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The Barriers that Need to be Overcome to Improve the Health and Safety of Australian Workplaces

. International Network of Safety and Health Practitioner Organisations. The Barriers that Need to be Overcome to Improve the Health and Safety of Australian Workplaces. EurOSHM Phil Lovelock , B.App.Sci. (OH&E), M.App.Sci. (OH), Grad. Dip. Risk Management, Grad. Cert. Mgmt.

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The Barriers that Need to be Overcome to Improve the Health and Safety of Australian Workplaces

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  1. . International Network of Safety and Health Practitioner Organisations The Barriers that Need to be Overcome to Improve the Health and Safety of Australian Workplaces EurOSHM Phil Lovelock, B.App.Sci. (OH&E), M.App.Sci. (OH), Grad. Dip. Risk Management, Grad. Cert. Mgmt. CFSIA, CFIOSH, Professional Member ASSE.SIA Representative and President, INSHPO

  2. Intro to INSHPO? • International Network of Safety and Health Practitioner Organisations (INSHPO) • What is it? • What does it do? • What is its purpose? • The INSHPO goal for OHS Professionals • The SIA as an INSHPO Member

  3. Current INSHPO Members • KISA – South Korea • KOSHA – South Korea • NACOT – Russia • NEBOSH – UK • NZISM – New Zealand • SIA – Australia • SISO – Singapore • BCSP - USA • AIAS – Italy • ASSE – USA • COSHA – China • CSSE – Canada • IFAP – Australia • IOSH – UK • IOSHM – Mauritius • BCRSP - Canada

  4. What are the barriers that need to be overcome to improve the health and safety of Australian workplaces? The AIM and SIA Business of Safety Survey 2011 asked:

  5. The Survey • Conducted in February 2011 was the second in the series. • The first survey was conducted in 2010. • Results of the survey presented at Safety In Action in Melbourne earlier this year. • All survey questions were mandatory and incomplete surveys were not used in the survey analysis. • 3,141 responses were used for comparison. • Businesses survey varied from 1 – 4 employees to 5001 or more.

  6. Survey Results • Key findings: • ‘In many Australian organisations, top level management and specialist safety personnel are in significant disagreement when it comes to evaluating performance and priorities on workplace health and safety’. • ‘A great number of occupational health and safety personnel have been insufficiently trained in the management and leadership disciplines necessary to drive improvements on workplace health and safety’.

  7. Findings a significant concern • The findings are a significant concern for both the AIM and the SIA. • The provision of a safe and healthy workplace should be the most important priority for every employer. • Organisations cannot hope to attract, develop and retain the key personnel needed to boost its profits and its performance if its workplace health and safety is second rate.

  8. The first survey question • In your view, what level of priority does your organisation place on health and safety in the workplace? • The responses were disappointing in that 77% of CEOs and Board members said that health and safety is a very high priority while only 38% of OHS personnel agreed. • CEOs and Board members were more confident in 2011 about the priority levels of health and safety than they were in 2010. • OHS personnel were less confident about the priority of health and safety in their organisations than they were in 2010.

  9. 32 questions: general results • The disagreement between top level management and OHS personnel continued • 50% of CEOs said they strongly agreed their organisation had a strongly entrenched OHS culture – only 18% of OHS personnel agreed. • When asked if top level management ‘walked the talk’ when it comes to OHS, 88% of CEOs and 70% of senior managers said yes – only 47% of OHS personnel agreed.

  10. How can this gap exist? How can we address the huge difference? • The answer lies in the contrasting skill sets of top level management and OHS specialists. • Only 41% of OHS personnel have participated in management/leadership training. • Training needed includes: • Leading innovation and change; • Strategic planning; and • Managing people and performance.

  11. Addressing the difference 2 • To continue to improve workplace health and safety outcomes in Australia, organisations: • Will need to truly integrate OHS into their management framework; • Must ensure the technical skill sets of OHS specialists are matched with appropriate management and leadership capabilities; and • This approach should allow for top level OHS managers to be seated at the executive decision making table.

  12. Action by INSHPO • As President of INSHPO, one of my goals for 2012 is to have all INSHPO members distribute the AIM/SIA annual ‘Business of Safety’ Survey to Business owners, CEOs Senior managers and OHS personnel of organisations in their respective countries. • This will give us all a truly international perspective on the links between health and safety in workplaces and corporate performance around the world. • It will also give us new perspectives on how to overcome the barriers that exist wherever we live and work. • References: The Business Safety Survey, 2010 and the Business of Safety Survey, 2011. Both can be downloaded from www.sia.org.au. • Thankyou – any questions?

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