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WorkCover. Watching out for you.

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

Chris JonesA/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.

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.


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.


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


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


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


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.


Noise reduction

Noise management in the construction industry

Noise: Management and protection of hearing at work Code of Practice


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.


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


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.


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


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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