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Safety and Risk Engineering Solutions Pty LtdSafety and Risk Engineering Solutions Pty Ltd

Soudi Noori Risk Engineer/ OHS Advisor

OH&S, Risk Assessment, Contractor Management in the Facilities/Hotels

Soudi NooriRisk Engineer/OHS Consultant

BSc, MEngSci, Grad Dip OEH (MONASH)Chartered Professional Member of Safety Institute of Australia

Safety and Risk Engineering Solutions Pty Ltd

AIHE Meeting May 2010



“To succeed in business it is necessary to make others see things as you see them.”

John H. Patterson



Outline

• Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004• Maintenance/Engineering Department

– Maintenance– Compliance Management– Contractor Safety– Environmental Analysis and Tracking– Audits

• How to achieve OHS goals• Safety & Risk Engineering Solutions (SRES)



Victorian Workplaces

“On average, every year over 80 people die and 3000 suffer serious injuries in Victorian workplaces. Historically, across Australia more than 400 fatalities occur annually due to work-related incidents – that’s one death per day on average. The rate of serious injury is currently 15 per hour and nationally, each year, up to 650,000 workers suffer injuries and illnesses while at work. The total cost of work-related injury and illness has been estimated at more than $20 billion per year. The impact of a workplace death on our community cannot be measured. These deaths and serious injuries are preventable.”

Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS)



AIMS• Secure the health, safety and welfare of employees and other people at work.

• Protect the public from the health and safety risks of business activities.

• Eliminate workplace risks at the source.• Involve employers, employees and the organisations that represent them in the formulation and implementation of health, safety and welfare standards.

Occupational Health and Safety ACT 2004



OSH ACT 2004 (cont’d)

The Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 sets out the General Duty of Care principles and requires that: • An employer must, so far as is reasonably practicable, provide and maintain for employees of the employer a working environment that is safe and without risks to health.




In particular, the employer must:

• Provide and maintain safe plant and systems of work.

• Provide information, instruction, supervision and training.

• Consult and cooperate with safety and health representatives and employees.

• Provide adequate personal protective equipment.• Ensure the safe use, cleaning, maintenance, transportation and disposal of plant and substances.



• Section 21 (3) of the Act states that those duties also apply to an independent contractor and their employees engaged by a principal employer.

• You cannot avoid your responsibilities by contracting out the work





Duties of employees• Take reasonable care for self and others• Not recklessly endanger a person at a workplace.

• In general co-operate with employer, WorkSafe inspectors and other authorised representatives with regard to OHS issues.

• Hold necessary licences, permits and qualifications.



Penalties for Offences under the OHS Act 2004:

Offences against the Act are indictable

The maximum fines per offence are: Body corporate: $920,250 Individuals: $184,050



•Maintenance•Mechanical•Electrical•Building Fabric

•Compliance Management•Council, WorkSafe, …etc

•Contractor & Maintenance staff Safety•Risk Assessment •Safety Procedure•Contractor Management•Environmental Analysis and Tracking•Audits

Maintenance/Engineering Department



• Full functional Fire testing Annually

• Essential Safety Measure Quarterly

• Sprinkler ,Hydrant, Extinguishers Weekly

• Thermal Imaging /Switch boards Half Yearly

• Cool Tower Legionella testing Monthly

• Fire Door inspections Quarterly

• Emergency Lighting Half Yearly

• Quality Assurance Audit Half Yearly

• Environmental Audit Six Monthly

• Anchor Points -AB Sailing Yearly

• Asbestos Register- Updated every 3 years

• Electrical Testing & Tagging Yearly

• Boiler Inspections Yearly

• O.H & safety inspections Six Monthly

• Exhaust Duct check Monthly

• Electrical Certifications Monthly

• Water Quality MELB water Annually

• SPA/Pool work Twice daily

• EWIS Evacuation System Monthly

• Insurance /Risk reviews Yearly

• Gas detection/ Calibrations Monthly

• Contractor Induction, WorkSafe Yearly

• Pest Control Monthly

• Noise Emission Yearly

• Trade Waste Water Monthly

• Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment & Control Yearly

• WaterMap, City West Water Yearly

Preventative Maintenance/ Audits





Some of the accidents

• Hospitality student almost lost her sight after she slipped and lost her balance removing a tray of chemicals used to clean grills at the … Hotel in Patterson Lakes.

• 42-year-old man was seriously burned after sparks from an electric buffer ignited vapours from acetone used to clean a tank.

• 17-year-old apprentice boilermaker was seriously injured while cutting a metal drum with an Angle Grinder.



Some of the …• Hotel staff have been killed in cellars in Victoria after breathing in leaking carbon dioxide and/or nitrogen.

• A 2.5m fall caused by a ladder has landed a major Melbourne hotel in court and a fine of $40,000 on workplace health and safety charges.



We assist you to achieve your OH&S Goals

How you will achieve the OHS Goals

SRESSafety and Risk Engineering Solutions



SRESSafety and Risk Engineering Solutions

1. Set up and improvement of an Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS)

3. Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Control (HIRAC)

5. Job Safety Analysis (JSA)

7. Development of Safety Operating Procedure (SOP)

9. Contractor Management Package



1-OHSMS Principals

• Define the organisation’s OHS policy • Plan to fulfill the OHS policy, objectives and Goals.

• Develop support mechanisms to achieve the OH&S Goals

• Evaluate OHS performance and implement appropriate preventive and corrective action

• Regularly review and continually improve the OHSMS





Hazard Identification

Risk Assessment

RiskControl

Make the change

Review

HIRAC

Standard Operating Procedure(SOP)

Job Safety Analysis(JSA)

2-Hazard Identification, Risk Assessment and Control (HIRAC)



Likelihood category

Result of Likelihood category

Result of Consequence

category

Risk Result

Consequence category

Hazard

Area, Task



Hazard Category

Area or Task



3-Job Safety Analysis (JSA)

• JSA breaks down each work activity into a sequence of job steps.

• potential hazards associated with each step are identified

• control measures are developed to eliminate, or minimise, the risks



4-Safety Operating Procedure (SOP)



5-Contractor Management Package

• Contractor Induction Display• Contractor Induction Manual• Contractor Induction Checklist• Evaluation of Contractor's OHSMS



All contractors must be inducted before being allowed to work in site

Contractors complete the program themselves.The induction takes approximately 30 minutes to completeThe induction process is managed by the Maintenance Manager / Concierge After completion the contractor is issued with an induction card (valid for one year) Contractors are also issued with on Induction Manual for later reference.



Shift Engineer– Ensure specific induction occurs– Ensure risk assessment and job safety analysis forms completed – Ensure contractors are aware of potential hazards– Make certain that contractors are familiar with Building

Emergency Procedure– Check permit to work form has been completed and issued where

appropriate– Check contractors sign in, and sign out– Know contractors mobile number– Check contractors must have identification badge– Inspect to ensure that the contractors are conforming to company

OH&S policies and procedures



http://www.legislation.vic.gov.au/



ThanksSafety is important to everyone

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