SAFE
DESIGN TIMELINE – HOW DID WE GET HERE?
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The lead up
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Common law duty of care
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Foresee hazards
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Understand the state of knowledge
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Understand the hazards
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Take reasonable action
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“If you can you should”
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1980’s
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Common law principles written into OHS law
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All Australian jurisdictions
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Apply to construction industry
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Safe design model recognised
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Elimination of hazards at source
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Hierarchy of control in most regulations
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Central “employers” duty
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Upstream duties embedded
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Focus of implementation and enforcement at the workplace
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1990’s
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EU construction changes
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2/3 fatalities and 80% rework link to design and planning
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Better safety = better performance
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NOW
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Policy
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2002 National
OHS Strategy
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2003 Royal
Commission recognises
safe design and recommends government as client to deliver safe design
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2005 FSC established to implement
safe design in government projects
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Practice
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2001 NSW
WorkCover CHAIR tool
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2006 ASCC
Safe Design Guideline
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2006 Engineering students safe design resource package
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OHS law – specific about construction
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2004 Victoria
Act – duties for
“designers of building and structures”
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2005 Queensland
Act changes –
duties for “clients, designers, project managers, principal contractors”
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Soon WA
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Common law today
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Common law duty of care reflects the “state of knowledge”
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Therefore responsibility grows as industry knowledge grows