Our Safety and Compliance team support our clients effectively navigate their legislative obligations, maintain and build proactive organisational safety cultures, and realise positive safety outcomes throughout the lifecycle of assets, facilities and business operations. Our team comprises Lead Auditors, ICAM Lead Investigators, Chartered Safety Professionals, Chartered Chemists, and risk professionals, with specialist expertise in the following areas:
Safety in Design (SiD)
WSP has been at the forefront of Safety in Design (SiD) best practice for over a decade, helping our clients deliver safe infrastructure across the world. We have extensive experience in implementing Safety in Design processes compliant with the Model WHS laws, the Model Code of Practice: Safe design of structures, and industry requirements such as TfNSW/RMS Technical Procedure ILC-MI-TP0-520 (ProjectPack 520).
The Model WHS Act places duties of care on clients, designers and constructors, to ensure every design is free from hazards So Far As As Reasonably Practicable (SFAIRP) across its lifecycle. Our team implement a comprehensive and legally compliant Safety in Design process throughout asset lifecycles. We assist clients hazard identification and controls from the outset of design through delivery of:
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Safety in Design Workshops: utilising expert facilitators, WSP can hold SiD workshops incorporating site visits (where required) at key project design milestones, to generate a Design Risk Register which focuses on significant and original hazards to eliminate safety and environmental hazards So Far As Is Reasonably Practicable. Utilising industry techniques such as CHAIR, SWIFT, HAZOP and HAZID, we customise the in-person or virtual workshops to meet your needs.
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Safety in Design system design: WSP can help create a legally compliant and best practice SiD process to enhance your internal design management process aligned with industry-specific requirements and legal obligations.
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Safety in Design Support: WSP can offer SiD support resources to your design team to educate your design team, manage the design risk register and ensure this living document influences the design and protects the persons interacting with your asset. Additionally, the design risk register is in a format that can be transferred and communicated to other duty holders.
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Safety in Design Independent Verification: WSP can ensure that your SID process is legally compliant, aligned with the requirements of the WHS legislation, the Code of Practice and any additional client or industry requirements.
WHSE system design, implementation and improvement
Effective Workplace Health, Safety and Environment Management System (WHSE MS) support and promote physically and psychologically safe workplaces and cultures.
Our WSP team specialise in establishment, assessment, improvement and revision of systems to comply with specific standards, industry-requirements, legal obligations and best practice.
Our WHSEMS services include:
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WHSE MS gap analysis and review against ISO45001, 14001 and 9001, OFSC, or changing physical and psychosocial risk profiles.
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WHSE Risk Registers establishment.
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Site visits, interviews and consultation to assess WHSMS effectiveness and culture.
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WHSE MS Design and development tailored to industry, organisational or legislative needs.
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WHSE MS change management planning and implementation support.
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Third-party WHSMS implementation monitoring and assurance.
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‘Mock audits’ to assist organisations in preparation for ISO or OFSC certification (by others).
Contractor management
Effective management of contractual chains is a critical aspect of effective workplace health and safety.
Our nationally distributed team of WHS auditors provide extensive desktop and on-site contractor monitoring and assurance activities on behalf of clients across a wide range of industries. Our services include:
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End-to-end contractor management framework review and consulting.
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Verification of contractor’s onsite activities (including prescribed high risk work activities) alignment with agreed WHS Management Plans, contractual requirements, and identified best practice and mandatory contractor safety management standards.
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Contractor safety management assurance, in context of prescribed operations / obligations.
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Review of actions and close-outs of previous non-conformances (if any).
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Assessment and enhancement of operational safety and critical risk management activities.
Construction site support
WSP can provide dedicated safety professionals to assist our construction clients in the effective implementation and monitoring of safety management systems and safe working practices onsite.
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Develop Health and Safety Management Plans and Safe Work Method Statements.
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Induct workers into your or your client’s Safety Management Plan requirements.
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Verify competency and high-risk work licences onsite.
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Monitor contractor works against site rules, Principal Contractor requirements and any client requirements such as “Golden Rules” or industry specific requirements such as the Rail Safety Act or Mine Safety Legislation.
Major incident investigation
WSP safety professionals are trained in most of the contemporary incident investigation techniques and can provide third-party independent investigators to assist with major incident investigations or incident trend analysis and root cause analysis.
WSP can mobilise resources across the country to rapidly respond to critical events and gather information in a no blame culture, providing objective fact finding and root cause analysis. Specific incident investigation services include:
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Root Cause Analysis
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Incident Cause Analysis Method (ICAM)
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TapRoot Root Cause Analysis
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Human Factors Causation and Analysis Classification (HFACS)
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Appreciative Investigation Techniques (Art of Work – Safety Differently)
