Risk & Safety
Our Risk and Safety team has worked with numerous multinational, national and local organisations in the public and private sector. The team has accrued over 35 years' experience specialising in risk assessments, audits and investigations and provides proactive workplace risk-based solutions across the following industries and specialties:
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Mining and Resources
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Metals Processing
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Drilling
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Manufacturing
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Logistics
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Water, Waste Water, Dams & Water Storage
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Power
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Food & Beverage Sectors
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Construction
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Agriculture
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Maritime, Marine Vessels & Port Interface
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Transportation (Road and Rail)
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Oil & Gas
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Infrastructure
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Cement
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Accommodation
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Major Health Facilities
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Confined Spaces
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Fall Prevention (Work at Heights)
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Electrical Systems
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Electrical Engineering & Distribution
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Mechanical Engineering
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Automated Plant & Robotics
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Conveyor & Processing Systems
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Stevedoring
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Hazardous Chemicals
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Hazardous Manual Tasks
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Traffic Management
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Smelting & Processing
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Tunnelling
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Power Generation & Transmission
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Renewable Engergy
When preparing risk assessments, audits and investigations, we apply a methodical and investigative approach to assess all relevant work health and safety legislation, Australian and international standards, codes of practice, building codes, industry guidelines and documents produced by state safety regulators.
Audits
Our Risk and Safety team is committed to the identification of risk-based workplace controls and systems of work in compliance with Work Health and Safety legislation requirements, model Work Health and Safety Regulations, Codes of Practice and current Australian Standards.
SAFEgroup is also a tri-certified organisation with lead auditors accredited in Work Health and Safety, Environment and Quality who undertake detailed systems audits covering:
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Statutory compliance to relevant legislation and codes of practice
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Health & Safety AS/NZS 4801 & AS/NZS ISO 45001
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Environment AS/NZS ISO 14001
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Quality AS/NZS ISO 9001
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Risk Management AS/NZS ISO 31000
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Chain of responsibility
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Corporate requirements
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Systems analysis
Risk Assessments
Our Risk and Safety team conduct risk assessments compliant with Australian Standards, Mining Guidelines and legislation, tailored to meet each client’s corporate risk management requirements including:
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Qualitative and Quantitative Risk Assessments
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Broad Brush Risk Assessments (BBRA)
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Risk Management Plans (RMP)
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Project Design Risk Assessments (PDRA)
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Mobile Plant Assessments
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Safety in Design Assessments for major projects
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Designer’s risk assessment
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Analysis (HAZOP)
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Design Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (DFMEA)
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Site Risk Profiles and Hazard Identifications
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Document Control
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Classification of hazardous areas (explosive atmosphere) and installation dossiers
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Structures
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Machine guarding
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Intelligent Solutions for Risk Management
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Business Interruption Planning
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Electrical Safety and Compliance
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Storage and handling of hazardous chemicals and dangerous goods
Our Risk Assessments follow a defined scope, clear process and quantifiable outputs to ensure that all aspects of the workplace which affect workers, plant and production are addressed. Our Risk Assessments are electronically recorded and draw on the investigation experience and qualifications of our Risk and Safety team.
Our team pride themselves on developing risk assessments in consultation with our clients to ensure the result includes workplace and client specific content. We support and work closely with our clients over the course of undertaking a Risk Assessment all the way to implementation and close out of the risk treatments.
Our team can facilitate a review or assessment on any client site. Alternatively, we have facilities at our offices in the Hunter Valley, Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne or Ballina where reviews can be conducted.
Incident Investigations
Our Risk and Safety team comprise qualified investigators and ensure that all incident investigations are conducted professionally, thoroughly, and independently adopting the appropriate investigation methodology, including:
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ICAM Investigations
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SSAI Investigations
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Tap Root Investigations
Our team is prepared to action an investigation team within 24 hours of notification of an incident to:
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Plan and lead the investigation process
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Liaise with legal advisors to meet requirements
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Prepare an investigation report under legal privilege.
Our Risk and Safety team is committed to understanding not only the root-cause of the incident, but all related aspects which contribute to incidents occurring in the first place.
Our team will identify what happened during the incident, whether the incident was foreseeable, whether the injury to the person was a predictable outcome from the incident, and how the incident could have been prevented through the development, implementation and embedding of appropriate control measures.
Each investigation reinforces SAFEgroup’s belief that effective analysis, design review and engineering is essential to reduce injury and, in extreme cases, the loss of life.
