Health & Safety Stakeholder Reference Group 24 October 2012 2 - 4pm Level 7, 222 Exhibition Street.

Health & Safety Stakeholder Reference Group

24 October 2012

2 - 4pmLevel 7, 222 Exhibition Street

Minutes/Action Items

Enforcement Group Update

Operations Group Update

Legislation Policy& Information Update

Prevention Update

Other Business

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Agenda

Time Agenda item

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Apologies, Minutes, Actions

Apologies

Previous Minutes - SRG dated 27 September 2012

Action items from previous meeting

Enforcement Group Update Kate Despot

Page 5October 2012

The role of the Coroners Court

Inquests

An inquest is a court hearing into a single death, multiple deaths and/or a fire. It is heard by a coroner and is generally open to the public

Interested parties

Working with the Coroners Court of Victoria

Page 6October 2012

A coroner may make recommendations as part of their finding following an investigation into a death or fire

Recommendations can be made to any Minister, public statutory authority or entity that may help prevent similar deaths

A response must be made to recommendations in writing, within three months stating what action, if any, has or will be taken

A finding is the formal ruling made by a coroner following an investigation into a death or fire

The principal registrar must notify the Director of Public Prosecutions if the coroner investigating the death or fire believes an indictable offence may have been committed in connection with the death or fire

Findings and Recommendations

Page 7October 2012

Dedicated Senior Lawyer (Coronial & Prevention) situated within the Enforcement Group

The role of the Senior Lawyer is to provide a single point of contact within WorkSafe to assist the Coroners Court and manage the internal information-gathering and consultation process

The Senior Lawyer works closely with the Prevention Strategy Division, Health and Safety Operations, Workplace Hazards & Hazardous Industries Group and Legislative Policy & Information Services Division to ensure that the Coroner is provided with relevant information regarding a prevention issue

From time to time WorkSafe inspectors will be required to appear as witnesses in inquests

Managing liaison with the Coroners Court of Victoria

Health & Safety Performance Update

Ross Pilkington

Page 9

2012/13 Quarter 1 Performance

Page 10

Victoria continues to have the lowest injury rate of any state based jurisdiction…

Source: Safe Work Australia; Comparative Performance Monitoring Report; 14th ed; Oct 2012

Indicator 5 – Incidence rates of serious injury & disease claims by jurisdiction

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Victoria has the lowest incidence rate – well below the national average

Victoria: percentage improvement of serious compensated injury and musculoskeletal claims from base period: 31.0%

Indicator 2 – Incidence rates (serious claims per 1000 employees) and percentage improvement of serious compensated injury and musculoskeletal claims by jurisdiction

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At the end of September CPMHW (undeveloped) result improved to 7.97

7.20

7.40

7.60

7.80

8.00

8.20

8.40

8.60

8.80

9.00

CpMHW

Estimated CpMHW

Target

8.07 at June 2011

8.04 atJune 2012

7.88 atJune 2013

7.97at September 2012

Business Performance Management

Estimated CpMHW – updated with quarterly

self Insurer data

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4wk CPMHW is tracking as per the CPMHW series – 3.18 at end of June

2.80

2.90

3.00

3.10

3.20

3.30

3.40

Reported in year ended in this month

4 week CPMHW

Estimated 4 week CPMHW

target

3.12 atMar 2011

3.14 atMar 2012

3.08 at Mar 2013

3.18 at June 2012

Same direction as CPMHW at the same stage

Business Performance Management

Note that the series (and historical numbers) was revised in early October as a result of the BPM audit of the self insurance claims data fields used to determine whether claims are standard or 4 week. Note also that relativities are not significantly altered.

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4 fatalities reported in Quarter 1 – 3 relate to safety level in construction

Region Q1 2011/12

North 3

East 1

West

Scheme 4

This is 1 less than the same period last year (5)

In Q1, the field conducted 1314 construction visits, 41.6% above

the target of 928

Fatalities:• A carpenter received fatal head

injuries when he fell from the top plate of a single storey construction

• A motorcycle rider collided with the raised bucket on a bob-cat

• A man was crushed whilst working on the truck’s hydraulic arm

• A man was overcome by carbon monoxide fumes from a portable generator running indoors where he was sleeping

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Field Activity: >9300 visits Jul-Sep, slightly below target

Region

YTD VisitsYTD

Notices/Voluntary Compliances

Visits Target%

varianceTotal

Notices Total VCs

East Region 3,366 3,292 2.2% 1,971 873

North Region

3,410 3,503 -2.7% 1,463 627

West Region 1,688 1,769 -4.6% 891 242

WH&HIG 859 1,175 -26.9% 116 21

Total 9,323 9,739 -4.3% 4,441 1,763

CPSU protected industrial action

10 October – 54 protected actions. Impacts include:

• Reduced primary visits to employers (with inspectors and investigators typically working 2-up on each visit)

• postponement of input of employer visit data into WorkSafe systems

24 October – Written notification from the CPSU activating a further range of bans

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Field Activity – by Industry

Industry division Total Visits Primary Visits

A Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing 136 1.5% 125 1.6%

C Manufacturing 1479 15.9% 1257 15.7%

E Construction 2074 22.2% 1863 23.3%

F Wholesale Trade 773 8.3% 675 8.4%

G Retail Trade 706 7.6% 625 7.8%

I Transport, Postal and Warehousing 433 4.6% 344 4.3%

O Public Administration and Safety 129 1.4% 101 1.3%

P Education and Training 312 3.3% 276 3.4%

Q Health Care and Social Assistance 297 3.2% 252 3.1%

All 9323 8008

Only key industries listed – does not add to 100%

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OHS Investigations & Prosecutions – Q1 2012/13 compared to Q1 2011/12

