Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts (1) An employee shall
take reasonable care —
(a) to
ensure his or her own safety and health at work; and
(b) to
avoid adversely affecting the safety or health of any other person through any
act or omission at work.
(2) Without limiting
the generality of subsection (1), an employee contravenes that subsection
if the employee —
(a)
fails to comply, so far as the employee is reasonably able, with instructions
given by the employee’s employer for the safety or health of the
employee or for the safety or health of other persons;
(b)
fails to use such protective clothing and equipment as is provided, or
provided for, by his or her employer as mentioned in section 19(1)(d) in
a manner in which he or she has been properly instructed to use it;
(c)
misuses or damages any equipment provided in the interests of safety or
health; or
(d)
fails to report forthwith to the employee’s employer —
(i)
any situation at the workplace that the employee has
reason to believe could constitute a hazard to any person that the employee
cannot correct; or
(ii)
any injury or harm to health of which he or she is aware
that arises in the course of, or in connection with, his or her work.
(3) An employee shall
cooperate with the employee’s employer in the carrying out by the
employer of the obligations imposed on the employer under this Act.
[Section 20 inserted by No. 43 of 1987
s. 13; amended by No. 30 of 1995 s. 14 and 47; No. 51 of 2004
s. 19, 79, 102(1) and (2).]