Title: OHS Consultation Process
1OHS Consultation Process
- Contribute to the implementation of the OHS
consultation process
2Barriers To OHS Consultation
- Stakeholders understanding of legal moral
obligations to consult
contribute to OHS processes - Cynicism
- Employer mistrust
- Token or sporadic attempts at OHS Consultation
- Lack of information during OHS consultation
process - No Clear direction by committees
- Lack of respect for OHS processes
- Ignorance by all stakeholders
- Exclusion of employee groups
- Existing workplace culture relating to OHS
3Strategies To effective OHS Consultation
- Employer encouragement
- Identification of the barriers within the OHS
consultation process - Implementation of effective systems for OHS
consultation - Identification of key stakeholders share
information - Identification of employer employee goals in
relation to OHS - Roles responsibilities make committee members
accountable - Circulate action plans - LISTEN
- Make OHS fun, challenging, CONSULT PROPERLY
- Strong senior management commitment to OHS
- In 2008 the Australian Council of Governments
(GOAG) agreed to work in harmonisation of the OHS
laws. Today this process is on going.
4Injury Statistics In Construction Industry
05-06Published 10/2009
- Coinstruction Industry workers experienced 86
injuries per 1000 workers. 25 higher than other
industries - Non Employees Injuries equated to 5 or mare
days off work in 50 of cases - 25 higher than employees
- Sprains/strains cuts, open wounds chronic
joint muscle condition accounted for ¾ of all
injuries experienced by construction workers - Lifting/pushing or pulling object hitting or
being hit or cut resulted in 80 of injuries in
the construction industry. - Workers compensation data provides good
information on the way in which serious injuries
occurred but does not provide as good a picture
on the types of injury occurred
5General Trends
- 8.63 of workers in the construction industry
experienced a work related injury in 2005 2006. - Other industries were 25 lower.
- In 2005 -2006 88 of construction workers were
male. - Statistics for female workers injured were too
small for any information to be collected for an
analysis of injuries received by sex. - The age profile shows a lower percentage of
worker in the construction industry aged 55 years
and over. All other age groups were consistent
with other worker groups.
6Workers In The Construction Industry Percentage
By AgeStatistics From Safe Work Australia
October 2009
These data shows that workers in the construction
industry had a similar profile to that of all
Australian workers. Except a lower percentage of
workers in the 55years and over age group.
7Work Related Injuries In The Construction
Industry Incidence By Age
- These data shows that in the construction
industry the incidence rates were highest in the
15 -24 45 54 age groups. - The result for the workers 15 24 years is
consistent with other industries
8Work Related Injuries In The Construction
Industry Percentage By Duration Of Absence From
Work
- The construction industry had a similar pattern
of lost time following an injury to that of all
Australian workers. - Injuries within the construction industry that
required less little or no absence from work were
lower than the other industries. More were
reported for the period of less than four days
off - Data suggests that the trend is that the injuries
sustained within the construction industry are
more serious and require longer periods off from
work than other industries.
9Work Related Injury In The Construction Industry
Percentage by Type Of injury
- 56 of injuries were sprains, strains, cut open
wounds. - 16 of injuries were chronic joint or muscle
conditions. - The data suggests that the types of injuries
within the construction industry matches the
profile of other industries. - An exception to this is the cuts open wounds
category.
10Work Related Injuries In The Construction
Industry Percentage Of Injuries by Mechanism
OF Injury
- Lifting, Pushing or pulling object totalled 38
of injuries within the construction industry. - Hitting or being hit or cut by an object
accounted for 32 of injuries within the
construction industry. - Other mechanisms includes Exposure to mental
stress, contact with chemical or sustanceand
vehicle accident.
11OHS Consultation
- OHS Consultation Statement - Index
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Roles Responsibilities
- 3. Policy
- 4. Procedures
- 5. Work Safety Committee
- 6. Work Safety Representatives
- 7. Governance
- 8. Review
- Attachment 1 - Induction Checklist