2. The most precious commodity in your organisation?

3. The most precious commodity in your organisation
The most precious commodity in your organisation? IT’S YOU… The Employee!

4. Under law organisations must
have systems in place to protect their
employees, sub contractors & visitors
against harm or injury.

5. Under law organisations must
have systems in place to protect their
employees, sub contractors & visitors
against harm or injury.
What does this mean?

6. Under law organisations must:

7. Under law organisations must:
provide safe plant and systems of work

8. Under law organisations must:
provide safe plant and systems of work
identify potential risks & manage those risks

9. Under law organisations must:
provide safe plant and systems of work
identify potential risks & manage those risks
continually audit systems & procedures
to ensure continuous improvement &
best practice is maintained

10. Under law organisations must:
provide safe plant and systems of work
identify potential risks & manage those risks
continually audit systems & procedures
to ensure continuous improvement &
best practice is maintained
provide written procedures & instructions
to ensure safe systems of work

11. Under law organisations must:
ensure compliance with legislative
requirements & current industry standards

12. Under law organisations must:
ensure compliance with legislative
requirements & current industry standards
provide information, instruction, training &
supervision to employees, contractors
& customers to ensure their safety.

13. Under law employees must:
Take reasonable care for their own
health & safety

14. Under law employees must:
Take reasonable care for their own
health & safety
And of any other person who may be affected by what they do & what they may fail to do.

15. To make a HUGE impact on safety in your workplace. Identify:

16. To make a HUGE impact on safety
in your workplace. Identify:
Possible Hazards

17. To make a HUGE impact on safety
in your workplace. Identify:
Possible Hazards
“Near Miss” Risks

18. To make a HUGE impact on safety
in your workplace. Identify:
Possible Hazards
“Near Miss” Risks
and report them to your manager,
supervisor, site contact person or
OHS Representative.

19. A recent study has shown that there is a direct correlation between near miss risks and the occurrence of serious accidents causing injury or death in the workplace

20. For every serious or major injury there are…

21. For every serious or major injury there are…
10 minor injuries

22. For every serious or major injury there are…
10 minor injuries
30 incidents of property damage

23. For every serious or major injury there are…
10 minor injuries
30 incidents of property damage
& 600 incidents that could have
resulted in injury or property damage
but didn’t …

24. For every serious or major injury there are…
10 minor injuries
30 incidents of property damage
& 600 incidents that could have
resulted in injury or property damage
but didn’t … “Near Misses”

25. 600 signposts along the way indicating that it could occur!
For every serious or major injury
there are…
600 signposts along the way indicating that it could occur!

26. Whether you are a Manager, a Supervisor, an Employee or a Sub Contractor…

27. Whether you are a Manager, a Supervisor, an Employee or a Sub Contractor… We all have a role to play in ensuring our workplace is safe!

28. Whether you are a Manager, a Supervisor, an Employee or a Sub Contractor… We all have a role to play in ensuring our workplace is safe! Consultation is the mechanism to support full involvement

29. Consultation includes:

30. Consultation includes:
Discussing issues on the workplace floor

31. Consultation includes:
Discussing issues on the workplace floor
Meetings of health & safety committees

32. Consultation includes:
Discussing issues on the workplace floor
Meetings of health & safety committees
The exchange of information & ideas
about risks to health and safety

33. Consultation includes:
Discussing issues on the workplace floor
Meetings of health & safety committees
The exchange of information & ideas
about risks to health and safety
It is an offence for an employer to discriminate against an employee for raising such issues!

34. A Planned Hazard Management
Program involving:

35. A Planned Hazard Management
Program involving:
hazard identification

36. A Planned Hazard Management Program involving: hazard identification
assessment

37. A Planned Hazard Management Program involving: hazard identification
assessment
& implementation of control measures

38. A Planned Hazard Management Program involving: hazard identification
assessment
& implementation of control measures
is essential if injuries & illness are to be reduced in your workplace

39. Many hazards will be able to be controlled
immediately & may involve little or no cost

40. Many hazards will be able to be controlled
immediately & may involve little or no cost
Some will only be fixed through significant
changes to:

41. Many hazards will be able to be controlled
immediately & may involve little or no cost
Some will only be fixed through significant
changes to:
the way you do the work

42. Many hazards will be able to be controlled
immediately & may involve little or no cost
Some will only be fixed through significant
changes to:
the way you do the work
the equipment used or

43. Many hazards will be able to be controlled
immediately & may involve little or no cost
Some will only be fixed through significant
changes to:
the way you do the work
the equipment used or
layout of the workplace  

44. What are some examples of these
Many hazards will be able to be controlled
immediately & may involve little or no cost
Some will only be fixed through significant
changes to:
the way you do the work
the equipment used or
layout of the workplace  
What are some examples of these
in your workplace?

45. It is essential that your hazard
management program be monitored
& evaluated.

46. It is essential that your hazard
management program be monitored
& evaluated. WHY ?

47. It is essential that your hazard
management program be monitored
& evaluated. WHY ?
Ensures the controls you have
implemented are working

48. It is essential that your hazard
management program be monitored
& evaluated. WHY ?
Ensures the controls you have
implemented are working
Provides valuable feedback on
the program’s effectiveness

49. Please remember…

50. NO JOB is so important or so urgent that it can’t be done safely!!
Please remember…
NO JOB is so important or
so urgent that it can’t be
done safely!!