Transcript Mines Safety Roadshow 2008 - Department of Mines and

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Toolbox presentation: Safety culture – importance
of incident reporting
Safety culture change
Safety is the
responsibility of
management
I can prevent
my own injury
I can prevent my colleague
from being injured
Little employee
involvement
Increased employee
involvement
100% employee
involvement
Dependent
Independent
Inter-dependent
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Regulatory requirements
An incident must be reported:
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if it causes an injury that prevents the person from returning the
following day to the duties they were doing at the time of the accident
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regardless of whether the person is rostered to work the following day
or not
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if the person has lost time from work, been assigned to alternate or
light duties, or been put on restricted hours
Reporting requirement applies to:
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employees
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self-employed persons
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contractors and their employees
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Human error
James Reason’s theory of managing human error
Two approaches to the problem of human fallibility:
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the person
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the system
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HERO fundamentals
Human Error Reduction Operation (HERO)
5 Fundamentals
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Zero tolerance for reckless behaviour
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Blame-free reporting for other unsafe acts (honest errors)
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Importance of a safety information system for identifying
recurrent error traps
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Mental skills that enable detection and recovery of errors
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Collective mindfulness of operational dangers
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‘Swiss cheese model’
Reason’sJames
Swiss Reason’s
cheese model
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Discussion topics
What are the consequences if incident reporting is:
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Not done?
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Not done well?
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Not followed up?
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Not recorded (regardless of regulatory requirements)?
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Follow-up is not communicated to workforce?
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Inter-dependent safety culture
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Compliance
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Concentration
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Communication
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Co-operation
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Compliance
What does it mean?
Follow rules and procedures
but
Sometimes you need to challenge rules and
procedures, and suggest improvements or ways
to simplify them etc.
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Concentration
All the time? Is that possible?
It’s about keeping safety ……
NOT HERE
HERE
.... at the front of your mind, not the back
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Was the forklift driver concentrating?
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Communication
What does it mean?
When do we need to communicate?
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Before we start a task
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When we see someone at risk
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When we’re not sure
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When what we’re going to do could affect others
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Why doesn’t someone say something?
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Co-operation
What does it mean?
How do we do it?
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Do what we said we’d do
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Don’t deviate from the plan
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Work together - teamwork
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Help others
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Co-operation
Meerkat survival depends on teamwork!
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