| The common difficulty I see is that businesses | | | | subjecting your workforce to. Controlling risks |
| lack in the skill to identify them. Let's take a look | | | | minimises the level of harm that could impact |
| at some common simultaneous operations: | | | | business, health, safety and environment. |
| - Drilling in an operational pit; | | | | 4. Monitoring the tasks will allow you to verify |
| - Performing maintenance on equipment in | | | | that the controls are in place and adequate. If you |
| operational areas; | | | | identify that the controls are not adequate STOP |
| - Watering mine roads; | | | | WORK and review the identified controls in the |
| - Performing maintenance in multiple storey facility | | | | risk assessment; and |
| whilst operations occurring; and | | | | 5. The only way controls will be effective is if all |
| - Construction in operational areas. So do all of | | | | persons involved in the tasks understand and |
| these seem like everyday tasks? Have you | | | | implement the control measures. The steps |
| previously identified them as Simultaneous Tasks? | | | | identified are re-enforcing basic risk management |
| Are you asking where do I start? Well, 'IT'S NOT | | | | principals. Ask yourself, does business effectively |
| THAT HARD', lets take a look at the basic steps: | | | | manage the risks of Simultaneous Operations? |
| | | | Currently, identifying and controlling Simultaneous |
| 1. Identify all Simultaneous Operations; | | | | Operations is not a legislative requirement. |
| 2. Perform Risk Assessment; | | | | However, the major companies are introducing |
| 3. Assess and control risks; | | | | this requirement into all operations. |
| 4. Monitor the simultaneous tasks; and | | | | So, why wait until legislation catches up to what |
| 5. Communicate the Control Measures. | | | | out major companies in Australia have identified |
| Remember, COMMUNICATION IS THE KEY TO | | | | as a major risk. |
| PERFORMING THESE TASKS SAFELY. | | | | I believe that it is the responsibility of all |
| What are the benefits of performing this work? | | | | employers to protect the Health and Safety of |
| | | | their employees. The only way we can effectively |
| 1. By identifying all Simultaneous Operations we | | | | fulfil this, is to identify and control risks. |
| are able to manage risks; | | | | Let all of us take advantage of what others have |
| 2. Performing risk assessments will allow you to | | | | identified as a major risk and control it before it |
| identify all risks introduced by the task; | | | | impacts on us. |
| 3. Assessing determines the level of risk you are | | | | |