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2011/12 17 49 336 N/A 75 122 N/A 137 300

2012/13 17 22 277 N/A 38 61 N/A 83 300

Prosecutions2011/12 5 9 90 79% 21 18 89% 83 150

2012/13 5 6 120 84% 20 22 77% 65 150

Page 17

Our OHS Inspectorate continued to be highly regarded & community perceptions strong

Client Service Measures 2010/11 result

2011/12 result

Employer satisfaction with OHS inspectorate 96.8% 97.6%

Employer satisfaction with advice & guidance 94.7% 95.2%

Worker representative satisfaction with OHS Inspectorate 96.6% 96.9%

Community Perception Measures 2010/11 result

2011/12 result

WorkSafe is effective in catching and prosecuting employers who break workplace safety laws 1 84.9% 88.2%

Worker perceptions: WorkSafe has succeeded in getting workers to place greater importance on safety in their own

workplaces93.6% 94.2%

1 Average of employers and workers results

Page 18

Our priorities for 2012/13

Inspector visits/ employer programs

Dangerous plant and machinery

Manual handling Agriculture

Construction

Asbestos

Dangerous Goods

Psychological hazards and public safety

Health and Safety Reps

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22

33

44

55

66

77

88

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Page 19

We are progressing on Strategic Operating Framework (SOF) recommendations

New regional structure for Operations came into effect 1 July. Progressive implementation of the SOF includes:

Revised position descriptions & role statements - for some positions an increased emphasis on coaching

Knowledge transfer strategy developed, an initial coaching module rolled-out and some trainees are now undertaking a formal coaching program

A new Inspector intake currently undergoing induction training

Key performance indicators for Health and Safety Operations cascading down to local levels

Independent review of our approach to emergency response has been conducted

Page 20

Questions

Legislation, Policy and Information Services

Angela Jolic, Cath Duane & Linda Timothy

Page 22

Remake of Dangerous Goods (Storage and Handling) Regulations

• Still on track to remake the regulations by 1 December• Public comment closed on Thursday 11 October• 19 submissions received• Next stakeholder meeting to be held 30 October

Code of Practice• Stakeholder engagement to commence 30 October• Draft code to be made available for public comment in February

2013• Code of Practice to be finalised mid April 2013

Page 23

Codes Review Project

• Mapping of Victoria’s guidance materials against the existing 23 Model Codes has been completed

• Please refer to handout for preliminary recommendations

• Next steps

> Recommendations finalised

> Proposed workplan developed

> Proposal brief submitted to Minister

Page 24

Report on national OHS forums

Strategic Issues Group OHS meeting – 26 & 27 September

Proposed Codes of Practice •Stevedoring and Housing Construction (further work required)•Solar UV (guidance only)

Revised post-public comment Codes of Practice •Rural Plant, Industrial Lift Trucks, Amusement Devices, Forestry (approved)•Overhead/Underground Electric Lines, Cash-in-transit security, Cranes (approved out of session)

Proposed guidance material•Foundry Work, Underground Assets, Managing Risks in Cable Logging

Proposed Workplace Exposure Standard for Man Made Vitreous Fibres – agreed

Research reports – agreed to publish•Occupational disease indicators &•Asbestos-related disease indicators

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Regulators Harmonisation Project

> Next meeting of SWA Implementation TAG - Thursday 1 November 2012

> Next meeting of Regulators' Harmonisation Steering Committee - Wednesday 14 November 2012

> Next meeting of Heads of Workplace Safety Authorities (HWSA) - Tuesday 4 December 2012

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Any questions?

Prevention UpdateBernie Dean

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Updates on:• Dangerous machines

• Residential aged care

• Psych hazard guidance (Bullying and stress)

• Quadbikes

• Manual handling reference group

SRG Prevention update- Oct 2012

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2007-2012

10,802 injury claims

32% workers’ hands/fingers

63% cuts and lacerations

13% (433) amputations

11% (393) broken bones

Dangerous machines: They can tear you apart, so control them

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A press pack

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Melbourne’s traditional manufacturing areas

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Awareness staring to build

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Now for billboards…

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V/O: THIS IS WHAT MINCING CHICKEN SOUNDS LIKE.Mincing sound.V/O: THIS IS WHAT MINCING BEEF SOUNDS LIKE.Mincing sound.V/O: THIS IS WHAT MINCING PORK SOUNDS LIKE.Mincing sound.V/O: THIS IS WHAT MINCING A HAND SOUNDS LIKE.Mincing sound. A blood-curdling scream follows.

V/O: EVERY DAY, SIX WORKERS ARE <SERIOUSLY INJURED/MAIMED> BY MACHINES. VISIT THE WORKSAFE WEBSITE TO FIND OUT HOW TO CONTROL THEM.

And radio, then direct mail

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Residential aged care:Further work with sub-committee of forum members to refine next steps. Proposal to be considered in coming weeks:

• Refine the scope of research or use of existing international technical standard currently under review by WorkSafe ergonomists (a technical report addressing 'manual handling of people in the healthcare sector' by the International Organisation for Standardisation)

• Development of standard industry training package for employers focussed on manual handling of patients

Bullying:Guide finalised. Scheduled for release to PR Stakeholder Forum and SRG in the coming days. Launch on Tuesday 30 Oct at WorkSafe Week.

Stress:Version 1 of Discussion Draft tabled at PR Stakeholder Forum on Monday 22 October. Document reflects early thoughts only. Unions not present. Document circulated for broader feedback by Friday 22 Oct

Quadbikes:WorkSafe attended the national forum on quad bike safety on Friday 19 Oct. along with other stakeholders.

Manual handling reference group:PSD to schedule meeting with VTHC and VCEC to gather views and expectations of the group. First meeting to be held late November

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