Introduction介紹
 

（1）這些流程在工作場所的健康和安全風險管理方面，澳大利亞的硬件責任（WHS）和伍倫貢風險管理政策框架下操作。

（2）倉庫管理風險是伍倫貢倉庫管理系統的一個組成部分，結合技術，識別任何可預見的危害，損害員工的健康和安全的伍倫貢潛在的咨詢和管理方法。

（3）管理者負責管理工作場所的健康和安全的風險，他們有影響和控制。

定義

（4）”WHS風險“是一個危險的意義方面的可能性和嚴重性的傷害或疾病造成的危害。

（5）”WHS的風險管理是指識別、邏輯和系統的方法，分析、評估、控制、監測和傳播風險的任何活動相關，函數或過程，在一個方式，將使企業減少風險和最大化策略（WHS WHS工作新南威爾士）。
(1) These procedures outline the Australian Hardware responsibilities in respect of risk management of Workplace Health and Safety (WHS) and operate under the framework of the Wollongong Risk Management Policy.

(2) WHS risk management is an integral part of the Wollongong WHS Management System and combines technical, consultative and managerial approaches to identify any foreseeable hazard that has the potential to harm the health or safety of employees of Wollongong.

(3) Managers are responsible for managing risk to health and safety in the workplace over which they have influence and control.

Definitions

(4) 'WHS Risk' is the significance of a hazard in terms of the probability and severity of an injury or illness occurring as a result of the hazard.

(5) 'WHS Risk management' is the term applied to a logical and systematic method of identifying, analysing, assessing, controlling, monitoring and communicating risks associated with any activity, function or process, in a way that will enable organisations to minimise WHS risks and maximise WHS strategies (WorkCover NSW).

(6) 'Risk Assessment' is the overall process of estimating the magnitude of risk and deciding what actions will be taken.

(7) 'Safety Support Officers' (SSO) refers to designated employees who, as part of their duties, carry out workplace inspections in consultation with employees.

(8) 'Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs)' refers to employees who are the designated point of contact for individual employees seeking to obtain information and report issues concerning WHS matters. They are the consultative link between management and employees on WHS issues.

Identifying Hazards

(9) The Work, Health and Safety Act 2011 places a duty on the stores to eliminate or minimise risks to the health and safety of its employees, contractors and visitors.

(10) Hazards can be generally classified into five broad areas:#p#分頁標題#e#

1 physical e.g. noise, light, UV radiation, heat, and cold;

2 chemical e.g. hazardous substances, poisons, vapours, and dust;

3 biological e.g. plants, parasites, and viruses;

4 mechanical/electrical e.g. slips, trips and falls, plant and equipment, ergonomics, and manual handling; and

5 psychological e.g. stress, boring/repetitive work, violence/aggression.

(11) The Wollongong will endeavour to identify all foreseeable hazards, in particular, those arising from:

6 work premises;

7 work practices, work systems and shiftwork;

8 plant;

9 hazardous substances;

10 presence of asbestos;

11 manual handling and occupational overuse syndrome (OOS);

12 layout and conditions of the workplace;

13 biological organisms, products and substances;

14 physical working environment (electrocution, drowning, fire, explosion, slips, trips and falls, contact with moving or stationary objects, noise, heat, cold, vibration, static electricity and contaminated atmospheres);

15 confined spaces; and

16 workplace violence

(12) The Wollongong uses the following methods to identify hazards:

17 safety audits - annual internal safety audits are conducted to evaluate the effectiveness of the WHS Management System. The Manager, Workplace Health and Safety provides an audit report and recommendations to the University Executive.

18 workplace inspections - systematic inspections of the workplace are conducted by a Safety Support Officer to identify the hazards that exist in the workplace. Depending on the work area, the type of inspection may be either: 

19 the Safety Support Officer, in consultation with employees, inspects and observes the workplace to identify any hazards. Hazards are documented on specific check sheets for the work area involved and recommendations provided for the Manager/Supervisor of the area. Where matters are not resolved, the SSO may refer them to the HSR.#p#分頁標題#e#

20 Incident, Accident and Hazard Reports - these reports are completed each time an incident, accident or hazard occurs. Completed reports are forwarded to the Manager, Workplace Health and Safety and a centralized register is maintained (the Workers Compensation Act requires a register of injuries be kept). The Manager, Workplace Health and Safety also provides advice on the action to be taken to prevent a recurrence of the incident, accident or hazard.

