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Simple Safety Update - Issue 10 October 2010

OHS News - Harmonisation

Well it’s on already and the new harmonised OHS legislation is still 12 months away. New South Wales’ threat to withdraw from the harmonisation process has sent everyone into a tail spin and sadly has confirmed that when it comes to politics nothing is out of bounds. The harmonisation of OHS laws is seen as the most positive step forward in OHS for many years and will bring relief to employers, better compliance and safer work places. As the NSW Business Chamber boss Greg Pattison has been quoted as saying employers are desperate for some certainty around harmonisation. If the fear is that not allowing Unions to prosecute employers will lead to a soft approach, I suggest Ms Kenneally speak to some employers who have been on the receiving end of a prosecution from WorkSafe Victoria, with a success rate of 96% and fines in the $100,000’s I think her fears are unfounded and ill informed.

Your Simple Safety Schedule

Let SOS guide you through the steps you need to manage workplace health and safety and meet legislative obligations in the Simple Safety Schedule.

So far in your schedule you have;

Developed and OHS Policy
Developed a plan for managing safety including allocating responsibilities and budget
Developed specific OHS roles and responsibilities which allocate tasks to all levels across your workplace for safety
Identified what skills you need in your organisation to manage safety and thought about what training people need
Established ways of consulting and communicating with workers about safety to get their ideas and input
Established ways to identify hazards such as developing hazard inspection checklists
Identified risk control using the hierarchy of control
Developed Safe Work Instructions
Developed a Safety Induction

Step 10 – Incident Reporting

An Incident Reporting process is an essential part of identifying hazards and reducing risks.

Follow this month’s Simple Safety Schedule steps below:

To Do:

Decide on what you want reported incidents, injuries, near misses, hazards
Develop a form including what happened, what was the outcome, and what can be done to prevent the incident again.
Allocate responsibility for ensuring forms are completed and preventative actions are followed up
Train employees and Supervisors in the process
Set up an incident register to record all reported incidents
Use the information collected to find trends, outcomes and areas to focus on improving