17OctSwiss Cheese Model of Accident Causation
Posted on 17/10/2013 by Nine2Three
Managing Work Health and Safety (WHS) in your business can become very tricky if you don’t have the foundations in place, including effective policies and procedures.
Have you ever come across James Reason’s Swiss Cheese Model? It’s a fantastic and simplistic illustration for understanding health and safety at work. The cheese slices act as barriers, ensuring safety and preventing hazards from causing injury or loss. However, every single safety failure in an organisation (whether large or small) creates holes in the business’ WHS Management System. These shortfalls may be anything from lack of management commitment to safety, poor supervision, and inadequate safety training of employees or unsafe acts. It’s when these gaps in the system align that a real incident occurs.
That’s where Nine2Three comes in. We’re committed to ensuring the gaps are minimised in your business’ safety system. We have a variety of procedures and policies we can customise to your business including Incident Report procedures, WHS policies, Risk Management procedures and helping you to understanding how to manage WHS of contractors in your business. Contact our HR Management Solutions Division on 1300 923 000 to arrange a free HR Analysis and to discuss all your policy needs today.
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