Transcript Raising and solving safety and health issues at the workplace

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Raising and solving safety and health issues at
the workplace
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Safety or health problem identified
Can you and/or your team fix it?
Then fix it ...
and tell someone
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Situational awareness
Seeing
Understanding
Thinking ahead
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Safety or health problem identified
It’s fixed – what next?
Tell someone
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Can’t fix it? Tell someone
Who do you report to?
• Tell your line manager (team leader, supervisor,
manager)
Is it a safety or health matter?
• Participative approach
• Wider involvement if necessary
• Matter resolved
• Communicate outcome
– Record resolution of matter
– Notify safety and health committee
– Communicate to workforce
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Matter not resolved?
Is there a site procedure for resolution of safety and
health issues at the workplace?
Yes? Then follow it!
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Producing a site procedure – where to start?
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Is there a safety and health representative? Yes
• Employee notifies employer and SHRep OR
management notifies SHRep where management
identifies an issue
• Employer and SHRep or authorised representative
discuss issue
Resolved?
Communicate outcome
Not resolved?
Refer to safety and health committee
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Is there a safety and health committee? Yes
• Employee notifies employer and S&H committee OR
management notifies S&H committee where
management identifies an issue
• S&H committee discuss issue
Resolved?
Communicate outcome
Not resolved?
Serious or imminent risk?
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Is there a safety and health representative? No
• Employee notifies employer OR employer notifies
employees
• Employer and employee representatives discuss
issue
Resolved?
Communicate outcome
Not resolved?
Serious or imminent risk?
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Matter is not resolved and there is ...
• No relevant procedure
• No safety and health representative
• No safety and health committee
Does the issue pose a serious or imminent risk?
• Safety and health representative, employer
or employee (if no SHRep) may notify
Resources Safety
• Supply sufficient information so inspector can
understand issue
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Remember Issues are more likely to be
resolved in the workplace than at the regulator
Strive for
resilience
of system
Consistent
mindset of
wariness
Reform
rather than
repair
Flexibility
of operation
Responsibility
shared
Failures prompt
far-reaching
inquiries
Actively
seek new
ideas
Proactive
as well as
reactive
Messengers
rewarded
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