AN120145 – Cold Storage and Ice Employees (State) Award

21. PROTECTIVE CLOTHING AND EQUIPMENT

(i) Every employee shall be supplied, according to the nature of their work, with overalls, boots and gloves; or, if working in a freezing room, a blanket suit, gloves, freezer boots and suitable head covering and overalls if requested. Waterproof coats and gum boots shall be made available.

(ii) The employer shall provide facilities for the satisfactory drying of clothes between shifts.

(iii) The employer shall, where necessary, provide rubber boots or safety boots.

(iv) Where wet or iced conditions prevail, employees shall be required to perform such work as required to alleviate such conditions, before resumption of work. No employee will be required to work in unsafe conditions.