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WHS Plan
Monitors progress with achieving health and safety legislative requirements, objectives and targets.
- Progress with achieving planned actions.
- Progress with achieving WHS Operational Plan.
Corrective actions from audits and accident, incident and hazard reports
Monitors the number of corrective actions completed within the timeframe determined by the risk assessment process, for immediate, short-term and long-term corrective actions and the number of corrective actions not addressed in specified timeframes.
- The number of corrective actions completed and the number of corrective actions open.
- The number of corrective actions completed within the specified/required timeframe.
- Corrective actions by the hierarchy of control.
Lost Time Injuries
- Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) – Measures the number of lost time injuries per million hours worked.
- Incidence rate – Measures the number of occurrences per 100 employees
- Average Time Lost Rate (ATLR) – Measures the average time away from work per occurrence of injury or illness.
Worker’s Compensation
Monthly and YTD statistics compared with the same period in the previous year:
- Open worker’s compensation claims – Measures the number of open, closed and total workers’ compensation claims.
- Worker’s compensation claim costs – Monitors the cost of worker’s compensation claims and gives an indication of the severity of the injuries reported.
External Data Sources Injury Data
- Safe Work Australia Data Portal
- Worksafe Qld Resources
- SIRA (NSW) Workers’ compensation reports
- Worksafe Victoria Data and statistics
- Return To Work SA – Insurer Statistics
- WorkCover WA Reports and statistics
Conclusion
Best practice in data collection and reporting is beneficial to an organisation as it identifies trends and can predict what areas of an organisation are at the greatest risk in regard to safety. We can use this data to show the benefits of controls in place and show those that need further improvement. Work Health and Safety is about continual improvement in how we safeguard our workers, contractors and providing information that will support the PCBU and Officers in maintaining a safe work environment and process of working.
In this blog post we will explore what is the best practice for whs reporting and data collection. When looking at reporting on WHS Metrics we can break this down into what sources for data collection are we going to use and then ensuring these sources are based on real-time data and will be the source of all truth for the data collected.
We can look at the data collected as either being Quantitative or Qualitative.
- QUANTITATIVE: Results for prior years, highlighting important trends or changes, and including industry or competitor averages where appropriate. Consistent presentation is useful.
- QUALITATIVE: Background information, descriptions of events or activities, and robust analysis of what the numbers mean.
- Assess existing systems and controls to reveal new hazards and/or opportunities for improvement. E.g.
- Indicators based on findings from performance audits (e.g. unguarded machines)
- Indicators of implementation of controls for critical risks (e.g. lifting devices purchased)
We can begin to collect data from internal sources such as Injury or Incident data and from external sources such as the industry standard for Lost Time Injuries and main types of incidents and injuries.
Internal Sources
Injuries Data
- Examine past injuries, illnesses and other incidents also provides information about overlooked hazards or uncontrolled WHS risks, e.g.
- Injury/illness by category of at-risk body location
- Injury/illness outcomes by the mechanism of injury, nature of the injury
- Indicators of hazardous exposure (e.g. No. chemical spills)
Training Data
- The number of WHS training courses delivered or coordinated by the ORGANISATION.
- The number of participants attending training courses delivered or coordinated by the ORGANISATION
Hazard, Accident and Incident Reporting
Monitors the level of hazards, incidents and accidents being formally reported and Identifies risk(s) not being addressed adequately.
- The number of WHS hazards, incidents and accidents reported.
- Severity and frequency of injuries and comparative data for preceding periods.
Disclaimer – these articles are provided to supply general safety information to people responsible for OHS in their organisation. They are general in nature and do not substitute for legal and/or professional advice. We always suggest that organisations obtain information specific to their needs. Additional information can be found at https://www.safeworkaustralia.gov.au/