• Safety and incident reporting

  • Employee and contractor safety
  • Incident Notification Form

• Work practices

• Distribution standards and policy

  • Distribution construction standards handbook
  • Distribution equipment bulletin

• Network operations and control centre

• Becoming an authorised contractor

• Information sharing forum

• Network Authority Card

  • FAQ's
  • Worker Authorisation Application Form
  • Network Authority Card Rules

Employee and contractor safety

Safety and health policy statement - "For our people and the community"

Safety and health is central to everything we do. No activity should jeopardise the safety or health of our employees, contractors or the community. Work must cease if safety cannot be assured.

The potential hazards of our industry require the highest standards. We are committed to the prevention of injury and harm, and strive to continuously improve our safety and health performance.

Objectives

To implement this policy we continue to:

• identify, assess and manage risks that our workforce, customers and the public face due to our activity
  
• meet, and where appropriate, exceed legal and industry safety and health standards
  
• require the same standards of compliance from all contractors, partners and suppliers
  
• develop and support our employees, providing resources to meet our safety and health vision
  
• communicate on safety and health matters in an open, transparent and timely manner
  
• systematically address deficiencies and deliver opportunities for improvement through the application of our safety and health management system

Application

Our Managing Director is accountable to the board of directors for the implementation of this policy. Our executive sub-committee on safety and health is responsible for the review of this policy.

The policy applies to all employees and contractors engaged in our business activities.

Related information

Safety manual (PDF 5mb - large file) - Our safety manual outlines the minimum safety requirements and all contractors are to understand and comply with them.

Safety and health management system (PDF 934kb) - Our safety and health management system  promotes consistent workplace procedures and practices.  It applies to all sites and operations to ensure the safe conduct of all employees, contractors, partners and suppliers.

Electrical safety at work - Working near powerlines can be extremely dangerous. Every year serious electrical accidents occur when safe work practices are not followed. To protect yourself and others against injury, it is important to plan ahead and ensure that all work can be carried out safely before you begin.

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