Transcript Health & Safety Stakeholder Reference Group Meeting

Health & Safety
Stakeholder Reference Group
24th April 2013
9 – 11am
Level 7, 222 Exhibition Street
Agenda
Time
Agenda item
9.00
Minutes/Action Items
9.10
Legislation Policy Update
9:40
Stakeholder Charter Update
9:55
Business Planning Update
10:25
HSR Training Update
10:55
Other Business
11:00
Close
Apologies, Minutes, Actions
Apologies
Previous Minutes - SRG dated 7 March 2013
Action items from previous meeting
Legislation, Policy and Information
Services
Angela Jolic, Cath Duane &
Linda Timothy
Code of Practice for the Storage and
Handling of Dangerous Goods
• Proposed Code of Practice was released for public
comment on 4 April
• Public comment period ends 2 May 2013
• Code of Practice is on track to be finalised in June 2013
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OHS Regulations Review update
Amending Regulation
• to be completed by July 2014
• a package of measures to drive improvement in health and
safety outcomes through:
• Workability improvements
• Streamlining of provisions, and
• Reductions in delays
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OHS Regulations Review
Comprehensive review of the regulations
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First tranche commencing in May 2013 to cover:
Manual handling
Plant & high risk work
Hazardous substances and materials (including carcinogens and
lead)
• Major hazard facilities and mines
• Expected duration of first tranche is 9 – 12 months
• Second tranche expected to commence in April 2014
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OHS Regulations Review
Stakeholder engagement:
• Subject specific stakeholder reference groups nominations from SRG by July 2013
• First stakeholder group meetings to be held in 3rd
quarter 2013
Next steps
• Project planning underway
• Further update to be provided at next SRG meeting
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Manual Handling Code and
Regulations
• Review of Manual Handling Code and Regulations will be
undertaken in first tranche
• First stakeholder consultation meeting in June
• Code to be made available for a 28-day public comment
period late 2013 / early 2014
• Expected to be finalised in first half of next year
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Report on national OHS forums
Safe Work Australia Members Group Meeting (held on 14
March 2013)
• Workplace Bullying: Commonwealth Inquiry and release of draft
Code of Practice with RIS & Guide for workers for public comment
• Stevedoring draft Code of Practice
• Hazardous Chemicals
• Work related fatalities reporting
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Regulators Harmonisation Project
Outcomes of HWSA Meeting – 12 April 2013
RHP items:
• Integrated framework for common approach to inspection work
• Updated criteria for determining ‘competent person’ to inspect certain
plant
• Revisions to guide on right of entry and entry permit holders
• Technical amendment to template Prohibition Notice
• Endorsed desired common coding schema for notified incidents
• Addressed ACCI issues re: plant registration under model WHS laws
• Remaining RHP work:
- procedures for dealing with applications for authorisations
- criteria for suspension and cancellation of authorisations
- harmonised guidance
- review / revise some already endorsed RHP deliverables
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Regulators Harmonisation Project
Outcomes from HWSA meeting - 12 April 2013
Other HWSA matters:
• HWSA website remodelling
• Sharing material re: bullying
• Request for SWA to develop guidance on record-keeping for
audiometric testing
• Draft protective structures and earthmoving machinery guide
• MoU development
• Qld intention to accept video-conferencing in some HSR training
• NSW blitz in glass manufacturing industry
• HWSA representation on Standards Australia ME-004 Technical
Committee (Lifts)
• Fraudulent high risk licences from overseas
Next meeting 27 June 2013
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Any questions?
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Stakeholder Charter Update
Krystle Shirreff
1. Background & Context
• Importance of effective stakeholder
engagement
• Journey so far:
> Rich discussion on what effective engagement
looks like
> Agreed on concept of documenting how we work
together, subject to amendments and review of
SRG TOR
> Discussion of importance of measuring our
success
> Comprehensive feedback received and
incorporated in to Charter & Principles document
– latest version distributed for further comment
2. Next steps
• Further feedback invited on TOR document
and Stakeholder Charter & Principles
• Measuring our success will be a key step in
ensuring we are ‘giving life’ to the
Stakeholder Charter & Principles (Sep/Oct
2014)
• Finalise documents: TOR update? Charter &
Principles finalisation?
