Annual Report 2008-2009 - Department of Transport

Assessment of OSH management systems
The Department regularly schedules audits to assess the effectiveness of
OSH Management Systems.
These audits take into account several factors to determine the level of
associated risks to the organisation’s operations, the effectiveness of the
existing systems, their capability to achieve established objectives and the
consequences to the Agency.
These audits ensure that the management systems are kept up-to-date and
are responsive in meeting changing demands.
Summary of audit findings 2008–09
• Reporting of risk exposures to be timely and effective and be documented
in business plans.
• Improving the effectiveness of the OSH committee.
• Updating OSH policy and procedures to reflect changing work
environment and conditions.
• Inclusion of targets against performance indicators.
• Ensuring safety representatives undertake their responsibilities.
Disclosures and Legal Compliance
Occupational Safety, Health and Injury management
performance
Measure Actual Actual against target
2007–08 2008–09 Target
Department
result
No of fatalities 0 0 0 0
Lost Time Injury/Disease
Incidence Rate
Lost Time Injury/Disease
Severity Rate
Percent of injured
workers returned to work
within 28 weeks
Percentage of managers
trained in OSH and IM
0.85 0.72
20.00 5.8
0 or 10%
reduction
0 or 10%
reduction
15.3%
reduction
71.0%
reduction
100% 100% N/A N/A
5% 15% 50%
Refer to
footnote
*The target of 50% or better for training managers in OSH and IM was not achieved due to staff
shortages and delays in inviting tenders and awarding the contract for on-line training.
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