In the future, the Australian government will emphasize that the concept of occupational health and safety will continue or be strengthened, which is reflected in the "National Occupational Health and Safety Strategy 2002 ~ 20 12" issued by the National Occupational Health and Safety Committee on behalf of the Australian government on May 24, 2002. The national strategy describes the Australian government's basic position on occupational health and safety, national objectives, short-term and long-term improvement priorities, relevant aspects requiring national action, and indicators for evaluating whether the planned objectives are successfully achieved. The national strategy also defines the national prevention principles of occupational health and safety problems and the expected results in each priority area.
The basic national goal established in the national strategy is to maintain a meaningful and sustained decline in work-related deaths. By June 30, 2065, work-related deaths will be reduced by at least 20%, and by June 30, 2007, the goal of reducing work-related deaths by 65,438+00% will be achieved. By June 30, 20 12, the number of work-related injuries will be reduced by at least 40%, among which, by June 30, 2007, the goal of reducing the number of work-related injuries by at least 20% will be achieved.
The five priority areas to achieve the short-term and long-term occupational health and safety improvement goals set by the national strategy are: ① reducing the impact of work risks; (2) Improve the ability of business operators and workers to effectively manage occupational health and safety; ③ More effective prevention of occupational diseases; (4) In the design stage, eliminate hidden dangers; ⑤ Strengthen government capacity building and improve occupational health and safety performance.
The nine areas that need national action determined by the national strategy are: ① OHS (Occupational Health and Safety) data; ②OHS research; ③ National standards; (4) Strategy implementation; ⑤ Incentive measures; ⑥ Compliance and support; ⑦ Practical guidance; 8 ⑧OHS consciousness; 9 ⑨OHS skills. In addition to reducing work-related deaths, injuries and diseases, the strategy has also established many indicators and parameters to judge whether the strategy is successful, including: ① OHS is recognized by all parties in the workplace and incorporated into daily business activities; ② Increase OHS knowledge and skills in the workplace and community; ③ The government should formulate and implement more effective OHS prevention measures; ④ Research, data and evaluation can provide better and more timely information for effective prevention.
The principles of occupational health and safety prevention established in the National Strategy are: ① adopting comprehensive and systematic occupational health and safety risk management methods as part of the daily operation of enterprises; ② The responsibility for eliminating or controlling risks is established at the source, that is, the designer, manufacturer or supplier or workplace; ③ Prevention requires all parties involved in workplace health and safety consultation to cooperate and promise, accept all responsibilities for identifying occupational health and safety problems, and start preventive measures; ④ Prevention requires that all parties in the workplace have appropriate occupational health and safety skills and can effectively participate in consultation, identification and implementation of improvement measures; ⑤ As the main employers, policy makers, managers and intermediate contacts, governments at all levels have an important influence on obtaining good occupational health and safety results; ⑥ Effective national actions require major national stakeholders, including governments at all levels, to commit themselves to adopting coordinated, consistent and cooperative methods to improve occupational health and safety; ⑦ Evaluate the prevention plan and share the answers and evidence of effective measures among OHS stakeholders.
The expected results (objectives) in the priority areas identified in the national strategy are:
In terms of national priority-reducing the impact of work risks, the expected results are as follows: ① We will make use of the evidence and experience of the achievements, constantly formulate and implement intervention measures, including more effective use of the implementation and incentive measures of designated targets, in order to achieve more effective compliance and best OHS practices; (2) In each target area, project stakeholders agree on the improvement of performance results; ③ Share OHS information, tools and methods more effectively; ④ Improve the attention of society and industry to OHS.
As far as the national priority is concerned-improving the ability of enterprise operators and workers to effectively manage occupational health and safety, the expected results are as follows: ①OHS ability is more widely integrated into the training of managers, professionals, professionals, workers and prosecutors; ② Evaluate the preventive methods of the system and identify the factors that can best establish the ability to effectively manage OHS in the workplace; ③ Evaluate OHS system to determine which factors are the most suitable parts for enterprises of all sizes and types to implement; (4) Systematic OHS management guidelines and training products, aiming at meeting the needs of all stakeholders, including small and medium-sized enterprises; ⑤ Better understand the cases of applying OHS management tools, including how to improve enterprise performance. ⑥ Practice guides are widely provided to help all workplaces measure and evaluate the effectiveness of their preventive measures.
As far as the national priority-more effective prevention of occupational diseases is concerned, the expected results are: ① more timely identification and control of exposure problems affecting employees' health; (2) Make more effective contact with industry, medical care and other relevant groups, so as to better understand and formulate control measures to prevent occupational diseases; (3) Provide more work-related disease data and research systems, including the effectiveness of exposure measures and control measures, which can be used to better identify existing and emerging occupational health risks; ④ Raise awareness of occupational diseases and control risks from the source; ⑤ Integrating the ability of occupational disease risk assessment and control into the training of management, occupation, specialty and inspectors; ⑥ Better and easier access to practical guidelines on measures and steps to prevent and control contact; ⑦ When necessary, consider, evaluate and revise management methods to achieve effective control.
National priority-in the design stage, the expected results are as follows: ① adopt safer methods through the life cycle management of factories, materials and processes; (2) The OHS safety design capability should be integrated into the training of managers, professionals, professionals and inspection teams; ③ Evaluate the relative effectiveness and impact of management-based and other incentives on encouraging safety design, and relevant findings will be used to optimize the implementation of this key area; (4) Raise the awareness of design professionals, customers and communities on the importance of safety design; ⑤ In the design process, designers, customers and other interested parties apply risk management principles more systematically and comprehensively; ⑥ Safety design factors should be considered in purchasing decision.
