In Australia, all workers including casual, part-time, full-time, contract and even students, are protected by the safety law --- Occupational Health, Safety and Welfare Act. Managers, supervisors or team coordinators are responsible for making sure that there is a safe environment to work in. When it comes to production nurseries in the plant nursery industry, manual handling task is one of the tasks that injure many people, which cause millions of dollars lost.
This article provide practical guidance and solutions for workplace health and safety issues in production nurseries so that you can implement them in your workplace.
