nbn is committed to identifying hazards, preventing workplace accidents and minimising dangerous health safety and environment incidents.

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1 Incident & Hazard Reprting Overview At nbn we are safe, disciplined and reliable. nbn is cmmitted t preventing injury, illness and envirnmental harm by prviding a safe and healthy wrking envirnment fr ur emplyees, cntractrs, cnsultants and visitrs. nbn acknwledges hwever that hazards exist and that incidents d ccur and therefre has established a framewrk t supprt pr-active reprting and investigatin f health, safety and envirnment incidents and hazards. Purpse The intent f this plicy is t infrm emplyees, cntractrs, cnsultants and visitrs f their bligatins and the prcesses t be fllwed in the event f a health safety and envirnment related incident r when a hazard is identified in the wrkplace. The plicy als aims t ensure that nbn cmplies with health safety and envirnment legislative requirements relating t the ntificatin f serius injuries r illnesses and dangerus incidents t the apprpriate authrities and prmtes timely, pr-active cnsultatin and investigatin f health safety and envirnment incidents s that nbn can cllect imprtant infrmatin t prevent recurrence. Scpe This plicy applies t all emplyees, cntractrs, cnsultants and visitrs t nbn wrkplaces. Plicy nbn is cmmitted t identifying hazards, preventing wrkplace accidents and minimising dangerus health safety and envirnment incidents. A health safety and envirnment incident is an unplanned event in the wrkplace which causes, r has the ptential t cause harm t peple, prperty, the envirnment, business peratins and/r reputatin. The health safety and envirnment Incident Management Prcedure prvides additinal details f incident classificatin. As part f nbn s cmmitment t health safety and envirnment nbn will: Take apprpriate actin t address identified hazards t prevent the ptential fr injury r incident; Investigate all incidents in rder t determine the cause with the bjective f preventing recurrence; Obtain statistical infrmatin abut incidents and hazards; and Meet legislative requirements fr reprting incidents nbn c limited ABN Uncntrlled when printed UNCLASSIFIED Page 1 f 5

2 Incident and Hazard Reprting Plicy Respnding t an incident If smene is injured r becmes ill at wrk, the incident site must be made safe, and the individual/s assessed by a qualified First Aid Officer t determine whether medical treatment is required. If medical treatment is required, Emergency Services shuld be cntacted n 000 if necessary. Otherwise, the injured persn s manager r hst (where a visitr is injured) must make suitable arrangements fr transprt t a dctr r hspital, accmpanied by a manager r supervisr. Visitrs and cntractrs will be transprted t the nearest hspital via ambulance. Persns invlved in, r witnesses t the incident shuld advise the injured persn s Manager, General Manager Health Safety and Envirnment, Human Resurces and the relevant Health & Safety Representative immediately r as sn as pssible. Reprting ntifiable incidents t Cmcare If an incident results in the death f a persn, a serius injury r illness f a persn r a dangerus incident (each a ntifiable incident), the General Manager Health Safety and Envirnment r a delegate must call Cmcare n immediately after becming aware f the incident. The persn giving ntice must give the details f the incident requested by Cmcare and may als be required by Cmcare t give written ntice f the incident within 48 hurs. A serius injury r illness f a persn means an injury r illness requiring the persn t have: immediate treatment as an in-patient in a hspital; r immediate treatment fr: the amputatin f any part f their bdy, a serius head injury, a serius eye injury, a serius burn, the separatin f their skin frm an underlying tissue (such as deglving r scalping), a spinal injury, the lss f a bdily functin, serius laceratins, r medical treatment within 48 hurs f expsure t a substance, and includes any ther injury r illness prescribed by the Wrk Health and Safety Regulatins 2011 (Cth). A dangerus incident means an incident in relatin t a wrkplace that expses a wrker r any ther persn t a serius risk t a persn's health r safety emanating frm an immediate r imminent expsure t: an uncntrlled escape, spillage r leakage f a substance; r an uncntrlled implsin, explsin r fire; r an uncntrlled escape f gas r steam; r an uncntrlled escape f a pressurised substance; r electric shck; r the fall r release frm a height f any plant, substance r thing; r 2015 nbn c limited ABN Uncntrlled when printed UNCLASSIFIED Page 2 f 5

