Lakeside Security | ATM Service

Reduce the OH&S risk for your staff in cash handling

Health and safety hazards associated with handling and transporting cash can arise from manual tasks, worker fatigue, remote or isolated work and violence from robberies and armed hold-ups.

Small and medium sized businesses are often the target of robberies because they usually have less security in place compared to banks. Service stations, chemists and liquor stores are often targeted but people walking retail takings to the bank and even schools are also at risk.

Workers can be killed or suffer serious injuries from weapons or physical assault. They may also suffer stress-related injuries.

The risk of cash-related incidents increases:

when there are inadequate barriers or security to prevent unlawful access to cash

when a person is working alone e.g. in a service station or walking to the bank

when the worker handling cash is not visible to people outside the workplace

e.g. windows are blocked with posters or shelves

▢  when the worker handling cash cannot see other people in the workplace
▢  when a person can enter the workplace undetected
▢  during opening and closing times, and
▢  when it is dark

You should manage the risks associated with handling and transporting cash by following a systematic process of:

▢  Identifying hazards – find out what could cause harm when handling or transporting cash
▢  Assessing risks if necessary – understand the nature of the harm that could be caused by the hazard, how serious the harm could be and the likelihood of it happening
▢  Controlling risks – implement the most effective control measures that are reasonably practicable in the circumstances, and
▢  Reviewing control measures to ensure they are working as planned

Eliminate the risk—that is, eliminating cash handling at the workplace or workers transporting cash—must be your first consideration. This could be achieved by only accepting electronic funds transfer at point of sale (EFTPOS) or credit cards or by engaging a professional security service to transport cash.

If eliminating the risk is not reasonably practicable you should consider using other control measures to minimise the risk, so far as is reasonably practicable. Further information on minimising risks is in Chapters 2 and 3 of this Guide.

A checklist to help identify hazards is at Appendix A.

Further guidance on the risk management process is in the Code of Practice: How to manage work health and safety risks.

Lakeside Security personal is full trained to handed cash and would reduce the risk to your staff and time for your business.

Rental of ATM

You can enjoy the benefits of renting an ATM from LAKESIDE SECURITY for a period of 36, 48 or 60 months, with the option of purchasing the machine at the end of your lease period for only $50 ex GST.

Renting an ATM also offers further fantastic advantages for small to medium businesses:

❖ You can receive great tax allowances (talk to your accountant to find out more)

❖ You can set your own 'per transaction' fee (the average is $2.50) and as we only charge a transaction processing fee of $0.75 incl GST per transaction, this leaves you with at least $1.75 per transaction of extra cash flow for your business

❖ Research shows that customers who withdraw funds in store end up spending between 10%-15% of the amount withdrawn there (sourced via Convenience & Impulse Retailing 2009)

❖ We provide FREE installation, maintenance services and 24/7 support anywhere in Australia

❖ You will receive FREE daily transaction reports (our competitors often charge for this)

❖ You get to choose where to put your ATM with the option of utilising it as a mobile ATM for external events!