Health in Health and Safety Has your organisation got this covered? © Kitney Pty Ltd 2013 Jo Kitney Kitney Occupational Health and Safety

Health in Health and Safety

Has your organisation got this covered?

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© Kitney Pty Ltd 2013

Jo KitneyKitney Occupational Health and Safety

4 Key Questions

1. What is ‘health’ in health and safety? 2. Why is health (and safety) important?3. How can ‘health’ be managed?4. Has your organisation got it covered?



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1. What is ‘Health’ in Health & Safety?

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1. What is ‘Health’ in Health and Safety?

Health SafetyHealth

and Safety


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Health at Work

Health

Wellness and well-being

Capabilities and fitness for work

Effects of work on health

Health hazards

Effects of health on

work


Health is about People

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The 4 P’s

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People

Process

Plant

Premises

Effects of work on people

Effects of people on work

Lifestyle

Knowledge

Fitness & capability

Relationships

Environment

Plant & tasks


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Work and People


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Cause and EffectHEALTH HAZARD CONSIDERATIONS

Physical Radiation, noise, vibration, flying, heat, lasers, cold, shifts

Chemical Hazardous substances, isocyanates, grease, bleaches, asbestos, lead

Biological Hepatitis, HIV, tetanus, Hendra virus, pandemic influenza, Q Fever, zoonoses

Environ-ment

Humidity, substances, wellness/well-being

Ergonomic Manual handling, repetition, confined space, computer use, poor posture, repetitive movements

Mental Work/home life imbalance, bullying, over/under work, ‘stress’, fatigue, harassment, isolation

HEALTH / LIFESTYLE CONSIDERATIONS

Alcohol/ drug misuse

Errors, mistakes, accidents, poor performance

Musculo-skeletal

Manual handling capability, ergonomics, posture

Mental health

Decision making, relationships, performance, concentration

Cardiac conditions

Physical tasks, work pressures, capability

Skin condition

Infection risks, aggravation of condition

Diabetes Shift work, lone/remote working

Epilepsy Driving or operating machinery

Lung conditions

Capability, compounding exposure, susceptibility

Pregnancy / new mother

Ergonomics, infection risks, capability, hazardous substances



Incident or

exposure

Relationships

Environment

Plant & tasks

Lifestyle

Knowledge

Fitness &

capability


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Work on Health



Ill health or injury

Lifestyle

Knowledge


Relationships

Environment

Equipment & tasks


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Health on Work



Risk Management

Lifestyle

Knowledge


Risk Management

Relationships

Environment

Equipment & tasks


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Managing Work and People

2. Why is Health (and Safety) Important?

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Reasons for Health (and Safety)

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Protect against injury and ill healthPrevent accidents and incidents Meet legal obligations

But what about beyond the obvious?


Other Reasons for Health (and Safety)

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Meet business goals / profitability / cash flow management

Workload planning, costing and coordination

Responding to changing demands

Prevent lost time / overrun of work

Prevent impact on workers and others

Protect reputation Make work a positive

experience

Add value


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Links WHS and Ill Health/Injury

Prevention & Management

WHS Act WHS Regulation

Codes of PracticeStandards

Ill Health & Injury

Workers Compensation & Rehabilitation Act

Sick Leave


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Prevent & Manage Treat

Work Health & Safety

Ill Health and Injury

Workers Health / Ill Health Spectrum

Detect & Intervene


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Important But Not Easy

‘The distinction between disease and ill health arising from the workplace and that arising from other causes is increasingly difficult to define – because many common illnesses have

several, with occupational as only one of the factors’

Health & Safety Executive (UK), 1987

3. How can ‘Health’ be Managed?

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Risk Management

Lifestyle

Knowledge


Risk Management

Relationships

Environment

Equipment & tasks


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Managing Work and People


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Health in Health and Safety1. Before

EmploymentRisk assessmentJob capabilitiesFitness for work

Health surveillance

2. On Starting Work

Induction & training

Personal protective equipmentWorkplace

comfort / set up

3. During Employment

Safe work practices

Wellness programsMonitor health &

environment Injury/ill health management

Adaptation of work

4. On Ceasing Work

Monitor health Exit interviews

5. After EmploymentRecord keeping

Balance

System Behaviour


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Successful Health (and Safety) Management

Say what we do AND do what we say


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Board of Directors

CEO

Department

SectionWHS

Advisor

RRTWC

Department

Section

Department

Section

Work Area

Responsibility at all Levels

Committee


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‘Health’ in the WHS Management System

