| OHS Act section 14. General duties of
employees at work. (The potential Rights of Employers). Every employee shall at work -
(a) take reasonable care for the
health and safety of himself and of other persons who may be affected by his
acts or omissions;
(b) as regards any duty or requirement imposed on
his employer or any other person by this Act, co-operate with such employer or
person to enable that duty or requirement to be performed or complied with;
(c) carry out any lawful order given to him and obey the health and safety
rules and procedures laid down by his employer or by anyone authorised thereto
by his employer, in the interest of health or safety;
(d) if any situation which is unsafe or unhealthy comes
to his attention, as soon as practicable report such situation to his employer
or to the health and safety representative for his workplace or section thereof,
as the case may be, who shall report it to the employer; and
(e) if he is involved in any incident which may affect
his health or which has caused an injury to himself, report such incident to his
employer or to anyone authorized thereto by the employer, or to his health and
safety representative, as soon as practicable but not later than the end of the
particular shift during which the incident occurred, unless the circumstances
were such that the reporting of the incident was not possible, in which case he
shall report the incident as soon as practicable thereafter.
* By inference employees have the right to refuse an unlawful order. The word
'dangerous' is problematic. Does it necessarily mean unsafe?
Click here
for section 23 of the Mine Health & safety Act where the right to leave a
dangerous workplace is explicit.
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