• Including principles in they way we work
together
Business Planning Update
Megan O’Halloran
Today
• 2017 strategy targets
• Business planning to date
• Business planning next steps
• Further analysis work underway
• Manual handling focus areas for consideration
• Current strategic priorities – update
• Your involvement- next steps
Strategy 2017
• 2017 strategy has clearly defined targets
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10-15% claims reduction in five years
• How to achieve targets is, and will continue, to evolve
• Health & Safety prevention activity may focus on:
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Hazards
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Occupations
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Industries
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Employers
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Support for workplace parties
Business Planning to date
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Discussion Papers were developed: analysis included return to work
information, claims, environmental and previous/current WorkSafe
prevention activity
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Analysis identified the key industries and sub-industries with the most
manual handling claims (HS&SA, Retail, Construction, Postal, Transport &
Warehousing and Manufacturing)
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Verification of the data and ranking of the sub-industries for 2013-14 is
underway.
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verification has been sought from our Inspectorate and subject matter experts
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verification has also included initial discussions with stakeholders e.g.
Foundations for Safety; further validation is required
Business Planning process
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Once all the inputs, intelligence and verification have been provided
then the process to develop Program Logics* will commence
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Program Logics will seek to map each of our programs of work to
determine the inputs and tools needed to achieve our outcomes
Encouragement for
effective workplace safety
Information,
education &
communication
(incl. campaigns)
Deterrence for
poor performance
Workplaces
Financial
incentives –
Premium &
Grants
*Refer to handout for definition of Project Logics
Risk of
detection Inspections
Risk of
prosecution –
Investigations &
Prosecutions
Further analysis work underway
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Analysis is currently underway on determining where to focus our
efforts in targeting the ‘56%’ i.e. non manual handling claims
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We are currently analysing our data two ways
1. We are working to prove the hypothesis that we should stick to our top
five industries
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Nearly two thirds of our M/H claims (65.7%) were in five Industries, as per
previous page
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Manual handling in these top five industries were responsible for 28.6% of all
claims. Non-manual handling in these industries accounted for a further 34.6 %
of claims. By targeting these 5 Industries we could address 63.2% of all claims.
2. Two we are looking at the data with as no assumptions to see what we
find
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Once analysis is complete, the verification process will commence,
followed by development of Project Logics
Manual handling focus areas for
consideration
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Manual handling will be a key focus area
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The MH prevention projects will seek to address MH issues at either
industry, sub-industry or occupation level
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The MH projects will use a range of levers including communications,
Inspectorate, guidance and stakeholder relations
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Key MH prevention areas under consideration include:
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Construction – trades
Food manufacturing – bakeries and meat
Motors, metals and machinery
Aged care – nurses and care attendants
Hospitals - nurses
Retail – Coles and Woolworths
Warehousing – mainly in retail
Who &
What
Which
areas to
target?
Manufacturing (Industry is 20% of claims. Focus areas target 10%)
Food (Meat, Bakeries, Dairies)
Metal, Motors and Machines
(750 claims)
(611 claims)
Meat - Abattoirs, Meat Delivery into retail areas
Bakeries - Large Bakeries/Cake mfrs. Franchises. Focus on
Dough handling, pan handling, loading of final product.
Dairies - cheese and dried product mfrs. Focus areas layout
of old workplaces, repetitive tasks.
Motor vehicle / body - Awkward postures
Auto Parts Mfg - Work throughput and production Lines
Architectural Aluminium/Structural Steel Fabrication factory layout. Small workplaces
Electrical Equipment Manufacturing – factory layout
Which
areas to
target?
Construction (Industry is 10% of claims. Focus areas target 7%)
Heavy & Civil
Other heavy & civil engineering
Road bridge construction
(350 claims)
Completion Services
(150 claims)
Building Structure
Concreters
(140 claims)
Building
Installation
Services
e
Who &
What
Plumbing Services (280 claims)
Trades, labourers, supervisors, builders, concreters, plumbers, electricians
Effective site management i.e. house keeping, scheduling, material delivery & specifications, high force eg cable drums,
concrete bags, paint tins, hot water service systems etc
Healthcare & Social Assistance (Industry is 16% of claims. Focus areas target 13%)
Which
areas to
target?
