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HyLyte is a leading distributor and manufacturer of standard safety signs and safety products suitable for all areas of industry.
We offer a range of safety signs, safety products, traffic control equipment, traffic signs and custom signage for use by safety conscience organisations.
Specialised areas include Retro Reflective Identification Systems and Roadside Delineation servicing local government, main roads, councils and guardrail installers.

HyLyte is committed to supplying professional quailty products that are guaranteed, and we endeavour to develop signs, graphics, products and solutions that are practical, safety focused, cost effective and to exacting standards to our client.

Forklift Trucks - Safety First

What are forklift trucks?
The term "forklift truck" refers to an industrial lift truck equipped with a vertically elevating load carriage frame. Horizontal load forks (or a similar lifting mechanism) project from the front of the frame. Forklift trucks can be powered by electric motors or internal combustion engines running on petrol, diesel or LPG fuels.
Forklift trucks are controlled by an onboard operator who must hold a certificate. Trainee operators must work under the supervision of an employer-appointed competent, certified forklift operator.





Using forklift trucks safely:
Before you hire, rent or buy
What to look for, data plates, meeting standards, controls, attachments, guards

Safety procedures
Devise and implement procedures, train staff, inspect forklifts, safe work areas

Operation
Authorised and certified operators, safe operating tips

Working in confined spaces
Dangers of exhaust fumes and carbon monoxide poisoning

Electrical safety
Overhead electrical hazards

Flammable atmospheres and materials
Flammable atmospheres, fuelling, charging batteries, avoiding hazardous areas


Sourced from http://www.deir.qld.gov.au/workplace/subjects/forklift/index.htm

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Safety Tips on Concrete Pumping

Concrete pumping safety

In order to understand the workplace health and safety requirements for concrete pumping safety, and your obligations under the law you must consider and understand relevant legislation and codes of practice.


What law applies
Legal obligations, legislation, code of practice

Concrete Pumping Compliance Campaign 2009
Workplace Health and Safety Queensland have launched a compliance campaign involving concrete pump owners and operators across the state.

Preparation of the site
Planning by builders, hirers, principal contractors and concrete pumpers


Controlling the risks of concrete pumping
Concrete placement booms, pump gauges


Avoiding pipeline failure
Concrete pipelines, pipe clamps, anchor brackets and pipe movement

Placement of plant and equipment
Setting up the concrete pump, stable ground, outriggers, sole plates, exclusion zones, safe access for concrete delivery trucks, traffic control and safety near powerlines

Safe concrete pumping
Concrete delivery, safe access and exit, pump hoppers, pump and boom operators, concrete pouring, delivery hose, line, pump and pipe cleaning, road transport


Controlling noise and fumes
Reducing the effects of noise and fumes

Compliance, inspections and maintenance
Compliance plates, booms, outriggers, repairs, replacements, registered professional engineers, defects, log books, records, testing pipes and other equipment

Safety, training and supervision
Safety equipment, personal protective equipment, work methods, knowledge levels, tools and equipment, monitoring safe work practices


 Sourced from http://www.deir.qld.gov.au/workplace/subjects/concretepump/index.htm

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Amenities - What is expected of Employers on the Construction Site

Amenities
Principal contractors must ensure workers have reasonable access to a room or sheltered area to eat meals or take breaks. The area must:

• present no health or safety risk
• be hygienic
• if there are 15 or more workers at the site, have adequate space, seating and facilities for washing and storing utensils, boiling water and storing food in a cool place.

Toilets
Principal contractors must ensure workers have reasonable access to toilets. Reasonable access for a workplace where civil construction work is performed would be a toilet in the workplace’s site compound boundaries. For other workplaces where construction work is performed, within the workplace’s site boundaries.

There must be 1 toilet available for each 15, or part number of workers.

A toilet connected to sewerage, a septic system, a pump-out holding tank storage type system ('connected') or a portable toilet is acceptable for a workplace with fewer than 15 workers. However, if the number of the workers increases and the toilet provided was portable, it must be replaced by a connected toilet within 2 weeks after the number of workers has increased.

A workplace with four or more levels must have a toilet on the ground and fourth floor and every third floor thereafter.

Toilets must:

be in a cubicle or room fitted with a door and located in a position that allows privacy have fresh air
if used by female construction workers – be equipped with sanitary disposal facilities; and separated so that urinals are not visible have an adequate supply of toilet paper.

