1. Health & Safety at Work Act 2015
Working together on health and safety
Intro.
Run through the key aspects of the HSWA and what that means for MFAT’s approach to incorporating H&S into our funding arrangements.
Summary on what this means for you during design and implementation.
Catherine Pfister
Senior H&S Adviser HRG
2017

2. Why? NEW ZEALAND HAS A PROBLEM… Every week, on average…
› 1 person dies at work
› 15 people die from work-related diseases
Internationally, every 15 seconds, a worker dies from a work-related accident or disease
Statistics: WorkSafe NZ
and
International Labour Organisation
‘She’ll be right’… But will she?

3. What are we working towards?
Reducing serious injury, illness and death from work
All workers go home safe and well to their families every day
If we keep this purpose front of mind rather than compliance and liability, particularly in the challenging contexts in which we work.

4. Key Duty
MFAT has a duty to ensure, so far as is reasonably practicable, the health and safety of:
Workers who work for MFAT
Workers whose activities in carrying out work are influenced or directed by MFAT
Other persons

5. Who are workers?
A worker is an individual who carries out work in any capacity including:
Employees
Contractors/Subcontractors
Employees of labour hire companies
Apprentices or trainees
People doing work experience/work trial
Volunteer workers
Applies to all workers that we direct or influence, no matter where they are working or their nationality, so far as is reasonably practicable.

6. Working with other organisations
Overlapping Duties
When the work of organisations overlap, they must
consult, co-operate and co-ordinate activities to meet their health and safety responsibilities to workers and others.

7. Working with other organisations
Consider how NZ based organisations engage with their in country affiliates & Partners to consult, co-operate and co-ordinate activities to keep workers and others safe, so far as is reasonably practicable.

8. Where to start? Know your health and safety Risks …
And manage them proportionately…

9. Managing Risks What the risks are from your work?
The likelihood of those risks occurring?
The degree of harm that might result from those risks?
Can we eliminate the risks?
If they can’t be eliminated,
how can we minimise the risks?
Risk assess – likely? consequences?
Don’t reinvent the wheel, use common controls for common risks. Create an action plan for managing risks if current controls are not enough to eliminate / mitigate them.

10. Managing Risks

11. H&S Acknowledgment Form
Provides mitigations to addresses risks relating to travel including:
travel advisory
consular assistance
medical advice
Refers to risk identification and assessment in a Safety Plan, including the Safety Plan Guide
Confirms key obligations including consultation, monitoring and reporting of health and safety risks
Complete the H&S Acknowledgement Form during Design and submit before starting Implementation

12. Safety Plans
A Safety Plan sets out how the health and safety of workers is to be managed
Safety Plans must be:
Specific to work being undertaken
Fit for purpose
General health and safety policies are NOT Safety Plans
Develop the Safety Plan using the Safety Plan Guide
Develop the Safety Plan during Design
Update the Safety Plan during Implementation if circumstances change or new risks emerge

13. Incident Reporting Report all incidents or near misses
“Notifiable Events” can include any of the following if they arise from work:
the death of a person
a notifiable injury or illness (serious injuries/illnesses i.e. requiring hospitalisation)
a notifiable incident (exposure to an unexpected serious risk such as an explosion or electric shock).
Under the Act, PCBUs must have appropriate processes for receiving information and responding to incidents, hazards and risks. It’s how we learn, it’s how we get better and really test what is working and what isn’t working.
Near misses, ‘life’s free lessons’ as could prevent something major happening i.e. fire. So include them when it would highlight that controls need improvement or where it will add value. It’s not just what is happenign in your organisation but across the sector.
Trend analysis and continuous improvement. it’s about how we incorporate our lessons learned into our systems and processes

14. Wrap up

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16. Wrap Up

17. Questions?