Hospitals
(800c claims)
Residential
Care
Services
(inc Aged Care)
Which
Who &
areas to Encourage
WhatDeter
target?
Who &
What
(550 claims)
Supervisors, Nurses, Nursing
assistants, CEOs
Patient handling primarily; materials
handling (eg 30kg surgical sets); RTW
MarComms: target supervisors and
most at risk i.e. nurses/assistants etc
EP: influence stakeholders at Public
Sector Round Table (eg AV, DoH, DHS)
Supervisors, welfare and care
assistants, personal carers
Patient handling
EP: provide consultancy support
MarComms: target supervisors and
most at risk i.e. carers, welfare and
community workers
Medical/Other
Health Care
Services – Ambulance
Services
(400 claims)
Ambulance Victoria
(paramedics and ambos)
Implementing new lifting controls to aid
patient handling
AV: Maintain oversight of AV
implementation of electronic lifting
cushion and stair chair as first priority.
MarComms: target supervisors and most
at risk (ambos, paramedics)
Retail (Industry is 17% of claims. Focus areas target 11%)
Food
EP: inspect med/lge
(T20=74%)
(supermarkets)
Other Store-Based
Claims response:
taking into
(hardware,
clothing)
EP: inspect med/lge (T20=52%)
consideration
Claims Response: CT/other
Claims response: CT/other
(302 claims)latest AV progress
(1449 claims)
RTW: meeting obligations
Enforcement: inv/pro
(private/NFP/Govt?)…
patient/materialStorepersons, Sales Assistants
Storepersons,
Sales
Assistants,
Grocery
Staff,
Register
Enforcement: inv/pro…
handling and building design?
LoadingHave
bays,we?
storage, transportation (trolleys, cages), shelf
Operators,
Staff
patient/material handling
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building
Could
we?
stacking, serving customers.
LoadingHave
bays,we?
storage,
(trolleys, cages),
design?
Couldtransportation
we?
shelf stacking, serving customers.
Wesfarmers & Woolworths
Establish cross functional Wesfarmers and Woolworths team
Transport, Postal & Warehousing (industry is 10% of claims. Focus areas target
Deter
Encourage
Which
Who & areas to
What target?
6%)
Road Freight
Warehousing
(412 claims)
(548 claims)
Storepersons, Drivers
Product packing, loading.
Toll
Storepersons
Product picking, packing, loading, shelving.
Wesfarmers & Woolworths
Upstream Duty Holders: collaborate with upstream duty
holders to influence product packing practices and
workplace design – product and process, design and
infrastructure.
Design: engage with shopping centre management eg
Centro, Westfield re loading bay design.
EP: use EP model for scheme employers (Aldi, CostCo, IGA)
and a constructive compliance model with whole of WSV and
multi-jurisdictional approach for self-insurers (Wesfarmers &
Woolworths).
Upstream Duty Holders: collaborate with upstream duty
holders to influence product packing practices and workplace
design.
Strategy: align with Agriculture strategy (eg farmers packing
products according to retail requirements).
Labour Hire: target via EP and RSA.
Ops: continue compliance and enforcement for STF,
entering/exiting vehicles, lashing loads
Claims Response: CT/other
Claims Response: CT/other
Enforcement: manual handling and workplace design.
RTW: enforce obligations
Enforcement: manual handling and workplace design.
