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Legal Requirements, Regulatory

Requirements and General OHS

Requirements

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You were previously asked to put together a

draft report to use for the recording of

incidents and accidents. This type of

template needs to be filled out accuratelyand according to legal requirements,

regulatory requirements and general OHS

requirements. Intellitrain teaches you how to

do this in their Certificate IV FrontlineManagement qualifications.

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It is very important to ensure these

templates are filled in accurately so that

information from these forms can be

transposed on to reports to be sent tomanagement, senior management, other

stakeholders, insurance companies and any

regulatory bodies.

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Organisations need to have appropriate

record keeping systems in place to

streamline the OHS procedures. Team

members have an obligation to reportincidents, accidents, potential hazards and

near misses to management.

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For this reason, there needs to be adequate

control measures in place to ensure

information is being reported properly and

according to the required regulations andexpected standards.

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Companies should have in place a way to

document, record, verify and improve on

OHS information within the workplace.

Managers and stakeholders need the

reassurance of understanding that the

information being supplied to them is

accurate and clear, concise and relevant.

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Staff members being given incorrect information which

can be detrimental to the organisationError rates going up, cause waste of time for staff

Staff members not feeling they can trust other team

membersWaste of time taken to find accurate information

Possible consequences that can be detrimental to other

staff members and compromise the safety of staff

members

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Written in a clear and succinct manner

Kept in a centrally located file so the staff

members that need access can access

Updated often

Version controlled so staff members know

which is the latest version they are accessing

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Accident reports any reports that indicate accidents

where an employee was hurt or equipment was damagedIncident reportsno matter how trivial or minor an

incident seems at the time, all incidents should bereported. This includes illnesses and near misses

Injury registerall injuries, no matter how small or trivial,

need to be recorded

First aid registerthis register should keep track of all

first aid administered

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Managers need to ensure that they

support the record keeping process by

monitoring and evaluating the systems

regularly, ensuring the systems arestructured and well organised, that the

policies and procedures support any

required resources and that information is

clearly assigned and locatable.

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It is extremely important that any

information provided is accurate,

reliable, valid and able to be

understood by the people that needto analyse the information for

further use.

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There are a number of compensation

based statistics that set the

parameters form the collection of

statistics and information relating tothe prevention of injury and illness

in the workplace.

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When there are inconsistencies or

inadequacies in the reporting systems, orthe risk control plans or risk assessments,

management is responsible for the clear

communication of this to senior

management and other relevant

stakeholders to make sure further action

is taken from an organisational

perspective.

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The continuous improvement cycle

and process should be followed

regularly to make sure all processes,

procedures and regulations areimproved and implemented within

the organisational structure.

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Intellitrain offers courses in

Certificate IV Frontline

Management for Coordinators,Leading Hand, Supervisors and Team

Leaders.

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