Audit

A systematic examination against defined criteria to determine whether activities and related results conform to planned arrangements and whether these arrangements are implemented effectively to achieve the church’s policy and objectives.

Confined Space

An enclosed or partially enclosed space that is at atmospheric pressure during occupancy and 

• Is not intended or designed primarily as a place of work, and 

• May have restricted means for entry and exit, and 

• May have atmospheric contaminants or an unsafe oxygen level, and 

• May cause engulfment due to (e.g. collapse, fumes, immersion, fire) 

Fatigue

The temporary inability, decrease in ability, or strong disinclination to respond to a situation because of previous over-activity, either mental, emotional or physical. 

Hazard

A source or situations with potential for harm in terms of human injury or ill health, damage to property, damage to the environment, or a combination of these.

Hazard Assessment

The overall process of determining whether a hazard is significant.

Hazard Identification

The process of recognising that a hazard exists and defining its characteristics.

Health Surveillance

Monitoring of individuals for the purpose of identifying changes in health status that may be due to occupational exposure to a hazard.

Incident

Any unplanned event resulting in, or having a potential for injury, ill health, damage or other loss.

Job Safety Analysis (JSA)

Similar to a SWMS but not for high risk construction work and therefore legally obligated. It is good practice to have a JSA for things like “Kitchen Safety”,“Office Safety”, “Working around Water” etc that allows for the identification of risks and hazards and the controls put in place. 

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Citipointe’s online maintenance request and logging system. 

Notifiable Incident

The Work Health and Safety Act 2012 (TAS), defines a notifiable incident as:

• The death of a person; or

• A serious injury or illness of a person; or

• A dangerous incident

Officer

An officer is a person who makes decisions, or participates in making decisions that affect the whole or a substantial part of a business or undertaking or has the capacity to significantly affect the financial standing of the business or undertaking. If a person is responsible only for implementing those decisions, they are not considered an officer. Partners of a partnership are not officers but are PCBUs. An officer of a PCBU must exercise due diligence to ensure that the PCBU complies with their duties under the WHS legislation. You are considered to be an officer if you are - an officer within the meaning of section 9 of the Commonwealth Corporations Act 2001, an officer of the Crown or an officer of a public authority.

PCBU (Person Conducting Business or Undertaking)

A PCBU conducts a business or undertaking alone or with others. The business or undertaking can operate for profit or not-for-profit. The definition of a PCBU focuses on the work arrangements and the relationships to carry out the work.

Although employers are PCBUs, the term PCBU is much broader than this and may include a corporation, an association, partners in a partnership, a sole trader, a volunteer organisation which employs any person to carry out work, householders where there is an employment relationship between the householder and the worker. 

Reasonably practicable 

Means that which is, or was at a particular time, reasonably able to be done to ensure health and safety, taking into account and weighing up all relevant matters including:

• the likelihood of the hazard or the risk concerned occurring

• the degree of harm that might result from the hazard or the risk

• what the person concerned knows, or ought reasonably to know, about the hazard or risk, and ways of eliminating or minimising the risk

• the availability and suitability of ways to eliminate or minimise the risk

• after assessing the extent of the risk and the available ways of eliminating or minimising the risk, the cost associated with available ways of eliminating or minimising the risk, including whether the cost is grossly disproportionate to the risk.

Risk Assessment

The overall process of estimating the magnitude of risk and deciding what actions will be taken.

Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS) 

A document for high risk construction work, eg installing roof tiles - it includes SWPs but looks overall at setting up the site, what you do on site, and clean up of site (project based). SWMS are based on the High Risk Construction tasks as outlined in Legislation. 

Safe Work Procedure (SWP)

Step by step instruction on how to operate a piece of machinery.

Safety

A state in which the risk of harm (to persons) or damage, is limited to an acceptable level.

Stress

The awareness of not being able to cope with the demands of one’s environment, when this realisation is of concern to the person, in that both are associated with negative emotional response.

Visitors

People on the property who are accompanied by a worker at all times. 

Work Health and Safety Management System (WHSMS)

That part of the overall management system which includes organisational structure, planning activities, responsibilities, practices, procedures, processes and resources for developing, implementing, achieving, reviewing and maintaining the WHS policy, and so managing the WHS risks associated with the operations of the church.

Work Health and Safety Objectives

An overall WHS goal in terms of WHS performance, arising from the Work Health and Safety policy that an organisation sets itself to achieve, and which are quantified where practicable.

Work Health and Safety Performance

The measurable results of the WHSMS, related to the organisation’s control of health and safety risks, based on its WHS policy, objectives and targets.  Performance measurement includes measurement of WHS management activities and results.

Work Health and Safety Policy

A statement by the organisation of its commitment, intentions and principles in relation to its overall Work Health and Safety performance which provides a framework for action and for the setting of its Work Health and Safety objectives and targets.

Work Health and Safety Risk

The chance of adverse health and safety outcome occurring. It is measured in terms of consequences and likelihood.

Work Health and Safety Target

A detailed performance requirement, quantified where practicable and pertaining to the organisation, that arises from the health and safety objectives and that needs to be met in order to achieve those objectives.

Worker

You are considered to be a worker if you carry out work for a PCBU, such as worker, a contractor or sub-contractor, a worker of a contractor or sub-contractor, and worker of a labour hire company, an apprentice or trainee, a student gaining work experience, a worker or a volunteer.

You can also be a PCBU and a worker if you carry out work for another PCBU.