Key Areas of Risk for

Woolworths Ltd.
NOTE

Under the Work Health and Safety Act 2011 it is
a responsibility to establish and maintain an
effective WHS management system in your
workplace.
Committed to Knowledge

1. Is the CEO committed to acquiring and
keeping up-to-date knowledge of
work health and
safety matters?
If yes why?
Gaining an understanding
2. Would you be willing to gain an
understanding of the hazards and risks
associated with the nature of the operations?

Appropriate resources
3. Does the Woolworths Ltd. have
the appropriate resources and
processes to eliminate or minimise
risk, if no why?

Appropriate processes
4. Does the business or undertaking have the
appropriate processes for receiving and
considering information about incidents,
hazards and risks and responding in a timely
manner, if no why?


Complying
5. Does the Woolworths Ltd. implement processes for complying
with its duties and obligations, if no why?

0%
20%
40%
60%
Complying with its Duties and
Obligations
Complying
with its Duties
and
Obligations
Review
6. Of the organisations current WHS position,
are you prepared to participate in an initial
review? As well as, in subsequent WHS
reviews?

Injuries
7. Do you know what areas in the organisation have
higher incidences of injuries?
If so what are they?
Are there injury trends (i.e. stress or hazardous
manual tasks)

0.00% 20.00% 40.00%
Hazardous manual tasks
Emotional stress
Other
Injuries
Injuries
Commonly reported injuries
According to the ABS The most commonly reported injuries or illnesses were
sprains and strains (30%), followed by chronic joint or muscle conditions
(18%), and cuts or open wounds (16%). What is Woolworths Ltd prepared to
do in order for these reported statistics to decrease?
Injuries or illnesses
Chronic joint or
Cuts or open
0%
5%
10%
15%
20%
25%
30%
Injuries or illnesses with
sprains and strains (30%)
Chronic joint or muscle
conditions (18%)
Cuts or open wounds
(16%)
Information seminar
8. In order for the WHS system to be
implemented effectively would the CEO
consider holding an information seminar to
teach partakers of the importance of WHS?

Information Seminar
YES to
Information
Seminar
NO to
Information
Seminar
Policies and Procedures
concerning aspects of human rights

0 200000
Number of
Employees
Total Hours
Attended
Human Rights Course
Human
Rights Course
Is the company
going to try to
encourage more
participation of
this course in
2015, or only
aim to have the
same number of
employees
attend the
training?

According to the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) Around 30% of
persons who worked at some time in the last 12 months had not received
formal training in occupational health and safety risks in the workplace.
If not already, is
the company
going to make it
compulsory for
ALL employees to
undertake this
training when
they start and
throughout their
employment?
OHS/WHS Training
Had NOT
received
Compulsory
OHS Training
Lost Time Injury Frequency
Rate (LTIFR) at Woolworths Ltd.
-15.00%
-10.00%
-5.00%
0.00%
5.00%
10.00%
15.00%
LTIFR (million
Hours
Worked)
LTIFR
(200,000
Hours
Worked)
% Change on
previous year
2011
2012
2013
Judging by
these statistics
what is
Woolworths
Ltd. realistic
goal for 2014
and 2015 for
LTIFR?
Divisional LTIFR results for 2013
-5 0 5 10 15
Supermarkets
Logistics
BIG W
Liquor BWS
Liquor Dan
Petrol
CHANGE ON LAST
FINANCIAL YEAR*
PER 200,000 HRS
PER MILLION HRS
What are the
LTIFR changes
that are going to
be introduced
for these
divisions in
2014 & 2015
financial year
plan?
Men in the workplace
According to the ABS in the past 12 months, more than half of people
who experienced a work-related injury or illness were men making up
(56%)

What is Woolworths Ltd.
prepared to do in order for
this percentage of work
related injuries to decrease?
Work Related Injuries
Women
Men
Conclusion
What points did you
think were & were
not relevant to this
topic?
Are there other
problems that need
addressing on this
topic?
Are there problems
with Woolworths Ltd.
that were not
discussed?


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Composed By

Alexandria Ponsonby