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  <name>Legislative Council</name>
  <date date="2019-10-29" />
  <sessionName>Fifty-Fourth Parliament, First Session (54-1)</sessionName>
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    <name>Answers to Questions</name>
    <subject>
      <name>SafeWork SA</name>
      <text id="201910290ccc510a06624ab6a0000543">
        <inserted>
          <heading>SafeWork SA</heading>
        </inserted>
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      <talker role="member" id="3122" kind="question">
        <name>The Hon. I.K. HUNTER</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
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          <question date="2019-10-29">
            <name>SafeWork SA</name>
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        <text id="201910290ccc510a06624ab6a0000544">
          <inserted>In reply to <by role="member" id="3122">the Hon. I.K. HUNTER </by>(26 September 2019).  </inserted>
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      </talker>
      <talker role="member" id="605" kind="answer">
        <name>The Hon. R.I. LUCAS</name>
        <house>Legislative Council</house>
        <questions>
          <question date="2019-10-29">
            <name>SafeWork SA</name>
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        <text id="201910290ccc510a06624ab6a0000545">
          <inserted>
            <by role="member" id="605">The Hon. R.I. LUCAS (Treasurer):</by>  I have been provided the following advice:</inserted>
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          <inserted>1.&amp;#x9;SafeWork SA has advised that there is not a mandated time for responding to incidents within the work health and safety legislation. SafeWork SA has a triage procedure that is used for all matters notified to it. Matters are assessed and prioritised into the following categories:</inserted>
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            <inserted>critical event (respond as soon as practicable)</inserted>
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            <inserted>same day service (attend on the same working day)</inserted>
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          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>routine matter (within 5 days)</inserted>
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          <item sublevel="1" bullet="true">
            <inserted>administrative matter (address via a telephone call or letter).</inserted>
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          <inserted>2.&amp;#x9;I understand SafeWork SA triaged the matter in accordance with its triage procedure. I am advised that within approximately 30 minutes of SafeWork SA receiving notification of this incident, SafeWork SA had called the PCBU to obtain further information. I am further advised that SafeWork SA inspectors and an investigator arrived at the site at approximately 10am, just under one and a half hours from when the notification was made.</inserted>
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