As far as the national priority-strengthening government capacity building and influencing occupational health and safety achievements is concerned, the expected results are as follows: ① continuously improve the OHS performance of the government as an employer; (2) Adopt a whole-government approach to ensure that all aspects of government work can consider and attach importance to the significance of OHS; ③ If feasible, the government, project managers and contractors can improve OHS； through supply chain; ④ Public institutions can obtain practical guidelines for measuring and reporting OHS results; ⑤ Continuously improve the government's performance as OHS policy maker and manager.
Carrying out evaluation activities is a core component of the national strategy. Evaluation procedures will be developed and improved on the basis of consultation with stakeholders or stakeholders. The evaluation content is mainly aimed at the action plans of national priorities formulated according to the national strategy, as well as the benefits, effects and related impacts of the implementation of the strategy, and is evaluated at least once every three years.
In order to effectively achieve the objectives of the national strategy, the Australian Safety and Compensation Commission plans to promote it through the following ways: ① formulating and evaluating national occupational health and safety standards and practice guidelines to ensure that the industry can implement occupational health and safety best practices in a feasible way; (2) Support the development of national OHS capacity institutions and integrate them into all aspects of vocational education and training; (3) Formulating and updating various mechanisms, including safety design resource package for engineering students, which provides practical information about safety design for engineering educators to support training students to understand the importance of designing safety products, safety buildings, safety processes and safety systems; ④ Raise awareness of the importance of OHS through national activities such as Australian Safe Work Week; ⑤ Encourage those who have made outstanding achievements in OHS by awarding the National Security Work Award; ⑥ Improve the collection and analysis of workers' compensation data and research results throughout the government, report the policy and management framework, and improve the decision-making within the government.
In the mining industry, in order to follow the spirit of National Occupational Health and Safety Strategic Framework and meet the requirements of National Occupational Health and Safety Strategy 2002 ~ 20 12, we will refine the relevant arrangements and further clarify the role of the government in mining occupational health and safety. In March 2002, the Australian Council of Ministers of Minerals and Petroleum Resources issued "National Mine Safety Framework-Realizing Safe and Healthy Mining Industry: The Role of the Government", which expounded the principles, positions and roles of the government in occupational health and safety in the mining industry, and the strategic measures planned to achieve this goal. The framework clearly points out that the government's objectives in mining occupational health and safety are: ① to establish a coherent legislative framework based on the overall "responsibility of care" method; (2) Support OHS capacity development and capacity evaluation activities in line with the national training framework; (3) Objectively understand different needs, formulate cooperation methods, and provide consulting information for responsible holders to help them better comply with various regulations; (4) Update and publish the implementation strategy so that the responsible holder can fully understand the consequences of non-compliance, which are the same throughout the country; ⑤ Establish a number of consistent and reliable OHS performance data collection, analysis and publication systems, so that the decision of preventive measures is based on real information; ⑥ Establish effective regional, national and transnational consultation channels with stakeholders, and establish an open communication and consultation mechanism between different jurisdictions, so that strategic communication can be maintained continuously; ⑦ Formulate relevant strategies to support effective research on mining safety and health issues. The ultimate goal is to achieve the goal of a safe and healthy mining industry through national consistency, encourage stakeholders to take action at the enterprise level, adopt best practices and continuously improve key issues, recognize that the main responsibility for mine health and safety lies with employers and employees, and ensure the accountability of government management agencies.
The role of the government in the occupational health and safety of mining industry is as follows: ① to carry out the work within the consistent legislative framework of the country (there is no need to speculate on a special structure for the management framework); (2) Support the development of industrial OHS capability; (3) provide support for enterprises and other responsible holders to promote compliance with laws and regulations; (4) to carry out law enforcement activities that are conducive to improving performance and meet the expectations of society for law enforcement; ⑤ Collect and use consistent, reliable and useful OHS performance data; ⑥ Cultivate the consultation mechanism of regional and transnational stakeholders, ensure the information circulation, and promote the trusteeship of industrial practice; ⑦ Conduct effective research on OHS in mining, so that the research results are beneficial to prevention activities.
The government's strategies to achieve the goal of occupational health and safety in the mining industry are as follows: (1) to establish a national consistent legislative framework, which integrates and conforms to the requirements of ILO Convention 176, Mine Safety and Health; (2) Cooperate closely with mining training and consulting institutions to support balanced capacity building and evaluation system development; (3) Establishing cooperation mechanism and consistent guidelines among government agencies; (4) Match the strategies of each jurisdiction (state and region) to facilitate implementation and consistency; ⑤ Cooperate with NOHSC to develop a coordinated and reliable OHS database; ⑥ Strengthen and encourage regional, national and transnational consultation mechanisms; ⑦ Establish an appropriate government mechanism to encourage effective OHS mining research.
As the Australian Council of Ministers of Workplace Relations and the Australian Council of Ministers of Mines and Petroleum Resources have agreed to the National Occupational Health and Safety Strategy and the National Mining Safety Framework, the National Strategy and the National Mining Safety Framework will be implemented not only at the federal level, but also at the state/regional level.
Strengthening occupational health and safety is not an expedient measure of the Australian government, but an established policy of the government. In order to strengthen occupational health and safety, the federal and state/region governments not only have policies, actions and measures, but also have strategies, which are guaranteed by relevant laws, so it will undoubtedly remain one of the key work areas in the future.