21 injury and illness records - statistics are gathered from Accident, Incident and Hazard reports to identify the presence of hazards, particularly where there is a recurring incidence of injury. The Manager, Workplace Health and Safety provides a monthly report on these statistics to the HSRs and an annual report to the University's Executive.

22 consultation - consultation is an integral part of the University's WHS Management System. In the workplace, HSRs consult with employees on WHS matters and bring any issues and concerns to the attention of the responsible Manager/Supervisor. HSRs communicate the safety concerns and issues of employees to management. This involves providing assistance and advice to management on WHS policies and procedures and investigating immediate risks to Health and Safety. HSRs make recommendations on WHS issues that facilitate informed decision making by management. They also inform employees of WHS matters that may arise from managerial decisions such as introducing a new piece of equipment.

23 health and environmental monitoring - where particular risks to the health of people on University premises or to the environment exist, or are suspected, (e.g. air monitoring for detection of hazardous contaminants and noise monitoring for loudness), technical advice on hazard controls from both internal and external WHS practitioners is sought.

24 incidental identification - If employees notice a workplace hazard they should report the details to their Supervisor/Head of Work Unit, or if safe to do so, rectify the identified hazard themselves.

Assessing the Risk

(13) Risk assessment involves making a decision about level of risk. It means estimating how likely it is that injury or illness will occur and how severe that injury or illness may be. The University uses 'Hazpak' (the WorkCover NSW risk assessment tool) to prioritise any hazard identified.

(14) Further information can be obtained from WorkCover NSW.

Controlling the Risk

(15) The Workplace Health and Safety Regulation 2011 states that the Wollongong must eliminate any reasonably foreseeable risk and if this cannot be done, they must then control the risk to the lowest level possible.#p#分頁標題#e#

(16) The hierarchy of control measures used in the regulation, are:

25 eliminate the hazard - total removal of the hazard from the workplace;

26 substitute the system of work, plant or substance with something safer, e.g. less hazardous cleaning agent;

27 isolate the hazard from the employees, e.g. introduce a restricted work area in a laboratory;

28 engineering controls, e.g. fume hoods and machine guarding;

29 administrative controls, e.g. warning signs, rotation of tasks, training and routine maintenance; and

30 Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), e.g. gloves, safety glasses and dust coats.

(17) The Wollongong has developed work unit specific Safe Working Procedures to control the risk of injury or illness.

Monitoring and Reviewing

(18) The operation of the WHS Management System is reviewed annually as part of the safety audit. This review provides the opportunity to adjust, build upon and improve the system's effectiveness. This continual improvement process:

31 identifies areas of opportunity for improvement of the WHS management system which leads to improved WHS performance;

32 determines the cause of non-conformance or deficiencies;

33 promotes the development and implementation of plans for corrective and preventative action to address causes;

34 verifies the effectiveness of the corrective and preventative actions.

35 documents any changes in procedures resulting from process improvement; and

36 makes comparisons with objectives and targets.

Record Keeping Policy and Procedure

Incident Report

Branch Name                                   Date                       

Address                                        City          State         #p#分頁標題#e#

Complaint

Last Name                        First Name                    Initial

Address           City                   State           Postal Code

Home Telephone                            Mobile Phone

Type of Incident

Injury

First aid given?                   Yes                No                

First aid refused?                  Yes                No                

EMS called?                      Yes                No                

Take to emergency?                Yes                No                

Nature of injury                                                              

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Detail of Incident

Risk Register

Risk ID No Rank Risk Name Opportunity Threat Description Risk Owner Level Urg. Prob(%) Impact (1-5) Risk Rating Status Primary Response Response Strategy

A plan to implement appropriate measures to control risk

A. Timelines, Resources and Actions

Every day the risk register and incident records should be completed for reference. Appropriate actions should be taken in order to implement the risk.

B. Any new procedures to be developed

New procedures need to be developed through the risk control process in order to lower the injury rate. 

C. Next Monday, hold a meeting in detail to inform affected workers of changes and include strategies to provide access to information and ease of understanding

D. ongoing, regular monitoring (at least three monitoring activities, e.g. scheduled audits)

July 15th, regular monitoring 

August 30th, regular monitoring

September 30th, regular monitoring

(The reason for conducting regular monitoring is to check whether the risk control of the Australian Hardware is on track or not). 

E. Record keeping or reporting actions to assist in compliance and organizational WHS performance review.

Use the template to record all events and risk data.