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Management and accountabilityThe Office’s policies and procedures were updatedto reflect the changes in the Work Health and SafetyAct 2011 and to ensure that safe practices are afundamental and inherent part of its operations.Health and safety policy statementThe Office is committed to ensuring that itactively upholds work health and safety policy andprocedures and implements effective preventionstrategies, such as:• providing a safe and healthy workplace in whichworkers are protected from hazards or potentialhazards that may cause psychological or physicalinjury or disease• integrating adaptable safe work systems intowork processes• providing information and training to workers toenable them to perform their work safely• ensuring that workers, including casual staffand contractors, are aware of their individualresponsibilities to ensure their own and others’health and safety• encouraging a cooperative and consultativerelationship within the Office on health andsafety issues• ensuring compliance with, and full implementationof, the requirements of the Work Health andSafety Act 2011, the work health and safetyregulations and associated codes of practice.Initiatives that ensure the health,safety and welfare at work ofemployees and contractors• WHS requirements have been implemented inaccordance with the Workplace Health & SafetyAct 2011• Information sessions have been presented for allworkers to provide a basic overview of updatedWHS legislation and their obligations as workers• Training sessions for managers and supervisorson the new WHS legislation and theirresponsibilities as Officers have been presented• Preventing psychological injury training has beencompleted by all supervisors/managers• WHS policy and guidelines have been reviewedand updated in consultation with all workers toreflect the new WHS legislation• Comcare WHS online e-learning module wascompleted by all workers• Comprehensive WHS information is available onthe Office’s intranet including hazard and incidentreport forms• The Health and Safety Committee meetsregularly and Health and Safety Representativeshave received an appropriate level of training• Employee and workplace health monitoringprocedures include the provision of PersonalProtective Equipment• Workplace assessments are conducted forall workers on commencement and regularinspections of the grounds and propertyare undertaken• Work procedures were distributed and areavailable on the Office Intranet• A new WHS induction kit was developed andincluded in induction training for all new workersHealth and safety outcomesachieved as a result of initiatives• Emergency training has been conducted forall workers• WHS policy and guidelines have beenreviewed and updated and are available onthe Office intranet• Risk assessment of tasks and working at heightshas been conducted• Annual testing and tagging of all electricalequipment has been completed• First aid kits have been restocked• First aid training has been conducted forrelevant workersAnnual Report 2011–201253