Key Areas of Risk for Woolworths Ltd

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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 andsafety 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 processes

4. Does the business or undertaking have theappropriate processes for receiving andconsidering information about incidents,

hazards and risks and responding in a timelymanner, 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

Complyingwith its Duties

and

Obligations



Review

6. Of the organisation’s 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 havehigher 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 weresprains and strains (30%), followed by chronic joint or muscle conditions(18%), and cuts or open wounds (16%). What is Woolworths Ltd prepared todo 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 toInformation

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 ofemployees

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 receivedformal training in occupational health and safety risks in the workplace.

If not already, isthe 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

CompulsoryOHS 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

HoursWorked)

% Change on

previous year

2011

2012

2013

Judging by

these statistics

what isWoolworths

Ltd. realistic

goal for 2014

and 2015 forLTIFR?



Divisional LTIFR results for 2013

-5 0 5 10 15

Supermarkets

Logistics

BIG W

Liquor – BWS

Liquor – Dan…

Petrol

CHANGE ON LASTFINANCIAL YEAR*

PER 200,000 HRS

PER MILLION HRS

What are the

LTIFR changes

that are going tobe introduced

for these

divisions in

2014 & 2015financial 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 youthink were & werenot relevant to thistopic?

• Are there otherproblems that needaddressing on thistopic?

• Are there problemswith Woolworths Ltd.that were notdiscussed?



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Key Areas of Risk for Woolworths Ltd