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National Work Health and Safety Strategy 2012 – 2022 Rex Hoy Chief Executive Officer Safe Work Australia Improving industry performance Australia Claims per 1000 employees 30 25 20 15 10 base period 2002-03 2003-04 2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09adj Agriculture, forestry & fishing Construction Health & community services Manufacturing Transport & storage Australia Workers’ compensation claims per thousand employees – Priority Industries Reducing injuries - Australia workers’ compensation claims per thousand workers which were due to injuries and musculoskeletal damage Workers’ compensation claims for injuries and musculoskeletal damage per thousand workers Reducing fatalities - Australia Occupational diseases Trend over Occupational Disease time Musculoskeletal disorders Infectious and parasitic diseases Respiratory diseases Mental disorders Noise-induced hearing loss Contact dermatitis Cardiovascular disease Occupational cancers National Strategy implementation ̶ political and organisational changes Some loss of focus in current National Strategy due to • organisational restructures (change from NOHSC to ASCC and to Safe Work Australia) • changing political context Implementation problems Implementation planning patchy or absent Lack of clarity about roles and responsibilities Roles for social partners not clear Poor coordination of efforts Variable resourcing levels Loss of momentum in Occupational diseases Skills Safe design Work Health and Safety data in 2011 National data sources continuously improved Good data on traumatic fatality Good data in traumatic injuries Good ‘high level’ data on performance in our priority industries Better data on hazard exposures Better data on attitudes and perceptions to work health and safety Good mesothelioma data but Poor data on health outcomes for long latency occupational diseases Relatively poor data on sub-industries and occupations Relatively poor data on workers who are not covered by workers’ compensation Poor lead indicator data Poor link between effectiveness of specific national actions and outcomes - what works for whom, where, when and why More accurate and sophisticated performance reporting Comparison of OHS Arrangements in Australia and New Zealand Notified Fatalities Statistical report Comparison of Workers’ Compensation Arrangements in Australia and New Zealand Compendium of Workers’ Compensation Statistics Cost of work-related injury and illness Research in 2011 Research agenda and activity expanded and refined - greater focus on data to inform potential lead indicators Hazard exposure surveillance – focus on those causing disease Measured exposures studies Regulatory research Intervention effectiveness Surveys on work health and safety motivations, attitudes and skills Improved national research collaborations (ARC, CRCs) Emerging issues surveillance Rehabilitation and return to work Increased commitment to evaluation but capability still evolving Measuring nationally harmonised regulatory framework and activity • Currently designing a possible and achievable measurement framework A new National Strategy