Washing facilities
The principal contractor must ensure workers have access to washing facilities. The facilities must be separate from toilets if there are no separate toilet facilities for females. Examples of washing facilities include:

• a hose at a housing construction site
• a water container with a tap at a road construction site
• wash basins provided with portable or connected toilets at a high rise building construction site.

Drinking water
Employers must ensure workers have access to drinking water that has been supplied by the principal contractor from a source other than toilet, hand or face washing facilities. Reasonable access for a housing construction site would be within 30 metres from where the work is being done and for a high rise building, access on the ground level and every second level of the building.

First aid
Employers must provide workers with reasonable access to appropriate and adequate first aid equipment.

A self-employed person is responsible for ensuring reasonable access to appropriate and adequate first aid equipment.

For more information http://www.deir.qld.gov.au/workplace/business/construction/amenities/index.htm

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Traffic Signs - The Importance of...

Traffic Signs can be found all over the roads, helping drivers get from on destination to another. They are often taken for granted and expected to be there, until the moment a vandal steals one and you realize how helpful one sign can be.

Traffic Signs are used to indicate speed limits, give directions and warn drivers of dangers. Traffic Signs help the flow of traffic by making it easier for drivers to figure out where to turn for certain streets and other major highways. Traffic Signs also aid in getting drivers to rest stops, service stations, parks and restrooms.

Traffic Signs differ in size, colour and design from state to state and from category to category. The most important signs used throughout Australia are Stop Signs, Speed Limit Signs, and Road Danger Signs. Road Danger Signs include areas with Kangaroos, falling rocks, steep hills, road closures and sever curves in the roadway.

Other important Traffic Signs are ones for handicap parking, no parking, no standing and no heavy vehicles. Traffic Signs are the backbone of the automotive industry and without them driving would be dangerous and tedious because there would be chaos on the roads. Traffic Signs range from Yellow, to Red, to Green, to White in Australia.
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Traffic Signs have become objects of theft over the years, especially street signs. Stealing street signs has been a popular dare among teenagers, especially if the sign has the name of a friend or family member on it. The signs are taken home for display. Street sign theft can be extremely dangerous because that missing street signs could be vitally important to an intersection or section of roadway. Street sign theft could also prove to be deadly if the signs are taken from highly congested area. Also identifying a street can vastly help the emergency services locate an address in an emergency situation, any delay can cost a life.

For more information or to order Traffic Signs please visit www.hylyte.com.au

Hard Hats - Why Wear them?

The importance of remaining safe in the work force is often overlooked by employees, but it is a crucial consideration for employers looking to protect their workers. Whether that's through minimizing risk in the workplace or through providing appropriately safe work wear, employers are legally committed to minimizing accidents and protecting the staff to the best of their abilities.
Alongside sturdy boots and gloves, it can often be essential to require quality hard hats to be worn at all times in the work place. This may seem like a odd requirement, particularly when there are no obvious risks, although it is in fact an essential requirement for protecting your head from a number of unforeseen dangers.

Ask most people why they wear a hard hat in the work place and the answer is usually "because I am told to." Actually, this is a good answer, given that there is a lot to lose for employers allowing their workers to work without appropriate head protection - so much so, it is often drummed into the workers that it is a necessity that they must always wear hard hats. Employers recognise the dangers of working in an environment without hard hats, and they understand that a protected and safe workforce is ultimately more productive.

Any job that involves manual labour and lifting can be a hazardous vocation for an employee, and the head can be the most vulnerable body part. The hard hat is the first line of defense against head injuries of all sorts, and in a construction environment it can often be particularly hard to predict where the next threat is going to come from. By ensuring you have a hard hat on at all times, you can help create a safer environment from the unpredictability that often makes this kind of work dangerous.
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Hard hats are also useful from a practical point of view for the employer. By ensuring all workers wear hard hats, the employer is not only covering their backs in terms of potential legal issues but also allowing them to identify staff visually by the colour and name on the hard hats which can quickly distinguish between on-site staff and other employees.

Hard hats might seem to get in the way at times, but they are essential in preventing serous and potentially life threatening head injuries. By ensuring you are equipped with a hard hat at all times, you can protect you head against the dangers that surround you.
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