2007 Annual report (PDF 8.1 Mb) - University of Melbourne

STATUTORY
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TABLE 4. occupational health and safety incident statistics 2003-2007
Performance indicator 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007
Reported Incidents (including Injury and Illness) 775 922 1066 1063 1174
Incidence Rate 12.47 14.84 14.65 14.02 16.80
Number of WorkCover Claims 155 130 135 110 120
Number of Lost Time Incidents 53 52 44 26 34
Lost Time Incident Rate 0.86 0.84 0.61 0.34 0.49
Days Lost due to Reported Injuries - 947 829 800 814
Work Related Fatalities Nil Nil Nil Nil Nil
Incidents Requiring
Notification to WorkSafe
The University reported six dangerous
occurrences and 19 serious injuries to
WorkSafe Victoria in accordance with the
incident notification requirements of the
Occupational Health and Safety Act 2004 (Vic).
Table 5 provides a summary of notifiable
dangerous occurrences and Table 6
provides a summary of notifiable serious
injuries which occurred at the University
during 2007.
Table 5. Dangerous Occurrences
Requiring Notification to
WorkSafe – 2007
Dangerous Occurrence Type
Number
Uncontrolled fall or release
from height any plant,
substance or object 3
Uncontrolled implosion,
explosion or fire 2
Uncontrolled escape spillage or
leakage of any substance 1
Table 6. Serious Injuries
Requiring Notification to
WorkSafe – 2007
Serious Injury Type
Number
Immediate medical treatment resulting
from a serious laceration 6
Immediate treatment as an inpatient
in hospital 4
Immediate medical treatment
resulting from temporary loss of
bodily function 4
Medical treatment within 48 hours
of exposure of (or potential exposure
to) a substance 3
Immediate medical treatment resulting
from an electric shock 1
Fatality (due to natural causes) 1
Each of these incidents has been
investigated and corrective and preventative
actions have been instigated to prevent or
reduce the risk of reoccurrence.
External Occupational Health
and Safety Management System
(OHSMS) Audits
Certification of the University’s OHSMS
to Initial Level SafetyMAP (4th edition) is
one of the requirements of the University’s
workers’ compensation self-insurance
license which is regulated by WorkSafe
Victoria. During 2007 Lloyds Register
Quality Assurance conducted two external
audits to verify that the University’s
OHSMS conforms to the requirements
of SafetyMAP. A scheduled nine-monthly
surveillance audit was undertaken in
February 2007.
A second three-yearly re-certification audit
was undertaken in August–September 2007.
The auditors reviewed the University’s
operations located at Parkville, Burnley,
Creswick, Shepparton and Southbank. No
University-wide non-conformances were
issued during this audit. Ten local nonconformances
were issued in relation to
inadequate local implementation of the
University’s OHSMS.
All local non-conformances against
SafetyMAP audit criteria were brought back
into conformance in December 2007 and
the University was issued a new SafetyMAP
certificate valid until September 2010.
Internal Occupational Health and Safety
Management System (OHSMS) Audits
A program of internal audits of the
University’s OHSMS against the criteria
of Initial Level SafetyMAP (4th edition)
continued throughout 2007. During 2007
over 1900 criteria were audited across
all academic and administrative divisions
of the University and a number of its
controlled entities. Overall the University
achieved less than two per cent nonconformances
and three per cent requires
correction findings. Auditees were required
to develop action plans to address all
adverse audit findings, and progress was
monitored by the internal auditors.
Consultative Framework
Employees continue to be represented
by elected and trained employee Health
and Safety Representatives in designated
workgroups across the University. There
were approximately 80 elected employee
Health and Safety Representatives
holding office during 2007. Each Faculty
and Budget Division has an established
Environment Health and Safety (EHS)
Committee. Membership of these
committees includes both employer and
employee representatives. The employee
representatives on Faculty and Budget
Division EHS Committees are generally
elected Health and Safety Representatives.
The University-wide Occupational
Health and Safety Committee (OHSC)
membership consists of equal numbers
employer and employee representatives
elected from the University’s Health and
Safety Representatives. One new Health
and Safety Representative was elected
to the OHSC during 2007. The OHSC met
four times during 2007, with minutes of
the meetings published on the University’s
web site.
6. SuMMary of Regulations
The University administers Statutes
and Regulations of the University and
Resolutions of the Council, in accordance
with the provisions of the Melbourne
University Act 1958. The Statutes,
Regulations and Resolutions are substantial
and varied and too numerous to summarise.
They are recorded in three volumes of
University publications. A copy of the
Statutes, Regulations and Resolutions may
be inspected in the Baillieu Library of the
University, or may be viewed on the web at
www.unimelb.edu.au\Statutes
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