How contractors can help implement the OHSMS
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While it can be helpful to get some of this information from the contractors who are currently doing work, it is important to remember that this will not be the OHSMS of the contractor, but needs to be fully applicable to the company. For instance, it would be unreasonable for the contractors to be able to tell you the interested parties for your company, or to tell you what your OH&S policy should be. That being said, some of the clauses where the contractors might give valuable information would include:
4.2 – expectation s of workers (since the contractors are currently the workers)
6.1.2.1 - Hazard identification (for the processes that the contractors are using)
6.1.3 – Legal requirements (the contractors should know the legal requirements of the processes they perform)
7.2 – Competence (again, the competence requirements for the processes the contractors do)
8.1.2 – Eliminating hazards (for the processes the contractors perform hey may have some ideas)
8.2 – Emergency preparedness (the contractors may have plans in place for common potential emergencies that they can share)
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May 13, 2019