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  • Measurement of H&S performance

    We are very, very granular - the following is an excerpt:
    # HSMS Element 12: Incident, Injury & Illness Management
    12.0 % of events reported within 24 hours
    12.1 % of Notifiable Workplace Events reported to Work Safe NZ
    12.2 % of Notifiable Public or Property Damage Incidents reported to Energy Safety
    12.3 % of Notifiable Environmental Damage Incidents reported to Regional Council/Environmental Agency
  • Measurement of H&S performance

    We are in a high risk industry and management currently wants a more granular view which is also split by 4 areas within the overall group. I believe part of the reasoning is prep work for achieving ISO45001 as the measures are grouped by HSMS element and a number are different combinations of similar information i.e. % of e audits completed against the target and also how many of the management team achieved their individual targets. Meeting a lot of the measures should also mean we are completing the activities that need to be completed as part of the HSMS - if we can't complete the items being measured we may also have some staffing issues or fundamental problems. My role is now dedicated to analysis of our system so I'm tasked with finding the information or finding a way to record it
  • Measurement of H&S performance
    We currently have around 400 new measures for our HSMS developed by a new H&S Manager and causing a re-structure.

    As well as the usual LTI, LTIFR etc we are also now reporting on employee and management engagement (meeting attendance etc), whether or not our h&S documentation is up to date, SDSs being current, corrective actions issued (incl to contractors, from both events and audits) and actions overdue, Contractor inductions, Traning completed or expired, health checks (% of staff completing and declining), equipment - expired or new etc That's just a very brief snapshot and at the moment still slightly painful as we work out where information is stored
  • Hillary Bennett on responding to mental harm as we do to physical harm
    Another question given the current climate and people working from home - we still have people working from home at level 2 and 3. How do we monitor mental health with people who are now working remotely and possibly feeling either isolated or overwhelmed?
  • Hillary Bennett on responding to mental harm as we do to physical harm

    We're working on it including activating as 'sensitive event' function in our system so we can report on it without sharing the details with the wider group but its a slow process
  • Hillary Bennett on responding to mental harm as we do to physical harm
    We struggle with recording psychosocial type events - they seem to stay with HR and locked down under privacy concerns
  • Coronavirus
    So far, we have put out some comms to all staff emphasising basic hygiene measures and the fact that we have business continuity plans (BCPs). The Operations managers are reviewing the BCPs and were checking our stocks of gloves and masks etc.

    We come in under an ‘essential service’ category so can’t shut down in an emergency so pandemic plans revolve around keeping people separate- working from home or alternate locations, teduc8bg contact at the depot etc
  • First Aid Kit Expiry Dates
    We check all of our first aid kits every 6 months and add an inspection sticker with a next due date. We don't worry about expiry dates on plasters/bandages etc but do swap out saline and asprin when close to expiry. We're big enough that keeping supplies for restocking isn't an issue
  • Definition of "high potential"?
    Our definition of an HPI: "is an event that could have or almost resulted in serious injury or illness causing permanent or temporary disability, irreversible health effect or fatality to 1 or more person or extensive damage to an asset". Event includes an incident, accident or near miss event. Asset includes network electrical asset, plant or equipment.