HEALTH AND SAFETY RECORD
› 73 people die at work every year
› 1 in 10 is harmed
› At least 600 die from work-related diseases
› 200,000 ACC claims for work-related harm
› $3.5 billion in costs (2-4% of GDP)
› Devastating emotional toll
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THE CHALLENGE TO BE MET
AT LEAST 25% REDUCTION IN DEATHS AND SERIOUS INJURIES AT WORK BY 2020
10% REDUCTION BY 2016
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THE EFFECTIVE REGULATOR
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Educate
Enforce
What good looks like and how to comply
With those who influence the workplace
Proportionately, consistently
Engage
OUR PRIORITIES
1. Targeting risk
2. Working together
3. Rebuilding Canterbury safely
4. Working smarter
5. Strengthening our
organisation
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1. Forestry
2. Agriculture
3. Manufacturing
4. Construction
5. Occupational Health
OUR PRIORITIES
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WORKSAFE – OUR VIEW OF THE SECTOR
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• Large & Diverse
• SME Focused
• Labour Intensive
• High Risk sector
• Significant growth
• Large “at risk workforce”
CONSTRUCTION SECTOR: FATAL INJURY MECHANISMS
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SOME NUMBERS–SERIOUS HARM (2008 – 2014)
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INJURY MECHANISM PERCENTAGE/NUMBER OF SEVERE INJURIES
AVERAGE DAYS OFF WORK
KEY FACTORS
Body Stressing 39% (8,066) 166 Often lifting - shoulder and back injuries common
Fall from height 15% (3,055) 236 Ladders and stepladders (40%) and roofs (16%) were commonly noted
Falls, Trips, and Slips 13% (2,899) 144 Stairs/steps, holes, stepladders, and worksite clutter pose risks
Exposure to dusts (64%), and asbestos (23%)and other airborne substances, including silica, caused an estimated 185 deaths and 731 hospitalisations in 2010. Deaths from occupational diseases linked to airborne exposures are estimated to have been almost 20 times higher than deaths from accidents (based on 2010 figures).
CONSTRUCTION DUST- A REAL DANGER
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KEY CONCEPTS OF THE HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK ACT
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› PCBU
› Primary duty of care
› Reasonably practicable
› Overlapping duties
› Worker participation
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EVERYONE HAS A ROLE TO PLAY
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BUSINESSES PCBUs
› PCBU – Person Conducting a Business or Undertaking – is a broad concept that captures all types of modern working arrangements
› A business – whether commercial or non-commercial – is a PCBU.
› Note that sole traders and self-employed are PCBUs
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THE BUSINESS HAS PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY PCBUs and Primary Duty of Care
A business must look after:
› The health and safety of your workers and any other workers you influence or direct
› The health and safety of other people at risk from any work you carry out
- eg customers, visitors, public
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SENIOR BUSINESS LEADERS Officers and the Duty of Due Diligence
› An Officer is a person who holds a very senior leadership position, and has the ability to significantly influence the management of a Business or Undertaking.
› Includes: - Directors of a company - Partners in a partnership - Board members - CEO
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SO WHERE DO YOU START? Know your health and safety Risks …
… manage them proportionately
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YOU NEED TO KNOW…
› What the risks are from your work
› The likelihood of those risks occurring
› The degree of harm that might result from those risks
› Options to eliminate the risks
› If they can’t be eliminated, options to minimise the risks
USE COMMON CONTROLS FOR COMMON RISKS
REASONABLY PRACTICABLE
What is or was reasonably able to be done to ensure health and safety, taking into account and weighing up all reasonable matters.
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WORKING WITH OTHER BUSINESSES Overlapping Duties
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When the work of two or more businesses overlap, they must consult, co-operate and co-ordinate activities to meet their health and safety responsibilities to workers and others.
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Plan ahead, think about the stages of your work and who is affected by it
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Identify the risks to be managed and together agree how to control the risks and who is best placed to do so
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Define roles, responsibilities and actions and explain these to workers and other businesses so they know what to expect
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Continue to consult, communicate, co-operate and co-ordinate including carrying out reasonable and proportionate monitoring to ensure H&S is maintained
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5. WORKER REPRESENTATION
› Any business can have a Health & Safety Representative (HSR) or Committee (HSC)
› HSRs benefit business and workers by providing:
- A clear, well known way for workers to raise issues and ideas
- A voice for workers who might not otherwise speak up about health and safety matters
- A link between workers and management
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WHAT HAS BEEN ACHIEVED • Fatalities notified to WorkSafe trending down
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STILL WORK TO DO
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STILL WORK TO DO
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WHAT ARE WE DOING TO HELP YOU?