health and saftey lecture

Question 1

why concerned about health and safety

Answer 1

reputation damage

loss of productivity

Question 2

what is the aim of new act

Answer 2

reduce fatalities by 25% by 2020

Question 3

how many die per year and from disease

Answer 3

52 per year, 600 from work related diseases

Question 4

what three reports influence new act

Answer 4

royal comission on pike river,
report on independant task force 2013
report on working safer blue print 2013

Question 5

name of the new act

Answer 5

health and saftey at work act 2015

Question 6

major changes of the new act

Answer 6

PCBU person conducting business or undertaking
positive duty on managers
tiered penalties
risk based as apposed to hazard base
proactive not reactive

Question 7

stuff that was ketp

Answer 7

duties are not transfereable
person may have more than 1 duty
more than 1 person can have same duty
insuring against fines in unlawful

Question 8

what is included in resonable practicable

Answer 8

all relevent matters
inclues liklyhood
degree of harm 
what person aught to know
cost avaliability and suitability