National Archives of Australia - Annual reports

Appendix MOccupational health and safetyOccupational health andsafety policiesThe Archives continued to take all reasonablypracticable steps to protect the health and safety ofits staff and promote a safe working environment.The Archives’ health and safety managementarrangements continued to be the overarchingpolicy throughout 2010–11.The health and safety management arrangementsdetail consultation, responsibilities of allparties, dispute-resolution mechanisms, andcommunication and training.Information on the health and safety managementarrangements are published on the Archives’ Infonet,and promoted to new staff as part of their induction.The Workplace Relations Committee continuedto function as the National Health and SafetyCommittee as outlined in the health and safetymanagement arrangements.In accordance with the arrangements, eachArchives office has at least one health andsafety representative, and a health and safetysubcommittee deals with occupational healthand safety matters. Vacancies for health andsafety representatives and their deputies werefilled in accordance with the health and safetymanagement arrangements.During 2010–11, the health and safetymanagement arrangements were reviewedand minor changes were proposed.Health and safety initiativesThe Archives continued to promote a supportivework environment by providing staff access tothe Employee Assistance Program. Workplaceinspections were conducted in all Archives offices,and workstation assessments were provided duringthe reporting period. Occupational health andsafety training was provided to staff through theArchives’ induction program, and manual handling,OHS for managers and supervisors, and OHS riskmanagement courses.Table 49: Health and safety performance, 2008–09 to 2010–11Incidents reported to Comcare under section 68 of theOccupational Health and Safety Act 1991Investigations carried out, or notices given, under sections 29, 46and 47 of the Occupational Health and Safety Act 1991Work-related incidents notifiable as per the Archives’ OHSIncident Reporting and Hazard Management Policy2008–09 2009–10 2010–113 0 10 0 057 43 37Number of staff who received the influenza vaccination 160 166 192Number of accepted compensation claims 10 8 5Correction of material errors in previous annual reportOn page 35 of the National Archives of AustraliaAnnual Report 2009–10, the number of recordsaccessed online was incorrectly reported as1,588,928. The correct figure is 2,071,396. On page36, the total of the 2009–10 column of Table 13 wasincorrectly reported as 2,188,740. The correct figureis 117,344. On page 37, the number of descriptionsand images on PhotoSearch was incorrectly reportedas 5,273,195. The correct figure is 268,175. Onpage 60, the separation rate for the Archives wasincorrectly reported as 6.3 per cent. The correctfigure is 7.3 per cent. On page 147, the total ofthe 2009–10 column of Table 38 was incorrectlyreported as 5395. The correct figure is 5635.138 Annual Reports 2010–11