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Scenario · Infrastructure and Works

Report and investigate two depot incidents

You are the Occupational Health and Safety Coordinator.

Intermediate2 to 3 hours8 tasks
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The situation

What has happened

Two events at the Kellerton depot need to be handled properly. On Creek Road the grader clipped a marker post while turning on a narrow verge, with no injury but damage to the post and a scrape on the blade. At the Church Street drain pit a crew member leaned into the pit to clear leaves without a gas test, which is a confined space near miss. Both were reported verbally to Hemi Tauroa but the forms have not been completed. Under the Occupational Health and Safety Policy both must be in the Incident and Hazard Register within 24 hours. Hemi wants corrective actions agreed and a toolbox talk ready for Monday's pre-start.

Your brief. Complete the Incident and Hazard Report Form for each event, enter both in the Incident and Hazard Register, decide whether either is notifiable, investigate the confined space near miss, agree corrective actions with the Works Supervisor and prepare a toolbox talk on pit and confined space entry.
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Tasks

Deliverables

  • Two completed Incident and Hazard Report Forms
  • Two register entries with corrective actions
  • Investigation summary for the confined space near miss
  • Toolbox talk outline and sign-on sheet

Documents to use

Systems to use

Incident and Hazard Register

Records every injury, near miss, hazard and aggressive customer event across the shire and tracks corrective actions.

Works and Asset Maintenance Orders

Schedules and records every road, footpath, drainage and building maintenance job allocated to the depot crews.

For trainers and assessors

Units of competency

Current on training.gov.au for the Local Government as at 10 September 2026.

LGACOR001Work in local government
LGAOPS005Manage civil plant and resources
LGAOPS001Prepare for operational works

Qualifications

LGA30120Certificate III in Local Government
LGA40120Certificate IV in Local Government
Assessor notes

What to look for

Evidence guide

Forms must be factual, complete and free of speculation about blame. Check the notifiable decision is reasoned against the policy, that the investigation goes beyond the individual to procedure, equipment and supervision, and that corrective actions have owners and dates. The toolbox talk must be practical and specific to pit entry.

The student's evidence summary lists every record they created or changed in the systems named above, their notes and the tasks they ticked. Verify it against the deliverables and your own assessment tool.