Example one- Health and safety improvement

plan
Objective
To reach Secondary level of ACC Workplace Safety Management Practices by 31
March 2016.

Process Responsibility Budget Date

Employer commitment

Ensure all senior managers attend CEO

information sessions on the ACC
Work Safe Cycle and their role in it

Consider injury prevention issues at HR Manager

all senior managers meetings

Policy document updated to Health and Safety

incorporate relevant legislation and Adviser
specific management commitment
to accurate reporting and recording

Build injury prevention HR Manager

responsibilities into job descriptions

Planning

Develop specific plans relating to Health and Safety

injury prevention issues. Adviser

Link injury prevention to other All senior

forms of business planning managers

Hazard identification, assessment and management

Identify specific injury hazards Health and Safety

Adviser

Occupational
Hygienist

Ergonomist

Supervisors
facilitating staff
consultation
groups

Develop and implement action plans Health and Safety

for hazards Adviser

Occupational
Hygienist

Ergonomist

All staff

Information, training and supervision

Develop induction and ongoing Health and Safety
education packages in the ACC Adviser
WorkSafe Cycle, ACC WorkSafe
Injury Model and actions required to HR Manager
manage injury factors

Educate staff in injury prevention HR Manager

issues at least six monthly
Supervisors

All staff

Incident and accident reporting, recording and investigation

Develop and implement a near-hit Health and Safety

event reporting system Adviser

Operations
Manager

Supervisors

Implement a system to record and Health and Safety

analyse accident and incident data Adviser
(and report results to both
managers and staff) HR Manager

Ensure injury reporting and Operations

investigation is practised Manager

All managers,
supervisors

All staff

Employee participation

In addition to other staff Health and Safety

consultation groups, Health and Adviser
Safety Committee members to
represent staff in hazard Health and Safety
management, incident reporting, Committee
investigation and monitoring and All staff
emergency preparedness

Ensure injury prevention is part of Supervisors

all weekly staff meetings
All staff

Emergency planning and readiness and contractors

Review and update emergency plan Health and Safety

Adviser

Develop health and safety clause to Health and Safety

be written into all contracts Adviser

Supervisors

Measure and targets

Measure Target

Number of action points By 31 March 2016, all actions in current

implemented improvement plan will have been
implemented.

Number of ACC Workplace Safety By 31 March 2016, the number of

Management Practices requirements systems in place will have increased to
60.

Number of reported near-hit events By 31 March 2016, the level of near-hit

reporting will have increased by 50%
compared to the previous six months.

Cost of new injuries (insured and By June 2016, the cost of new injuries will
uninsured) have reduced by 20% compared to the
previous year.