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15 Cards in this Set
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What was the lecturers wrt to Health and Safety ? |
Worked for work safe and prosecuted people who breach any rules of any regulations. |
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Why do we need to worry about health and safety ? |
The main reason is you have to be due to laws !!! -No company wants any staff member injured or killed (loss of productivity and moral) -Company reputation (law suites etc) -Proactive duties |
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The new act |
4th of April 2016. The stimulus was pike river and the Chch earthquakes. Almost equally as influential. Aims to reduce workplace incidences by 25% by 2020 (careful with stats). Shifts the 1992 focus from response to activite mitigation. Being proactive and identifying hazards of work places. Took ages to pass, first introduce in 2014, 4 years of writing. Came in 2016. Many industry comments and criticized. |
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Health and Safety Law |
Safety - Not tripping up or having any accidents. Health - Ocupational well-being, stress, mental health. Equally important. |
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Stats of Health and Safety in NZ |
Every year, 52 people die due to accidents. 600 - 900 die due to work related illness. 100s more people get injured. $3.5 billion = social and economic cost of work related illness, injury and death. |
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Key Foundations of the Act |
-Report of the royal commission October 2012 pike river miners incident. 2 years after incident, -Report of independent task for of work place health and safety in April 2013. -Working Safer August 2013. |
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Several common themes of the reports ? |
-A lack of clear industry guidance from regulator -Desire to review regulations in changing environments (w/consistency) -Understandable by everyone Need for increased collaborations between govt, regulator, inds stake holder and participants. Creation of stand alone regulation Share Responsibility Desirability of imposing act of duty of due diligence. More punishment, more time in jail. Based on AML (Aussie laws) WWW.worksafe.govt.nz |
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Royal Commission on the Pike River Tragedy |
Nov 2010. Pike river prosecutions taken by the department of labour, Very complex. Has a focus on the mining industry, but makes other broader comments on health and safety protocol. Observations and recommendations of upper management. Management didn't know what they were doing, out of touch with the site. Some of the miners had contraband in the mine, watches and lighters, some had turned off their methane measurements. Strategic management would resolve this. Resulted in urgent law changes. It was a clear catalyst. |
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16 Primary Recommendations |
Improve poor record in health and safety and create regulator (work safe) Establish urgently an effective regulatory frame work for underground mining Regulators to ensure that health and safety consider early as possible. Overhaul crown minerals regime Statutory responsibility of top management Codes of practice Compliance regulation review Appropriate training guidance material overhaul and review regulation increased regulation of granting mining licenses . |
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Report of Independent task force of work place health and safety |
15 recommendations Leavers of accountability, motivation, knowledge. More tailored to work place health and safety, but more general. |
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Motivational |
-Strong leadership good examples -Rewards for good compliance -Measures that may increase the cost of poor compliance |
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Knowledge |
-Comprehensive set of regulations -Approve codes of practice -Safe work equipment -Improving quality and availability of data and information (stats and analysis) |
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Accountability |
-New regulator -New law (aus) -stronger legal framework of worker participation of health and safety -Supported by regulations and penalties -Coordination of health and safety subgroups -Revising health and safety powers and activities of other regulators i.e. police ,NZTA -Strengthen regulations -Strengthen regulatory regime of hazardous sectors. |
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Independence Knol |
Harm prevention Proactive prevention measures rather than wavin stick when something goes wrong |
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Working Safer Blue Print |
- Working smarter, providing clarity with new law -representative body -clearer hazardous substances regime - |
