BUSHkids 2016-17 Annual Report

WH&S

Work Health and Safety

Work Health and Safety continues to play a very important role within BUSHkids and we consider it a core responsibility of the organisation. We continually review our WHS policies and procedures to make sure we keep our workplaces as healthy and as safe as possible for both workers and visitors.

Council receives regular reports on Work Health and Safety matters and is notified of any serious incidents that may have occurred. It regularly examines all the requirements connected to BUSHkids’ activities to ensure that any risks are identified and managed. All workers are kept informed of their legislated responsibilities and are given updates on Emergency Evacuation Procedures and fire equipment use on an annual basis. WHS inductions are given to all new staff, students and volunteers starting with the organisation by the Maintenance & Safety Co-ordinator, or by the Emergency Evacuation Co-ordinators within the centres. Our Maintenance & Safety Co-ordinator is also in regular contact with workers at our regional centres to remind them of the necessity for such regular activities, such as evacuation practices, incident reporting, and completing of risk assessments for School visits, outreach trips, and so on. Projects completed As reported last year, BUSHkids was in the process of fitting GPS tracking units to our fleet of vehicles, and all vehicles have now been fitted with the GPS units. These units provide ‘real t0ime’ information on our vehicles, and enable us to access trip reports that monitor mileage and vehicle usage.

INCIDENTS / RISK ASSESSMENTS

(Data for November to November calendar year) 2017

2016

Incidents/accidents Reported

12 12

4 4

Resolved

Risk assessments Completed

29 29

32 31

Approved

BUSHKIDS ON THE ROAD

2017

DISTANCES TRAVELLED

2016

Location of vehicle

km

km

6,108

BUNDABERG

6,751

8,425

DALBY

12,641

8,075

EMERALD

11,418

23,028

INGLEWOOD

27,865

1,915

MOUNT ISA

1,689

4,761

WARWICK

10,810

27,462

BRISBANE - CEO

38,257

2,324

BRISBANE - CSM

n/a

4,685

BRISBANE - UTE*

13,257

17,533

DSS Warwick

15,678

11,869

DSS Kingaroy

9,856

8,709

DSS Agnes Water

5,431

7,325

DSS Stanthorpe

4,760

1,450

NDIS ECEI Bundaberg 1

–

1,457

NDIS ECEI Bundaberg 2

–

539

NDIS ECEI Bundaberg 3

–

TOTAL km travelled

135,665

158,413

*Available for all volunteers and staff for organisation purposes.

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