Training

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OHS RISK MANAGEMENT
(Hazard identification, risk assessment, risk
control control review)
University of Newcastle ENGINEERING
STUDENTS September 30, 2003
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SafetyPlusRisk Management Services

• Doug Wakefield MSIA
• 2276
• 13 10 50
• workcover.nsw.gov.au
• safemeasure.com.au

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Civilisation I

• The Law
• Empowers ALL parties to recognise what is
  acceptable what is unacceptable in society

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Civilisation II

• The Law
• Defines what is in-bounds what is
  out-of-bounds

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Playin de Game...
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Playin de Game...
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Playin de Game...
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Playin de Game...
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Playin de Game...
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Playin de Game...
Team A
Referee
B Scores
A Scores
Team B
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Playin de Game...
Defence
Judge
Not Guilty
Guilty
Prosecution
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How it all fits together
OHS Act 2000
Injury Mgt Act
OHS Regulation 2001
Codes of Practice
Australian and National Standards
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RISK MANAGEMENT

• Integral part of good management practice
• Repeat process consisting of sequential steps
• Based upon continual improvement in
  decision-making

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OHS Risk Management OverviewWhat its all
about?
Identify hazard(s)
Assess risk(s)
Re-evaluate New processes New substances New
plant New knowledge Changes to legislation
Control risk(s)
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Whats the difference between a Hazard and a Risk?

• What is a HAZARD?
• What is a RISK?

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A Hazard is ...

• Clause 3 of the OHS Regulation 2001 defines a
  hazard as
• ...anything (including work practices or
  procedures) that has the potential to harm the
  health or safety of a person.

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A Risk is

• ...anything (including work practices or
  procedures) that is likely/probable/may or could
  harm the health or safety of a person.

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Manage your hazards...
IDENTIFY
ASSESS
HAZARDS
CONTROL
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Employer to identify hazards

• Clause 9 of the OHS Regulation 2001 states
• employers must take reasonable care to
  identify any foreseeable hazards to
• any employee of the employer
• any other person legally at the employers place
  of work.

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What hazards must employer identify?

• Physical working environment including
• Electrocution
• Drowning
• Fire/explosion
• People slipping, tripping or falling
• Contact with moving/ stationary object
• Noise, heat, cold, vibration, radiation,
  electricity, contaminated air, confined space
• Workplace violence

• The work premises
• Work practices, work systems shift work
  arrangements
• Plant
• Hazardous substances
• The presence of asbestos
• Manual handling
• Layout/condition of workplace
• Biological organisms

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Effective hazard identification procedures must
be in place

• Immediately prior to using premises for the first
  time (as a place of work)
• Before and during installation, erection,
  commissioning or alterations to plant
• Before changes to work practices and systems of
  work are introduced
• Before hazardous substances are introduced
• While work is being carried out
• When new/additional information is made available
  from an authoritative source

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Methods of Hazard Identification Part 1 - THE
SENSES
dont forget good, old fashioned INTUITION!
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Methods of Hazard IdentificationPart 2 - THE
BRAIN

• SYSTEMATIC
• Safety Audit
• Workplace Inspection
• Injury Illness Records
• Consultation
• Incident Management
• Health/Environmental Monitoring

• INCIDENTAL
• Complaints
• Observation

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Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS)

• Prepared by employer in consultation with
  employee
• Basic SWMS

ACTIVITY
CONTROL
HAZARD I/D ASSESS
Additional points Responsibilities Training
Certification Legislation
WorkCover approvals Maintenance checks Signed
off by all
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Employer to assess risks

• Clause 10 of OHS Regulation 2001 states
• employers must assess the risk of harm to
• any employee of the employer
• any other person legally at the employers place
  of work

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Risk Assessment Factors

• Multiple Factor Hazards
• Likelihood (exposure)
• Consequences (severity)
• Human Differences

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Consider the risk...
LIKELIHOOD
OUTCOME
ASSESS
FREQUENCY
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Risk Assessment Tool(Hazpak Matrix)
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Employer to eliminate or control risks

• Clause 11 of the OHS Regulation 2001 states
• employers must eliminate any reasonably
  foreseeable risk to the health or safety of
• any employee of the employer
• any other person legally at the employers place
  of work
• If it is not reasonably practicable to ELIMINATE
  the risk, the employer MUST control the risk

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Hierarchy of Hazard Control

• 1 Elimination
• 2 Substitution
• 3 Isolation/Ventilate
• 4 Mitigation
• 5 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)

ENGINEERING CONTROLS
ADMIN. CONTROLS
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Employer must ensure

• all measures (including procedures equipment)
  that are adopted to eliminate or control risks to
  health safety are PROPERLY USED MAINTAINED

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Employer must review risk assessments control
measures...

• whenever
• there is evidence that the risk assessment is no
  longer valid
• injury or illness results from exposure to a
  hazard to which the risk assessment relates
• a significant change is proposed in the place of
  work or work practices to which the risk
  assessment relates

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The absence of accidents does not imply the
presence of safety...Safe workplaces dont
just happen someone works to make them that way
Safety...