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20/09/2014



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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.















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Committed to Knowledge
1. Is the CEO or HR committed to acquiring and keeping up-to-date knowledge of work health
and safety matters? If yes why?














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Gaining an Understanding
2. Would you be willing to gain an understanding of the hazards and risks associated with the nature
of the operations?
















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

















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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?
















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

















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Review
6. Of the organisations current WHS position, are you prepared to participate in an initial review? As
well as, in subsequent WHS reviews?

















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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)





















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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?














Commonly Reported Injuries
30% Injuries or illnesses
with sprains and strains
18% Chronic joint or
muscle conditions
16% Cuts or open
wounds
36% Other
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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?


















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Policies and Procedures concerning aspects of human rights
9. 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?




















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OHS 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.
10. 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?



















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Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate (LTIFR) at Woolworths Ltd.
11. Judging by these statistics what is Woolworths Ltd. realistic goal for 2014 and 2015 for LTIFR?

















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Divisional LTIFR Results for 2013
12. What are the LTIFR changes that are going to be introduced for these divisions in 2014 & 2015
financial year plan?















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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%)
12. What is Woolworths Ltd. prepared to do in order for this percentage of work related injuries to
decrease?




















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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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