1 Introduction This report provides an overview of data collected from companies accredited the Australian Government Work Health and Safety (WHS) Accreditation Scheme (the Scheme) for the period July to December 2017. Comparisons are also made with data collected from previous biannual periods to demonstrate trends over time where appropriate. As a condition of accreditation, accredited contractors are required to submit WHS data reports a year, in addition to incident reports, Scheme project reports, and end of project reports. Key and performance measures used throughout this report are defined in the Glossary commencing on page 27. 2 Overview 2.1 Number of Accreditations The number of accreditations continues to grow, with 347 accreditations representing 433 companies submitting biannual reports for the July to December 2017 reporting period. This is the same number of accreditations as the previous period, however, the number of accredited companies has increased. The number of accredited companies has consistently increased since the Scheme commenced in 2005. Period Number of Accreditations Number of Accredited Companies Number of newly Accredited Companies Jul to Dec 2012 246 276 22 Jan to Jun 2013 252 282 22 Jul to Dec 2013 273 306 26 Jan to Jun 2014 287 333 32 Jul to Dec 2014 305 349 38 Jan to Jun 2015 317 371 20 Jul to Dec 2015 331 390 26 Jan to Jun 2016 336 396 10 Jul to Dec 2016 340 413 22 Jan to Jun 2017 347 427 18 Jul to Dec 2017 347 433 20 Of the 347 accreditations, 220 (63.40 per cent) did not undertake Scheme projects during the reporting period, with 28 (8.07 per cent) undertaking no projects as the head contractor during the reporting period.
Improvement Issued if the WHS authority believes someone has contravened the Act or regulations of the jurisdiction, or that a contravention may continue to be repeated. An improvement notice may also include directions about how to remedy a breach. Other – (e.g. enforceable undertakings) A WHS related notice (other than an infringement, prohibition or improvement notice) issued by the relevant WHS authority in the jurisdiction in which the project is being undertaken. Period Infringement Notices Prohibition Notices Improvement Notices Notices (e.g. enforceable undertakings) Notices Jul to Dec 2012 46 46 143 5 240 Jan to Jun 2013 8 41 112 5 166 Jul to Dec 2013 1 43 104 7 155 Jan to Jun 2014 5 39 126 3 173 Jul to Dec 2014 0 35 114 4 153 Jan to Jun 2015 0 24 43 7 74 Jul to Dec 2015 0 10 52 11 73 Jan to Jun 2016 3 21 54 4 82 Jul to Dec 2016 3 19 69 8 99 Jan to Jun 2017 3 31 115 8 157 Jul to Dec 2017 3 47 110 6 166 4 Incidents Accredited contractors are required to provide incident reports for lost time injuries, medically treated injuries and notifiable dangerous occurrences that occur on Scheme projects, as well as lost time injuries that occur on non-Scheme projects valued at greater than $4 million. Incident reports for all of project value—must also be submitted. 4.1 Nature of Injury Wounds, lacerations, amputations and internal organ damage injuries (45.10 per cent) have slightly increased when compared to the average of the corresponding periods for the previous five years and still remains the highest occurring category. Traumatic joint/ligament and muscle/tendons and Fractures injuries both account for 19.18 per cent of all reported incidents. Since the January to June 2012 reporting period, Wounds, lacerations, amputations and internal organ damage injuries and Traumatic joint/ligament and muscle/tendons injuries have been the first and second