OHS Consultation Process

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OHS Consultation Process

• Contribute to the implementation of the OHS
  consultation process

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Barriers 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

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Strategies 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.

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Injury 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

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General 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.

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Workers 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.
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Work 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

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Work 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.

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Work 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.

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Work 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.

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OHS 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