Transcript Occupational Health and Safety: Code of Practice 2008

Occupational Health and Safety
Code of Practice 2008
Compliance Assistance
Codes of Practice
• How many of you have a complete set of the
previous 27 codes in your workplace including
the associated Australian Standards?
Codes of Practice
• How many of you find it hard to have to source
information from over 50 documents including
more than 2800 pages?
Codes of Practice
• How many of you would like to be able to access
all the codes in one document?
Occupational Health and Safety
Code of Practice 2008
• Here it is!
Occupational Health and Safety
Code of Practice 2008
• How does this new code fit into the legislative
framework?
• What was changed and why?
• What is in the new code?
• What are the major changes?
The Framework
Mandatory –
must follow
Law
The OHS Act
Legislative instruments
Regulations
Approved codes of practice
Guidance
Comcare SRC guidance material
Other guidance
Compliance mandated
unless the same
or better safety
outcomes are
achieved
No legal status
How our framework operates
(legislation)
Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991
• Provides the legislative basis for our
OHS framework
How our framework operates
(regulations)
The Regulations
• Safety Arrangements regulations
– HSR Election process
– investigators and statutory notices
– details about incident notification
• Safety Standards regulations
– Covers general requirements for hazard identification,
risk assessment and risk controls for high risk areas.
How our framework operates
(codes of practice and guidance material)
Approved codes of practice
• Provides employers with practical guidance on how to meet
their OHS obligations
Guidance material
• Guidance Material (issued by Comcare or SRCC)
• Other guidance (issued by others)
The Review
There were 27 codes which in some cases:
• were too prescriptive
• duplicated other regulations and legislation
• did not support the amendments to the
regulations
• were out of date
• were not written in plain English.
What happened to the old codes?
There are 8 previous codes not proposed to be included in the
2008 Code. Guidance may be issued in regard to some of
the issues.
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Interior Lighting
Visual Display Units VDU
Chemical database for emergency services
Transport of Dangerous Goods
Non Ionizing Radiation
Ionizing Radiation
OHS Competency Standards for the Operation of load
Shifting Equipment and other Types of Specified
Equipment
– Workplace Injury and Disease Recording
Which codes are current?
• Noise
• Storage and Handling of Dangerous Goods
• Control of Work-related Exposure to Hepatitis and
HIV viruses in the Australian Government
Employment
The aim of the New Code
The new code is:
• Easier to read and follow
• Contains guidance on areas previously excluded
• Only refers to AS/NZ Standards where necessary
for technical matters
• Allows flexibility in achieving compliance.
The Occupational Health and
Safety Code of Practice 2008
The new code consists of 25 parts
• 18 parts of previous codes redrafted
• 7 parts address new hazards
Note: 4 of these 25 are still under development
What the Code will do for you.
This new code will provide you as duty holders:
• efficient support to the Act and the regulations
• guidance which is relevant, practical, effective
• reduce legislative burden without reducing
safety standards
• a holistic approach to safety
• allows flexibility in achieving compliance.
The New Code
Part
Title
Status
1
Risk Management
New code
2
First Aid
Redrafted
3
Noise
Redrafted
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Manual Tasks
(under development)
Redrafted
5
Vibration
Redrafted
6
Human Immunodeficiency and Hepatitis B& C
Redrafted
7
Confined Spaces
Redrafted
8
Indoor Air Quality
Redrafted
9
Safety In Laboratories
Redrafted
10 *
Asbestos in situ
(under development)
Redrafted
11
Dangerous Goods
Redrafted
12
Hazardous Substances
Redrafted
The New Code
Part
Title
Status
13
Synthetic Mineral Fibres
Redrafted
14
Vinyl Chloride
Redrafted
15
Carcinogenic Substances
Redrafted
16
Timber Preservatives
Redrafted
17
Inorganic Lead
Redrafted
18
Ethylene Oxide
Redrafted
19
Ultraviolet Radiation in Sunlight
Redrafted
20
Diving Work
New code
21
Spray painting
New code
22
Abrasive Blasting
New code
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Construction Induction Training
24 #
Falls in Construction
25
Cash in transit
(under development)
(under development)
New code
New code
New Code
Group Exercise
Question 1.
• Which parts of the code may apply to
those at your table?
Part 1 – Risk Management
The purpose of this Part is to provide practical
guidance to:
– identify hazards
– assess the risk
– implement risk control measures in the
workplace
– monitor and review.
Risk Management Process
• Hazard identification
• Risk assessment
• Implement Risk control measures
– The hierarchy of controls
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Elimination
Substitution / Modification
Isolation
Engineering
Administrative
PPE
• Review effectiveness
Risk Matrix
From the Code
From another organisation
Part 2 – First Aid
• Practical guidance for employers and employees
on how to meet their duty of care under the Act.
• Specifically, it deals with the provision of
appropriate first aid services to the employer’s
employees as required under subsection 16(5)
(c) of the Act.
Part 2 – First Aid - Changes
Some of the major changes to this code are:
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Minimum standards for workplaces
Risk Management approach to high risk hazards
The addition of First Aid Policies and procedures
The removal of the Risk Management approach
and Deemed to Comply approach.
Questions
Group Exercise
Question 2.
• What may need be to considered when
applying this code to your workplace?
– eg. Procedures, resources,
consultation…
How can Comcare help?
• OHS General enquires
– Internet:
www.comcare.gov.au
– Phone:
1300 366 979
– Email:
[email protected]
Summary
The Occupational Health and Safety Code of
Practice 2008:
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allows flexibility in achieving compliance
is easier to read and follow
is less prescriptive
is written in plain English
is practical.