3 Incident and Hazard Reprting Plicy the cllapse, verturning, failure r malfunctin f, r damage t, any plant that is required t be authrised fr use in accrdance with the regulatins; r the cllapse r partial cllapse f a structure; r the cllapse r failure f an excavatin r f any shring supprting an excavatin; r the inrush f water, mud r gas in wrkings, in an undergrund excavatin r tunnel; r the interruptin f the main system f ventilatin in an undergrund excavatin r tunnel; r any ther event prescribed by the Wrk Health and Safety Regulatins 2011 (Cth). nbn has a legislative bligatin t keep recrds f ntifiable incidents fr at least 5 years frm the day that ntice f the incident is given t Cmcare. This can be dne using the isafe Incident and Hazard Reprting System (isafe System). isafe Incident and Hazard Reprting System All identified hazards and health safety and envirnment incidents (including ntifiable incidents) must be reprted electrnically in the Incident and Hazard Reprting mdule f the isafe System. Infrmatin recrded in the isafe System shuld be entered in value neutral language, i.e. language that is bjective and factual in nature. The isafe System is maintained by the General Manager Health, Safety and Envirnment. It is just as imprtant t reprt incidents which have the ptential fr harm, as thse which cause actual harm. Such incidents ften serve as warnings that mre serius cnsequences culd have resulted. Taking steps t prevent recurrences is very imprtant. The isafe System als serves as a recrd if there are any subsequent cmplicatins (fr example delayed health effects), that may require reference back t the reprt. Relevant infrmatin is frwarded frm the isafe System t nbn s wrkers cmpensatin insurance prvider and Cmcare as required. Preserving incident sites Where a ntifiable incident has ccurred, nbn must ensure that the site where the incident ccurred (including any plant r thing assciated with the incident) is nt disturbed until a Cmcare inspectr arrives at the site r any earlier time that an inspectr directs. Hwever, this des nt prevent nbn frm disturbing the site in rder t assist an injured persn, t make the site safe r t assist the plice with their investigatin. Wrkers Cmpensatin Claims nbn will ntify Cmcare within 48 hurs f all injuries that have the ptential t result in a wrkers cmpensatin claim. Under legislatin and Cmcare s claims management prgram, if the incident results in a Wrker s Cmpensatin claim the fllwing frms need t be cmpleted: Claim fr Wrkers Cmpensatin frm frm the emplyee; and Incident ntificatin frm the emplyer. An apprpriate medical certificate fr incapacity must accmpany all claims fr wrkers cmpensatin nbn c limited ABN Uncntrlled when printed UNCLASSIFIED Page 3 f 5

4 Incident and Hazard Reprting Plicy Cpies f all dcuments shall be maintained in the isafe Case Management System. Rles and Respnsibilities nbn is respnsible fr: Maintaining an effective enterprise-wide health safety and envirnment management system; Maintaining a register f all incidents and hazards; Investigating incidents with a view t determining causatin in rder that recurrence can be prevented; Cmpiling and reviewing incident and hazard statistics t determine trends and identify wrk areas f cncern; Cnsulting with emplyees and cntractrs in relatin t incidents and hazards; Prviding instructin and training fr emplyees in incident reprting and investigatin; Cmplying with legislative requirements fr reprting incidents. The abve respnsibilities are in additin t nbn s bligatins under the health safety and envirnment Risk Management plicy. Wrkers are respnsible fr: Taking care t prevent wrk-related injuries and/r illnesses t themselves and thers in the wrkplace; Reprting all hazards, risks and wrk-related incidents t their manager as sn as pssible; Ensuring any visitrs they apprve fr entry int an nbn site are aware f the requirements f this plicy; Cmplying with all requirements and bligatins f relevant legislatin. Wrkplace Managers are respnsible fr: Ntifying the General Manager, Health Safety and Envirnment f all ntifiable incidents; Understanding the principles f incident and hazard reprting and investigatin; Encuraging the reprting f all incidents and hazards; Encuraging the culture f n fear in the reprting f incidents and hazards Ensuring that all incidents are investigated, and where necessary, crrective actin is taken. The General Manager, Health Safety and Envirnment is respnsible fr: Ensuring the relevant Statutry Authrities are ntified f all ntifiable incidents; Ntifying nbn s senir management and executive team f ntifiable incidents; Ensuring the health safety and envirnment Cmmittee is ntified f incidents in a timely manner (e.g. ntifiable incidents are t be ntified t Cmmittee members as sn as practical); Assisting in identifying the causes f incidents; Fstering f the culture f n fear within the rganisatin; Assisting wrkplace managers in the develpment f crrective actin fr such causes nbn c limited ABN Uncntrlled when printed UNCLASSIFIED Page 4 f 5

5 Incident and Hazard Reprting Plicy Further Infrmatin Please cntact yur Wrkplace Manager if yu have any questins regarding this plicy r any health safety and envirnment issue. Alternatively, if yu have an immediate cncern abut a wrkplace health r safety issue which yu can t reslve, and yur Wrkplace Manager is nt available t assist, yu may als cntact a member f the health safety and envirnment team. If yu becme aware f any actual r pssible nn-cmpliance with this plicy, yu shuld immediately reprt it t yur Manager nbn c limited ABN Uncntrlled when printed UNCLASSIFIED Page 5 f 5