CONTENTS
OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH, SAFETY & INJURY
MANAGEMENT
The ForestrySA Safety Committee, which
comprises two management and six elected employee representatives,
held eight meetings through the year and were responsible for
the implementation of the following actions/activities
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Development of new ForestrySA Safety
Instructions for:
Safety Footwear and
Sun Safe
Finalisation of the following Safety
Instructions occurred:
Alcohol and Drugs;
Communicable Diseases;
Consultation Framework OHS&W;
Electrical Safety;
European Wasps;
Inspections/Audits;
Management of Visitors to Worksites;
Marijuana Crops;
Safety Helmets;
Smokefree Workplace;
Use of Oil Based Paints for Tree Marking;
Vehicles, Machinery and Maintenance, and
Working Alone;
Occupational Heath, Safety and Welfare
and,
First Aid in the Workplace.
The Safety Committee has been involved
with the completion of the following projects:
OHS&W Legal Compliance
Register/Database
Safety Committee training
Action Group – Pruning
ForestrySA’s program for
becoming a smokefree workplace includes two stages. The first
stage of the program involved no smoking during paid work time
and allocating designated smoking areas. This was implemented
in October 2003. In line with this ForestrySA provided quit
information sessions through QuitSA to assist with the process
for employees wishing to stop smoking.
Planning sessions in line with legislation
and management systems have been developed at each worksite and
are reviewed annually.
ForestrySA has appointed a Coordinator for
OHS&W to facilitate the implementation of projects and
safety targets.
CORPORATE PROFILE
SOCIAL
ENVIRONMENTAL
ECONOMIC
FINANCIAL STATEMENT
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2003-04
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2002-03
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2001-02
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1
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OHS legislative requirements
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Number of notifiable
occurrences pursuant to OHS&W Regulations
Division 6.6
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Nil
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Nil
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Nil
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Number of notifiable injuries
pursuant to OHS&W Regulations Division 6.6
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1
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Nil
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Nil
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Number of notices served
pursuant to OHS&W Act s35, s39 and s40
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Nil
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Nil
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Nil
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2
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Injury Management legislative
requirements
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Total number of employees who
participated in the rehabilitation program
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17
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21
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27
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Total number of employees
rehabilitated and reassigned to alternative duties
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6
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1
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0
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Total number of employees
rehabilitated back to their original work
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8
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11
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8
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3
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WorkCover Action Limits
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Number of open claims as at 30
June
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31
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15
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22
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Percentage of workers
compensation expenditure over gross annual
remuneration
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2.10%
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2.65%
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2.24%
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4
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Number of injuries
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Number of new workers
compensation claims in the financial year
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32
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23
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41
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Number of fatalities, medical
treatment only, lost time injuries (Fatalities)
(Medical Treatment Only)
(Lost Time Injuries)
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0
17
11
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0
10
13
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0
21
20
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Total number of whole working
days lost
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636
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394
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709
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5
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Cost of workers compensation
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Cost of new claims for
financial year
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$53 392
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$22 230
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$105 820
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Cost of all claims excluding
lump sum payments
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$200 123
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$189 649
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$254 806
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Amount paid for lump sum
payments
(s42, s43, s44) s42
s43
s44
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Nil
Nil
Nil
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$32 035
$32 035
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Nil
Nil
Nil
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Total amount recovered from
external sources
(s54) |
Nil
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Nil
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Nil
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Budget allocation for workers
compensation
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$225 000
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$103 478
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$129 270
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6
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Trends
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2003-04
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2002-03
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2001-02
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Injury frequency rate for new
lost-time injury/disease for each million hours
worked
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31.00
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29.10
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49.67
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Most frequent cause
(mechanism) of injury
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Body Stressing
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Muscular stress while handling
objects other
than lifting |
Muscular stress while handling
objects other
than lifting |
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Most expensive cause
(mechanism) of injury
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Mental Stress
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Muscular stress with no
objects being handled
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Muscular stress while handling
objects other
than lifting |
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7
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Meeting the
organisation’s strategic targets
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Number of New Claims
Target
Result
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35
29
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35
23
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35
41
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Expenditure on Workers
Compensation Target
Result
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$225 000
$200 123
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$225 000
$224 345
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$127 048
$254 806
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Injury Frequency Rate
Target
Result
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35
31
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35
29.10
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35
49.67
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Percentage of OHS&W Budget
spent on OHS&W training programs
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50%
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63%
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45%
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Total hours in OHS&W
Training
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1 294.0
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1 990.0
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2 707.8
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