Risk%20Management

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Risk Management

• What is it?
• Why it is so important?

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OHSMS

• OHS Management System AS/NZS 4801 (2001)
• Principle 1 Commitment and policy
• Principle 2 Planning
• Principle 3 Implementation
• Principle 4 Measurement and evaluation
• Principle 5 Review and improvement

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OHS ACT 2000

• Employers are required to identify, assess and
  eliminate or control all foreseeable hazards in
  their workplaces
• There must be consultation between employers and
  employees on matters affecting health, safety and
  welfare

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Section 8 Duties relating to health, safety
welfare at work.

• General Duties
• Duties of employers  

An employer must ensure the health safety and
welfare of their employees at the workplace
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Section 8 Duty Extends to

• A safe working environment

• Adequate facilities

• Access to / egress from the place of work

• An environment that is free from risks

• Appropriate medical and first aid services

• Information instruction training and supervision

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Section 8 Duty extends to

• Duties of employers to others at workplace
• Employer must ensure no one is exposed to risk
  to health or safety arising from the employers
  undertaking while they are at the employers
  place of work includes volunteers, visitors,
  contractors, delivery personnel, students,
  clients

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Section 13Duty of employer to consult

• An employer must consult with the employees to
  enable the employee to contribute to making of
  decisions affecting their health, safety and
  welfare at work

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Section 20Related Duties of Employees

• An employee must take reasonable care for the
  health and safety of people who are at the
  employers place of work and who may be affected
  by the employees acts or omissions
• An employee must cooperate with the employer or
  other persons to enable compliance with
  requirements of the Act or Regulation imposed in
  the interest of OHS

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Places of work - risk management other matters
Chapter 2

• It places obligations on employers to identify
  all foreseeable hazards in the workplace, assess
  the risks these hazards pose to health and safety
  and to eliminate or control those risks

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Risk Control

• Employer to eliminate risks if this is not
  reasonably practicable, control the risk to the
  fullest extent possible
• When controlling risks, an employer must
  comply with the specific risk controls set out in
  Chapters 4 to 8

• Personal Protective Equipment should only be
  used to minimise risks if there are no other
  practical ways to prevent an injury or disease

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• Systematic Management of Health and Safety

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Systematic Management of OHS

• Policies
• Programs - General
• - Specific
• Procedures

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Principles of Risk Management

• Identify hazards
• Assess risks
• Control hazards if they cannot be eliminated
• Monitor, review and evaluate effectiveness of
  controls

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• Continuous Improvement in OHS Systems

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OHSMS

• OHS Management System AS/NZS 4804 (2001)
• Principle 1 Commitment and policy
• Principle 2 Planning
• Principle 3 Implementation
• Principle 4 Measurement and evaluation
• Principle 5 Review and improvement

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Continuous Improvement

• OHS Management System Model of Continuous
  Improvement
• (1) OHS Policy
• (5) Management
• Review (2) Planning
• (4) Measurement
• Evaluation (3) Implementation

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Workplace Audits

• Internal
• Due Diligence Checklist
• Workplace Audit Tool
• External Audits against AS/NZS 48012001

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Useful Tools

• Workcover publications
• Due Diligence Checklist
• Manual Handling Black spots- Community Services
• Risk Management at Work
• Safety Culture Survey
• Standards
• AS/NZ ISO 31000 2009 Risk Management-
  Principles Guidelines
• AS/NZS 4801 2001 Occupational Health Safety
  Management Systems