Managing personal health and wellbeing

Personal health and wellbeing

To keep our workplaces safe, everyone should:

• stay home if you are unwell
• wash your hands often, using soap and water or use hand sanitiser
• sneeze or cough into your arm or a tissue, then dispose of the tissue in the bin.

Building evacuation and first aid

During reduced periods of occupancy due to more frequent working from home arrangements, the regular building evacuation and first aid personnel may not be in the workplace. In this scenario, staff should:

Evacuation

1. Familiarise yourself with the emergency evacuation posters on your floor. Each day be aware of other staff on your floor to identify who may need assistance in the event of an evacuation, if a designated Floor Warden is not available.
2. In after-hours mode, an automated bell/alert/evacuation tone will sound to alert the occupants of a potential emergency incident.
3. When an alert tone is sounded you should prepare to self-evacuate.
4. If followed by an evacuation tone, you should proceed to self-evacuate the building.
5. If you are aware of anybody still in the building report their name and location to building security or the attending Queensland Fire and Emergency Services.
6. Proceed to the usual assembly area and wait for further instruction.

First aid

1. Familiarise yourself with other employees on your floor each day to identify who may be able to help with first aid assistance.
2. For minor injuries, please use the first aid kit located on your floor.
3. For urgent medical assistance, call 000 immediately and ask the operator for 'ambulance' and provide location and other details as requested. Follow their instruction.