Disability Services Commission Annual Report

4.6 Government Policy Requirements
Reviewed, assessed and validated all strategic and directorate risks as part of
the Commission’s Risk Management Framework.
Conducted an OSH Training Needs Analysis.
OSH Training
Planned, developed and implemented OSH training on Hazard and Injury
Management for line managers.
Coordinated awareness programs on Embracing Work-life Balance and
Managers Stressors and Strategies conducted by Employee Assistance
Program.
Coordinated Mental Health First Aid Training.
Presented OSH induction training for new employees and refresher training for
existing employees.
Coordinated five day training course for all the newly elected safety and health
representatives.
OSH Key Performance Indicators
Workers’ compensation performance/trends
Indicators 2006–2007 2007–2008
Total number of accidents/incidents 227 272
Total number of claims 132 115
Number of fatalities 0 0
Total number of lost time injuries/diseases 91 75
Lost time injury/disease incident rate 5.8 4.9
Lost time injury severity rate 15.4 6.7
Total number of long duration claims (60 days and over) 14 5
Total actual lost time injury days 2,585 3,340 (a)
Premium contribution (ex GST) $1.87m $1.64m
Premium contribution rate 2.12 Data not
available
Estimated cost of claims (per $100 of payroll) 2.89 Data not
available
Number of rehabilitation cases 22 26
Rehabilitation success rate 92 92
Note:
(a) Change to reporting of Total Actual Lost Time to include days lost due to recurrences and
therefore reason for increase.
There was an increase of 20 per cent by way of accident/incident reporting compared
to the previous year, which was partly due to promoting awareness for the
requirement to report accident/incidents in the workplace. Although there was an
increase in the number of accidents/incidents reported, there was an overall
improvement for key performance indicators as follows:
12 per cent reduction in workers’ compensation premium contribution compared
to the previous year;
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