Harmonisation Compliance Tool : Safety Concepts

Progress:

Officers need to able to demonstrate a focus on continuous improvement through a systematic approach to occupational health and safety that includes setting specific objectives, establishing support systems or programmes to achieve objectives, regular review of progress and evaluation of outcomes.

Officer’s responsibilities clearly understood and acted upon. Time and money allocated to meet safety responsibilities. Manager/s promote safety as a high priority. Manager/s involved in all safety initiatives.

Officer’s responsibilities identified but not understood or operating effectively. Insufficient time and money allocated to meet safety responsibilities. Safety not always a priority. Limited involvement of manager/s in safety initiatives.

No safety initiatives. Manager/s set a poor safety example. No clear understanding of safety responsibilities. No time or money allocated to meet safety responsibilities.

Employers must ensure that all employees have ongoing opportunities to be involved and to have their interests represented in the development, implementation and evaluation of safe workplace practices.

Agreed consultation arrangements are used to discuss safety issues and are working effectively. Workers are involved in safety decisions and developing procedures. The views of workers are valued and taken into account.

Consultation arrangements are in place but not working effectively. Workers not always involved in safety decisions and developing procedures. Workers views not always valued or taken into account.

Around here no consultation arrangements in place. No involvement of workers in safety issues. Workers views not valued nor taken into account.

Employers are required to keep a set of written instructions that outlines the correct process and identifies health and safety issues that may arise from the specific jobs and tasks that make up a system of work.

All tasks with safety risks have been identified and the risks controlled. Safe work procedures developed and implemented for these tasks. Workers involved in developing safe work procedures. Procedures followed in day-to-day operations. Safe work procedures are reviewed.

Only some of tasks with safety risks have been addressed. Limited development and implementation of safe work procedures. Limited involvement of workers in developing safe work procedures. Procedures developed but not always followed in day-to-day operations. Safe work procedures not reviewed.

Tasks with safety risks not identified nor the risk controlled. No safe work procedures developed. Responsibility for doing tasks safely left to workers.

Employers are to ensure that all employees are informed of their own responsibilities for health and safety in the workplace. Employers will ensure that employees have specific knowledge concerning the management of hazards to which they are exposed to. This will be achieved through training in workplace procedures, environment, equipment and materials.

All workers inducted. Workers trained in safe work procedures before commencing tasks. Workers understand procedures and demonstrate they can do the tasks safely. Workers are supervised to ensure safe work procedures are followed.

Induction and training in safe work procedures incomplete or inconsistently applied. Some workers not able to demonstrate they can do the tasks safely. Supervision does not always result in safe work procedures being followed.

Workers not inducted. No safety training provided. Workers not made aware of safety issues. Ability of workers to do tasks safely is not checked. No safety supervision.

The employer is required to have an active reporting, recording, investigation and corrective action process. Incidents and injuries in this context includes all “near miss” or “near hit” events, work-related illnesses and injury, events that harmed or might have harmed, any employee during the course of their work.

Procedures for reporting safety issues and incidents are developed and implemented. Safety issues and incidents are reported and acted upon, including notifications required by law. Safe work procedures and training reviewed following incident reports.

Reporting procedures developed but not always followed. Some incidents reported, but follow-up action limited. Safe work procedures and training not always reviewed following an incident report.

No reporting procedures. Incidents not reported. No review of work practices following an incident.

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