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BBQs are held to reward staff for a positive safety record.

Safety, Health & Wellbeing

Case Study

Developing Safety Awareness in the Goldfields-Esperance Office

Safety is on everyone’s mind in the Goldfields-Esperance Region. The Region started its Safety and Team Development days in late 2011. This was due to an increasing trend in the number and type of safety incidents recorded in the early stages of deployment of the new Integrated Services Arrangements (ISA).

Combining the best of Main Roads and Abigroup safety management systems and processes will ensure safety is an ongoing priority for the region.

The aim of the Safety and Team Development days is to reinforce the importance of safety in the workplace. To date, five awareness days have been held, and have been extended to include team development activities and personal wellbeing in the workplace. Since the implementation of this initiative, we have seen an improved safety culture across the entire Regional team. We believe that this initiative has also contributed to the ISA remaining Lost Time Injury (LTI) free.

A range of safety issues discussed on the development days and have included:

Manual handling and ergonomics
Hazard identification, reporting and management
Plant issues and improvements
Safety around plant maintenance
Incident avoidance
Skin cancer prevention
Personal protective equipment
Fatigue management
Team building and working together
Nutrition and personal health and wellbeing.

Building on the success of the safety day sessions, the Region has included team development activities to improve the integration of office and field staff. These initiatives have contributed overall to an improvement in safety performance and working as a team.

In addition to these development days, the Goldfields-Esperance Region conducts monthly ISA team safety meetings with field staff to identify safety issues that can be addressed within the team or at a regional or corporate level. Monthly LTI free BBQs are also held in Kalgoorlie and Esperance to reward and recognise staff for a positive safety record.