RTW: enforce obligations
Current Strategic Priorities
Agriculture
Agriculture
Dangerous plant
Dangerous
Machines
& machinery
Manual handling
Manual Handling
Psychosocial
Psychosocial
Hazards
hazards
DGs &
Construction
Construction
Dangerous
Goods
transport
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Note: Other programs of work will continue and some will broaden e.g. improved
support for HSRs, occupational disease and asbestos
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Programs of work in these six areas will be rolling over the course of the current
five year strategy
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Current Priorities - update
• Dangerous machines
• Project focus on guarding and supervision of dangerous machines
• Project to also include a focus on the supply chain, in part, through a
development of a internally coordinated reporting process to report and
target suppliers
• Long term consideration about updating OHS Regulations to include
more modern machines to be licensed
• Agriculture
• Key focus will remain our contribution to the ongoing public debate on
fitting crush protection devices to ATV’s
• Program will focus on dialogue with government, key stakeholders and
the media
Current Priorities update
• Dangerous Goods
• WorkSafe administers Dangerous Goods Act
• Specialised compliance projects are developed and implemented each
year in this area, current focus areas are tankers and fuel retail
• Projects rely on the Inspectorate as the key lever
• Construction
• Continued compliance focus on high consequence work and ensuring
compliance with regulations
• Manual handling focus to be incorporated into our focus
Current Priorities
• Psychosocial hazards
• Continue to engage with stakeholders on the regulatory approach to
mental wellbeing in Victorian workplaces that is within WorkSafe’s
mandate
• Fully exploit all existing tools, models and competencies to focus on high
risk hazards (risks to psychological health)
• Share information with workplace parties on the value of positive mental
wellbeing in workplaces
• Work with and through partner organisations to build understanding
among all parties of the conditions, benefits, and methods of creating
healthy workplaces
• Links RTW strategies
Next Steps
We welcome your thoughts, insights, ideas regarding our current
prevention priorities:
•Dangerous Goods
•Asbestos
•Dangerous Machines
 Psychosocial
 Construction
 Agriculture
And our proposed key manual handling prevention areas:
•Construction – trades
•Food manufacturing – bakeries and meat
•Motors, metals and machinery
•Aged care – nurses and care attendants
•Hospitals – nurses
•Retail – Coles and Woolworths
•Warehousing – mainly in retail
Report back and discussions
to be held at the next SRG 30
May 2013
We will come back to SRG on outcomes of further analysis work for
verification
HSR Training Update
Carolyn Kennedy
HSR Training Review –
Progress to date and where to next…
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Recap on last 6 months:
• Context – Caple recommendations & SWA Training Materials
• WorkSafe’s proposed responses (options)
• WorkSafe’s response
• Timeframes for response / implementation
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Quick overview:
• HSR Training Course Application Package
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Where to next?
• Release of WorkSafe-developed course
• Post-approval Monitoring (Quality Assurance) process
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SWA-TAG Package of HSR Training
Materials – 2012
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How to become an Approved Provider of HSR Training
(Submission requirements and Approval Conditions)
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Introduction to the HSR Training Package
(Underpinning Principles and Learning Outcomes)
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Package developed and approved through extensive tripartite
consultation
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Informs content of HSR Training Course Application Kit…
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WorkSafe’s response to Caple’s
recommendations – 2012
Three responses proposed:
1. Retain current Victorian package of HSR training materials - with
re-focus on HSRs as primary audience
2. Implement SWA package of HSR training materials - adapted to
Victorian OHS laws / context
3. Implement SWA package of HSR training materials PLUS offer a
WorkSafe-developed training course
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SRG informed of proposed responses: 27 September 2012
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Providers’ opportunity to provide feedback: 23 November 2012
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SRG advised of WorkSafe’s decision to proceed with Response 3:
29 November 2012
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Providers advised of decision : 4 December 2012
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HSR Training Course Application
Package: Components
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Part 1: Requirements for making a submission for approval
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Applying to become an approved provider (and renewing
approved provider status)
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What to include in a submission
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Conditions of Approval
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Use of logo and copyright, and advertising specifications
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Supporting materials (incl. Forms, Templates, Samples)
Part 2: Requirements for developing training course materials
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Learning Outcomes
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Underpinning Principles
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Example of an Instructional Design Model
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Supporting materials (incl. further information and Templates)
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Timeframes – Response 3
(advised 12 November & 4 December)
Course Application Kit
(resources to support own course
development)
Released 8 April 2013
Providers develop & submit course
By 1 October 2013
Gain approval of courses
Before 31 December 2013
Course Application Kit
(for WorkSafe-developed course)
Released 1 July 2013
New HSR training courses
Available for delivery
1 January 2014
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Where to next…?
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Release of WorkSafe-developed course – 1 July 2013
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Course Application Package will include:
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Specific requirements for application and approval
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Specific Conditions of Approval
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Initial draft to SRG: 30 May 2013
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Post-approval Monitoring (Quality Assurance) process
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Informed by HWSA document ‘Monitoring Compliance with
the Conditions of Approval’
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Based on Conditions of Approval for both course types
Initial proposal to SRG: 26 September 2013
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Other Business
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Next SRG meeting
30thMay 2013
2pm – 4pm