Workplace Health and Safety Strategy
What people are saying
“Health and safety is everyone's responsibility and business, not just leaders and management.” HR Administrator, Manufacturing
“There needs to be collaboration across sectors and industry ownership to create a safe working environment.” H&S professional
“We are fostering a learning/no blame environment in which we have open communication without fear of reprisal.” HR Manager, construction
“We are committed to a vision that safety is worth the effort.” Construction Safety Council Representative
“Workers should not feel that raising genuine concerns could put their employment in jeopardy.” Union representative
“Employers have a responsibility to provide training and to up-skill their people for the job they are asking them to do.” Construction industry organisation President
“We are asking workers to be alert to the dangers and risks around them, and to make good, informed decisions.” Construction Safety Council Representative
“Our teams have a planned approach to every job – there is clarity of objectives and expectations, the task involved and each person’s responsibilities.” H&S Manager, construction
“We are upgrading our technology so we can communicate more effectively with our sub-trades on safety issues.” HR Manager, construction
“Health and safety has to be paramount in any workplace so we should look at how the tendering tends to focus solely on costs and not on ensuring that any tender has workplace safety as its first objective.” Union representative
“Our H&S policies and procedures manual is a living doc which is regularly reviewed and updated.” Operations Manager, construction
“Our H&S manual is being updated to include potential hazards and new workplace procedures for working in an earthquake zone, with specific reference to working in earthquake damaged buildings.” Manager, construction
“We are always on the lookout for ways to reward exceptional safety performance and ideas from our workers.” Safety Manager, construction
“We are working with peer companies to achieve best practice.” H&S Adviser, Agriculture
