Health and Safety Contractor Assessment

• Name of Contractor

• Outline of services provided

• Conducted on

  Date

• Prepared by

• Location
  Address

Hazard identification and risk management

• a. Does your Safety Risk Register capture and prioritise high severity risks?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Do you have evidence the workplace is monitored, incident/hazard reports are reviewed, and workers are encouraged to provide feedback on safety issues?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• b. Do you perform a risk assessment when there is a significant change or variation in your workplace or work task?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• c. Have you introduced new control measures to mitigate identified risks?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Note: Consider whether your organisation continuously evaluates safety risk, adjusts control measures and implements preventive controls using the “hierarchy of control”.

2. Training competency and capability

• a. Do your workers have the required qualifications and skills for their assigned tasks?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• b. Do you maintain documentation or records to demonstrate the qualifications and skills of your workers?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• c. Do you ensure that your workers qualifications and skills are kept up to date?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• d. Are employees provided with information, instruction, training and supervision for the work being performed?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• e. Do you have documented procedures that outline the work processes and provide guidance to workers?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• f. Do you address identified training or knowledge gaps in your workforce?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• g. Are records of training and competency assessments maintained. Do you track and document employee training activities?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

3. Safety procedures policies and plans

• a. Does your organisation have documented health and safety policies, procedures and a safety plan?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• b. Do your policies and procedures comply with relevant legislation, regulation and standards?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• Note: consider areas such as accident prevention, emergency response, hazard identification, risk assessment, and personal protective equipment (PPE)?

• c. Are your workers aware of, and following your organisation’s safety policies and procedures?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• d. During the onboarding process does your organisation provide training sessions to introduce employees to health and safety policies and procedures?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• e. Do your Leaders and managers demonstrate their commitment and monitor workers adherence to health and safety policies and procedures?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• f. Is your system for reporting and investigating incidents and near misses being utilised by workers?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• g. Do you assess the number of incidents, near-miss and hazard observation reports being submitted?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• h. Do you have a process to ensure serious incidents and near misses are investigated?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• i. Are you complying with the relevant Codes of Practice applicable to your organisation e.g., Fatigue Management for Commercial Vehicle Drivers, Managing the Risk of Falls in the workplace, etc.

  Yes

  No

  N/A

4. Incident investigation and corrective actions

• a. Are corrective actions implemented to prevent recurrence of incidents?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• b. Are corrective actions prioritised based on the potential effectiveness, feasibility, and urgency and plans developed outlining the specific actions to be taken?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• c. Are lessons learned shared with workers to improve health and safety practices?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• d. Have you notified RAC of incidents and near misses related to its operations?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

5. Notification to Regulators

• a. Have you had to report to WorkSafe an injury and/or dangerous incident as required under Part 3 of the Western Australian Work Health and Safety Act 2020?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• b. Have you notified RAC of any matters notified to WorkSafe?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• c. Have you received any infringements, improvement notices or enforceable undertakings issued by WorkSafe in the last 12 months?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• d. Have you been required to notify another regulator due to an incident related to work completed for, or on behalf of the RAC, e.g., Office of Energy?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

6. Where the following is a requirement of your contract with the RAC?

• a. Have all personnel performing work on behalf of the RAC provided a national police clearance at the time of employment?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• b. Do you have systems in place to identify and manage personnel who have a traffic or criminal conviction recorded against them since commencing employment?

  Yes

  No

  N/A

• c. Do all personnel required to drive have a current and valid Western Australian driver's licence required to operate the motor vehicle and / or equipment used to provide services? Yes/No/NA

  Yes

  No

  N/A

7. Subcontractor management where applicable

• a. Do you have processes in place to assess and manage the health and safety performance of your subcontractors?

  Yes

  No

  N/A