Say what we do AND do what we say

Management

System

Industry standards &

practice

Legislation & Codes of Practice

Type of business & work tasksType of workers

Culture & Commitment

Business needs & goals


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AS 4801 – OH&S Management System Self-Insurance Audit Tool

4.1 General Requirements

4.2 OHS Policy 1 Health and Safety Policy

4.3 Planning4.3.1 ID of hazards/risk assessment and control4.3.2 Legal and other requirements4.3.3 Objectives and targets4.3.4 OHS management plans

2 Planning2.1 Legal and other requirements2.2 Objectives and targets2.3 Health and safety management plans

4.4 Implementation4.4.1 Structure and responsibility4.4.2 Training and competency4.4.3 Consultation, communication and reporting4.4.4 Documentation4.4.5 Document and data control4.4.6 Hazard ID, risk assessment and control4.4.7 Emergency preparedness

3 Implementation3.1 Resources3.2 Responsibility & accountability3.3 Training and competency3.4 Consultation3.5 Communication3.6 Reporting3.7 Documentation3.8 Data control3.9 Risk management program3.10 Hazard ID, risk assessment and control of risks3.11 Emergency preparedness and response

4.5 Measurement and Evaluation4.5.1 Monitoring and measurement4.5.2 Incident investigation, corrective and preventative action4.5.3 Records and record management4.5.4 OHSMS audit

4 Measurement and Evaluation4.1 General4.2 Health surveillance4.3 Incident investigation, corrective & preventive action4.4 Records and record management4.5 System audits

4.6 Management Review 5 Management Review


‘Health’ in Health & Safety

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WHS Management System Check‘Health’ in the WHS Policy

Legal register references ‘health’ requirements

Goals, targets, plans & KPI’s include ‘health’

‘Health’ in WHS hazard register & risk assessments

Resources (inc. OH expertise, supervision, PPE, monitoring equipment)

Responsibilities & accountabilities

Role descriptions (inc. capability requirements & fitness for work)

Health in scheduled activities (i.e. training, inductions, maintenance, inspections, fitness for work assessment, health surveillance, environmental monitoring

Incident investigations (inc. health factors)

Ill health and injury management (work & non-work related)

Reporting and Review (inc. goals, plans and KPI’s, lead & outcome indicators)

Continuous improvement

Documents and record keeping

4. Has your Organisation got

it Covered?

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‘Health’ in Risk Management

Assess

Legal obligations

Business needs

Claims and StatsPlan

Goals, strategy

Actions

Schedules

Resources

Timelines

Implement

Policies & procedures

Inductions & training

Safe work practices

PPE

Monitor

Inspections

Health surveillance

Environmental monitoring

EnforceManagement HR processes

Report Progress

Lead/Lag Indicators

Improve

Leadership

Skills & behaviours

Training

Environment


Business ‘Health’ Check

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WHS Management System Check‘Health’ in the WHS Policy

Legal register references ‘health’ requirements

Goals, targets, plans & KPI’s include ‘health’

‘Health’ in WHS hazard register & risk assessments

Resources (inc. OH expertise, supervision, PPE, monitoring equipment)

Responsibilities & accountabilities

Role descriptions (inc. capability requirements & fitness for work)

Health in scheduled activities (i.e. training, inductions, maintenance, inspections, fitness for work assessment, health surveillance, environmental monitoring

Incident investigations (inc. health factors)

Ill health and injury management (work & non-work related)

Reporting and Review (inc. goals, plans and KPI’s, lead & outcome indicators)

Continuous improvement

Documents and record keeping

4 Key Questions

1. What is ‘health’ in health and safety? 2. Why is health (and safety) important?3. How can ‘health’ be managed?4. Has your organisation got it covered?



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About Kitney OHS

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Kitney Occupational Health and Safety works with businesses of all shapes, sizes and industry types to ensure that health, safety and wellness are well managed, workers protected and obligations met. We work at all levels to ensure that businesses are equipped with knowledge, capabilities, resources and skills.

Kitney OHS’s services include consultancy, coaching, work shops, training and resources. We are particularly skilled at due diligence, compliance and management system audits, developing strategies, goals, targets and action plans, management systems and programs.

For further information on Kitney OHS please visit our website (www.kitney.com) or call us on 1300 KITNEY.


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