Why is Managing Safety in Construction so Important at Major Energy and Resources Sites?

The Facts: Work Related Lost Time Injuries and Diseases in WA 2009-10 preliminary data suggests

• One worker is injured every thirty minutes seriously enough to take one or more days or shifts off work
• One in 65 workers (covered by workers’ compensation) experienced a lost time injury/disease during 2009-10p
• On average a person is killed in WA as a result of a traumatic work-related incident every 18 days
• 21 traumatic work-related fatalities were recorded in Western Australia during 2010-11.
• On average, 3,896 workers are being hurt each year to the extent that they require 60 or more days off work.
• In 2008-09, the average number of days lost for severe LTI/Ds was 269 days.
• In 2009-10p, there were 16,595 lost time injuries and diseases of one or more days/shifts lost recorded in Western Australia. This equates to an incidence rate of 1.55 per hundred workers.
• The industry division to record the highest frequency rate in 2009-10p was Arts and Recreation
• Services at 17.46. Agriculture, Forestry and Fishing recorded the highest incidence rate at 3.03.
• One in 90 women experienced a work-related lost time injury or disease requiring an absence of one or more days/shifts in 2009-10p3

These statistics clearly indicate that the effects of incidents on site are huge, both to the individual, their families and of course the business. Lost time injury will negatively impact the bottom line productivity and profitability of your business, damage reputation and prevent you winning that next big project.

The cause of most workplace accidents and incidents is directly related to human failure and error. Safety Leadership and Behavioural-based safety is frequently turned to when organisations have reached a plateau in their safety performance and the only logical step left in reducing the risk of accidents is to encourage the more active involvement of operatives themselves.

How Will the Safety Leadership & Behavioural Based Safety in Construction event help you?

Safety Leadership and Behavioural Based Safety has been developed as a value creation forum where knowledge, new ideas, best practice and real world learning experiences can be shared within the Construction, Energy and Resources industry. Over sixteen industry experts will be sharing their targeted knowledge through current case studies that have successfully implemented BBS and Safety strategies.

The aim of implementing BBS in an organisation is to get all employees to view safety in the same way and in a continuous, unconscious manner. Because every project is different it brings the added difficulty of a transient workforce. Ensuring that the leaders of each organisation is actively promoting safety and developing a culture that is easy to adapt to will ensure that all new and existing employees lead by example and take ownership of their own actions.

Key Topics being Addressed:

• Managing the Legislative Changes in WA
• Assessing your Organisational Culture to Determine Future Safety Strategies
• Introduction to Behavioural Based Safety in Construction
• Developing a Greater Knowledge of How to Instil a Behavioural Safety Culture
• Effective Safety Leadership Strategies
• Effective Strategies to Manage Human Error Factors
• Implementing and Enhancing Safety Culture through Effective Communication Strategies
• Setting Effective Change Management Processes to Ensure all Project Teams Commit to New Safety Procedures
• The Use of Safety Circle and the Incident Review Board as a Mechanism of Behavioural Change in Contractors
• Continuously Increasing Commitment to Safety Leadership
• Instilling a Culture of Behavioural Safety Across all Internal and External Project Teams
• Building a Risk Aware Culture to Develop a Greater Understanding and Enhance Employee Compliance
• Key Metrics to Measure Business Performance and Impacts of the Safety Culture
• Ensuring a Framework for Compliance and Safety is Set from the Start to Ensure Achievements are Met Selecting and Developing Competent Leaders to Drive the Safety Culture
• Working Towards Zero Harm through Effective Leadership and Cultural Development

How to Get the Most out of Your Safety Leadership and Behavioural Based Safety Strategies:

Safety Leadership & Behavioural Based Safety in Construction will be the most comprehensive and in-depth supply of technical and practical insight into the assessment, implementation and monitoring of your safety programs. Through two days of detailed case studies you’ll learn the take home solutions that were employed by the experts currently managing the major construction, energy and resources projects throughout Australia.

Who can you expect to Network with?

From the Following Industries: