Safety top OHS concern for 2011

The survey by ComOps, an Australasian provider of business software products and services, showed that more than 90 per cent of OHS professionals believed it was important for their organisation to develop a safety culture through people-based programs.

Safety, Risk and Claims Solutions Director Moshe Woods of ComOps said: “A safety culture contributes to operational and production efficiencies, better employee relations and a more motivated workforce.

“This is what we need to communicate to senior management.  Safety has to stop being treated as a niche concern and instead must become an entrenched part of the organisation's processes and psyche,” MS Woods said.

Other major concerns expressed by professionals included the need to understand and plan for OHS harmonisation laws, reducing the cost of injury management, and identifying, mitigating and managing risk, particularly in accordance with the new AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009 standard.

The survey showed that an OHS and risk management system was the most popular method of monitoring and analysing safety performance. Use of such systems increased from 44 per cent of organisations in 2009 to 55 per cent in 2010.

Other methods of monitoring safety included Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and Human Resources, payroll or in-house developed software.  The number of organisations using these systems with manual or paper-based processes declined from more than 50 per cent in 2009 to 32 per cent in 2010.

Thursday 18 Nov 2010
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