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HSE Event Injury Illness Classification Guide - HSE G 110
HSE Event Injury Illness Classification Guide - HSE G 110
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HSEIncidentInjuryIllnessClassificationGuide
HSEG110
Title:
Originator:
Name:
Signature
Alyson Vinciguerra
Date:
1/7/09
Approval:
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Date
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13/12/09
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A. Vinciguerra
Maintenance
HSE Committee
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Summary of Amendments
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CONTENTS
1.
PURPOSE .................................................................................................................. 3
2.
SCOPE ....................................................................................................................... 3
3.
OVERVIEW, ............................................................................................................... 3
4.
5.
RESPONSIBILITIES .................................................................................................. 4
6.
7.
8.
9.
Internal .........................................................................................................................10
External ........................................................................................................................10
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1.
PURPOSE
The purpose of this document is to assist DBP Management, and the Health, Safety &
Environment team in classifying incidents and to promote a consistent approach to the
classification of events, injuries and illness occurring within the workplace. Furthermore,
this guideline details the requirements for reporting HSE statistical and performance data.
2.
SCOPE
The application of these classifications and calculations are to be applied throughout DBP
to support monthly business HSE reporting requirements.
3.
OVERVIEW,
The terms used in this document are not only for DBP reporting requirements but also
defines others used commonly across the operation, business units and industry.
The use of these classifications are to apply to all events resulting in injury or illness to
employees, contractors and visitors. The classification is to be conducted in accordance
with these definitions regardless of external injury classifications or definitions being
applied. (e.g. If a contractor classifies an incident as only a First Aid Treatment however,
under DBPs classification it would be a Medical Treated Injury DBPs classification will be
used and applied throughout the investigation).
Reference is noted to AS 1885.1 - Workplace injury and illness recording standard.
Note: where the term injury is used for Definitions and Statistics it includes all injuries,
diseases and illnesses.
4.
DBNGP
DBP
The Owner
FAI
LTI
LTIFR
Manager/Line Manager
The manager who has direct responsibility for the activity being
undertaken or the area the activity is occurring in.
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Responsible Manager
Medically Treated Injury
MTI
MTIFR
RWI
5.
RESPONSIBILITIES
All DBP personnel are responsible for the compliance with and application of these
guidelines.
6.
Fatality
Total Recordable
Injuries
All Injuries
6.1
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A LTI is recorded from the date the injury actually occurred not when time was actually
lost, i.e. when a previously injured person, who has not lost any time, subsequently loses
a complete rostered shift or more due to the original injury (e.g. through surgery), the
event will then be reclassified as a LTI on the date of the original incident.
NOTE: Where days are lost due to time spent travelling or awaiting a diagnosis the lost
work days are not included if the diagnosis does not result in lost time.
6.2
Results in less than a full shift being lost from work AND
Requires treatment beyond the scope of normal first aid treatment such as sutures or
the issuing of prescribed medication.
6.2.1
Treatment of infection
Use of hot or cold soaking therapy during the second or subsequent visit to medical
personnel
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6.3
6.4
Using any non-rigid means of support, such as elastic bandages, wraps, non-rigid
back belts, etc (devices with rigid stays or other systems designed to immobilise
parts of the body are considered medical treatments).
Removing foreign bodies from the eye using only irrigation or cotton swab.
Removing splinters or foreign material from areas other than the eye by irrigation,
tweezers, cotton swabs or other simple means.
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6.5
6.6
6.7
Days Lost
The total number of rostered work days lost, after the day of the injury or illness occurred,
which the employee was away from work in the case of a lost time injury, or the number of
work days, after the injury or illness, which the employee was unable to perform their
routine functions.
Days lost excludes the day of the incident, planned leave, weekends (and scheduled days
off i.e. rostered days off (RDOs), and public holidays.
NOTE: Where days are lost due to time spent travelling or awaiting a diagnosis the lost
work days are not included if the diagnosis does not result in lost time.
6.7.1
6.8
Defining Work-Relatedness
An injury or illness is work related if an event or exposure in the work environment either
caused or contributed to the resulting condition or significantly aggravated a pre-existing
injury or illness. Work relatedness is presumed for injuries and illness resulting from
events or exposures occurring in the work environment unless otherwise approved by
HSE Manager.
Injuries that occur whilst the employee is travelling are work related if at the time of the
injury or illness the employee was engaged in work related activities in the interests of the
employer. Examples of these include:
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6.8.1
Monitored Activities
These are activities where DBP can influence but cannot set HSE standards and cannot
directly supervise and enforce their application.
Monitored activities include all situations where DBP is involved excluding controlled
activities. Incidents arising from monitored activities are where possible reported and
investigated in accordance with Company requirements but are not included in DBP HSE
performance measures. Examples of monitored activities include:
6.8.2
Visitors to DBP sites including an employee who is present in the work environment
as a member of the public rather than as an employee
The injury or illness involves signs or symptoms that surface at work but result solely
from a non-work related event or exposure that occurs outside the work environment
The injury or illness results solely from voluntary participation in a wellness program
or in a medical, fitness or recreational activity such as blood donation, physical
examination, flu shot, exercise class, organised social event, gym or other sport
activities
The injury or illness is solely the result of an employee doing personal tasks
(unrelated to their employment) at the establishment outside of the employees
assigned working hours
The injury or illness is solely the result of personal grooming, self medication for a
non-work related condition or is intentionally self-inflicted
The injury or illness is caused by a motor vehicle accident and occurs on a company
parking lot or company access road while the employee is commuting to and from
work
The illness is the common cold or flu (Note: contagious illnesses such as
tuberculosis, brucellosis, hepatitis A, or plague are considered work-related if the
employee is infected at work)
The illness is a mental illness. Mental illness will not be considered work related
unless the employee voluntarily provides the employer with an opinion from a
physician or other licensed health care professional with appropriate training and
experience (psychiatrist, psychologist, etc) stating that the employee has a mental
illness that is work-related.
Uncontrolled Activities
If an activity is not controlled or monitored it is an uncontrolled activity. These are
activities where DBP does not set or influence HSE standards and does not supervise
HSE performance. Uncontrolled activities are not reported, investigated or tracked.
Examples include:
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7.
7.1
7.2
7.3
7.4
x 1,000,000
7.5
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7.6
8.
8.1
The employee has not previously experienced an injury or illness of the same type
that affects the same part of the body, or
The employee previously experienced an injury or illness of the same type that
affected the same part of the body but had recovered completely (all signs and
symptoms had disappeared) from the previous injury or illness and an event or
exposure in the workplace caused the signs or symptoms to reappear.
Cases of recurring injury or illness shall be recorded and cross referenced to the original
record but not counted as a separate occurrence unless there was a separate identifiable
incident associated with the recurrence.
9.
9.1
Internal
External Incident Notification Guideline HSE G 2
HSE Hazard/Event Reporting and Investigation Procedure HSE 14 PR
9.2
External
AS 1885.1-1990 - Measurement of occupational health and safety performance Describing and reporting occupational injuries and disease (known as the National
Standard for workplace injury and disease recording)
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