GHD’s Health and Safety management systems promote proactive
health and safety management from the proposal stage of jobs right
the way through to completion and handover.
We recognise that embracing a supportive safety culture is
fundamental to improving sustained health and safety
performance. The GHD Safety Culture Program ("SAFE You, SAFE
Me, SAFE GHD") supported by the Health and Safety Management System
creates the ideal platform for achieving our safety objectives.
Effective management of health and safety is recognised as a
critical factor in determining project delivery success.
Excellence in health and safety performance is not only a project
goal in its own right; it is also instrumental in securing and
maintaining individual and collective commitment to project team
goals.
The return on this investment is the increased productivity of
the workforce, quality of product and efficiency in all aspects of
project delivery.
We continue to strengthen our Health and Safety Management
System via a robust review cycle and the on-going strategy to gain
certification against AS4801 / OHSAS 18001 for all operating
centres. Certifying body Lloyds Regsiter commented in a recent
certification report: "Maintained, the OHS management system has
the potential to become an industry benchmark".
Key 2008/09 achievements include:
- Development of Operating Centre Hazard Profiles
- Launch of GHD Health and Safety Compliance Database and
eLearning capability
- Commencement of GHD Health and Safety Internal Review
Program
- 36 percent reduction in Lost Time Injury Frequency Rate
During 2008/09, GHD also launched a new Safety Index as a means
of tracking and comparing health and safety performance in our
operations. Four lead indicators including inductions, inspections,
hazard briefings and job safety reviews positively influence the
Safety Index.
Incident Frequency Rates (based on 1 million hours
worked)
| |
MTIFR |
LTIFR |
TFR |
| 05/06 |
2.00 |
1.64 |
3.64 |
| 06/07 |
5.93 |
2.21 |
8.14 |
| 07/08 |
5.37 |
1.12 |
6.49 |
| 08/09 |
2.59 |
0.60 |
3.18 |
MTIFR - Medical Treatment Injury Frequency
Rate
LTIFR - Lost Time Injury Frequence Rate
TFR - Total Frequency Rate