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Review of the NSW Workplace Health and Safety Strategy 2005-2008

Review of the NSW Workplace Health and Safety Strategy 2005-2008. Chris Jones A/Manager - Strategic Projects Unit WorkCover NSW. NSW Workplace Safety Summit 2005. Over 250 people attended the NSW Workplace Safety Summit 2005 in Orange in August last year.

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Review of the NSW Workplace Health and Safety Strategy 2005-2008

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  1. Review of the NSW Workplace Health and Safety Strategy 2005-2008 Chris Jones A/Manager - Strategic Projects Unit WorkCover NSW

  2. NSW Workplace Safety Summit 2005 • Over 250 people attended the NSW Workplace Safety Summit 2005 in Orange in August last year. • Nine industry groups worked together with the intention of: • Reviewing information about significant areas of safety risk • Identifying priority safety issues • Developing strategies for addressing these priority issues • Agreeing on targets and benchmarks to support these prevention strategies.

  3. NSW Workplace Health and Safety Strategy 2005-2008 • In response to the recommendations arising from the Summit, the NSW Government released the Strategy. • The Strategy describes how employers, employees and Government can work together to: • Provide healthier working environments • Reduce the incidence and cost of work related injury and illness.

  4. The Industry Action Plans • The recommendations of Safety Summit delegates are expressed in the Industry Action Plans, which are published in the second section of the Strategy. • There is an Industry Action Plan for each of nine industry groups: • Construction • Consumer and business services and private education • Public sector • Health and community services • Manufacturing • Mining and utilities • Retail and wholesale • Rural • Transport

  5. NSW Workplace Health and Safety Strategy Review Committee • The Industry Action Plans are reviewed by a Manufacturing Industry Action Plan Working Group. • The Working Group is chaired by John Watson (General Manager of WorkCover’s OHS Division), and includes representatives from: • National Union of Workers) • Australian Manufacturing Workers Union) • Plastics and Chemicals Industry Association • Australian Industry Group • Textile Footwear and Clothing Union • Australian Steel Institute

  6. Priority Issues • Each of the Industry Action Plans consists of a number of Priority Issues. • The Priority Issues for the Manufacturing Industry Action Plan are: • Manual handling • Noise reduction • Safety culture • Safe design • Chemical and substance (air quality) exposure • Transient workers • Outworkers

  7. Manual handling • Manual Handling Summit Response Program • Fabricated metals industry working party • Manual handling in the red meat industry • Workplace Improvement Strategies • Wood products manufacturing industry • HWSA: Non-metallic mineral product manufacturing industry • Printing industry • Australian Paint Manufacturers Federation code of practice for identifying the weight in paint cans.

  8. Noise reduction • Noise management in the construction industry • Noise: Management and protection of hearing at work Code of Practice

  9. Safety Culture • Serious about Safe Business kit • Manufacturing IRG project • PACIA provides the Plascare safety systems • AIG project to improve the effectiveness of the consultation working arrangements • NSW Business Chamber training workshops on risk assessment and consultation.

  10. Safe Design • ASCC Guidance on the Principles of Safe Design for Work, educator resources for engineering students, and other resources. • WorkCover’s Plant Priority Program • Plant position papers

  11. Chemical exposure • Control of Workplace Hazardous Substances Code of Practice • Intervention projects in the wood manufacturing, fabricated metal and machinery and equipment manufacturing sectors • HWSA campaign in the boat building and repair sector • PACIA resources and codes of practice • AMWU resources • Australian Paint Manufacturers Federation participation on NICNAS / Industry Consultancy Group.

  12. Transient workers • Fact sheets for labour hire agencies and host employers • WorkCover / AMWU discussions about options • Recruitment and Consulting Services Association (RCSA) online induction training system • HWSA intervention campaign aimed at implementing a national model for jurisdictional application of OHS obligations

  13. Outworkers • Provide input into the review of the OHS Occupational Health and Safety Act 2000 to remove “employer workplace” restrictions regarding outworkers.

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