Workplace Safety Conference Highlights and Reflections

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Explore key themes like safety culture, hazard awareness, and incident prevention discussed at the Workplace Safety Conference. Reflect on poignant moments like the annual miners' remembrance and engaging discussions on cultural impact on safety practices.

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Agenda Agenda VIDEO Minister Scott Stewart Safety Reset theme One minute silence Our safety culture VIDEO I chose to look the other Reviews, reports investigations VIDEO My story Paul Cane Safety and reporting VIDEO My story Chris Roberts Commitment to change Wrap Up way

Safety Reset theme for 2023 takes us back to basics If it's not safe or you re unsure - stop!

SEE. STOP. REPORT.

What it means What it means SEE Be aware of your situation hazard awareness Be able to recognise hazards & unsafe situations STOP Understand the task and ask questions without fear Stop work if concerned for safety or health REPORT Report concerns Follow up to ensure action Escalate if there s no action

Silence to remember and reflect Silence to remember and reflect Each year on 19 September miners and their families come together to commemorate the lives lost in mining disasters in Queensland. On this date in 1921, 75 miners lost their lives at Queensland s Mount Mulligan.

What drives you? What drives you? What and who matters most in your life? What do you enjoy doing? Who do you need to stay safe for? DISCUSS

Does our culture prevent incidents? Does our culture prevent incidents? Is every worker encouraged to report? Why wouldn t a worker report? Is every worker able to identify unsafe situations? Does every worker feel able to stop work when they feel unsafe? How is leadership demonstrating commitment to effective hazard identification and reporting? Is the reporting of safety concerns and hazards seen as a positive?

Lessons for the resources sector Lessons for the resources sector Humans make mistakes we need systems and controls that protect workers even when human errors happen What isn t reported can t be learned from Incident reporting is critical to identifying risk Industry needs to adopt practices that encourage: identification of hazards and risk work stops until controls are controlled or eliminated documenting and investigating concerns and sharing of learnings workers to stand up and speak out.

How can organisations manage safety well? How can organisations manage safety well? Have hazard awareness, look for what could go wrong (before it does) Seek input from those who best understand the task Identify, implement and monitor controls to manage hazards and risk Encourage sharing of information across teams through reporting and investigation of issues, hazards and problems. DISCUSS

Thanks to Glencore Oaky Creek North mine & Paul Cane for sharing this story

Questions to ask Questions to ask 1. What am I, and my team, about to do? 2. How could what we are going to do go wrong? 3. How could I, or someone else, get hurt? 4. What can I do to stop it going wrong and someone getting hurt? 5. If I can t fix it or make it safe do I stop and I call my supervisor ? DISCUSS

Reporting Reporting is a good is a good thing! thing! Encouraging reporting can: Identify hazards before an incident occurs Prevent unwanted events, injuries & accidents Create better systems and processes Stop repeat events.

How do we report concerns? How do we report concerns? What are the pathways for safety and health reporting for yourself and in your team? Are your concerns recorded? Do you receive follow up? How do we escalate concerns? How do we escalate concerns? What if nothing happens? What is your next step? DISCUSS

Support to report Support to report All Queensland s resources Acts (laws) contain sections that ensure your rights: to stop work if you have reason to believe you are being exposed to a serious risk to your safety or health to remove yourself to a position of safety to refuse to undertake a task allocated to you that may place you in immediate personal danger. And ensure you cannot be disadvantaged for doing so no reprisal.

Supporting legislation sections Supporting legislation sections Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999, s253 Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999, s274 Explosives Act 1999, s126a Work Health and Safety Act 2011, s84 Petroleum and Gas (Production and Safety) Act 2004, s708c