of retail centres these are also the areas which get the least attention as they are unlikely to be seen by the majority of customers. There is a lot hazardous activity [...]

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Free Public Liability Risk Management Manual

Public Liability

Free Asset Liability Risk Management Manual For Shopping Centres. Now available for download. 91 pages in Word version that can and should be modified to suit your own circumstances. Download Here TABLE OF CONTENTS FOREWARD 1 SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION SECTION 2 POLICY SECTION 3 OVERVIEW OF STATUTORY OBLIGATIONS SECTION 4 OVERVIEW OF PUBLIC SAFETY SECTION [...]

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Shoes and Escalator Accidents

Building Safety

A few years ago there was a spate of accidents on escalators involving crocs shoes. It appeared at first as if there was something about these shoes that made them particularly hazardous on escalators. The reality seemed to be that it was really due to the popularity of the shoes at the time and there [...]

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Woolworths Contractor Induction

Contractor Induction

Contractors and sub contractors engaged to perform work on Woolworths premises or locations are required to comply with Woolworths SH&E policies, procedures and programs as specified in their contract/agreement and to observe directions on health and safety from designated officers of the organisation. The requirements of relevant statutory acts, regulations and Codes of Practices must [...]

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Myer Contractor Induction and Management

Contractor Induction

The Contractor is responsible for ensuring that all Personnel have appropriate qualifications and are provided with adequate information, instruction and training prior to commencing work on MYER premises. The Contractor will ensure that none of its Personnel undertake work unless they hold a valid licence, permit, certificate of competency or qualification as per MYER’s requirements [...]

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Coles Contractor Online Induction Test

Contractor Induction

Following a number of serious incidents involving contractors, the Coles Group, like many other organisations, insist that any person undertaking physical work on their sites must undertake their online induction process. This includes Contractors, Suppliers and Demonstrators. The program is relatively straight forward and the test is easy to pass after listening to the presentation and [...]

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Common Risks in Shopping Centres

Public Liability

There have been several recent fatalities involving children travelling up on the outside of escalators. Most escalators and travelators have some sort of guard in place but the original ones were inadequate and very easily climbed around. All escalators, travelators and climb guards should be inspected and upgraded is necessary. Care should be taken to [...]

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Public Liability Standards and Legislation

BCA

The most common responses I get when I make a public liability risk recommendation to control or mitigate a potentially serious risk is: “it complies with the Building Code of Australia” or “show me the law that says you have to do that” or “this building was built before the BCA and its not retrospective”. [...]

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Forklift Trucks in Public Areas

Insurance

There have been a number of serious incidents in recent years involving third parties (ie customers and delivery drivers etc) being injured by mobile equipment, particularly forklift trucks. The owners/operator’s Public Liability Insurance policy may not generally cover the cost of resulting claims where the equipment should have been registered hence a claim made on [...]

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Shopping Trolley Collection

Car Parks

There have been a number of recent fatalities involving shopping trolley (shopping cart) collectors. In response to a fatality a few years ago when an elastic strap broke and killed a young boy, the West Australian Retailers Association issued a Code of Prcatice for Safe Management of Shopping Trolley Collection more info Worksafe recently issued [...]

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Shopping Centre Risk Management

Insurance

SHOPPING CENTRE CASE STUDY This page is available online at: http://www.cpaaustralia.com.au/cps/rde/xchg/cpa-site/hs.xsl/home.html Page last updated: Tuesday, 20 February 2007 © Copyright 1997-2006 CPA Australia Reducing property and public liability risks This case study shows how a retail shopping-centre complex established a risk management program to reduce its property and public liability risk exposures and achieve savings [...]

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