WSH Awards 2020Briefing on X-Factor Checklist

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➢No change from 2020

➢x-factor continues to be part of the criteria

➢Increased emphasis on WSH culture

➢Maximises employees participation and

involvement in the application process

X-Factor Checklist

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• 8 questions covering various topics

• 105 marks

X-Factor Checklist

Total WSH Approach

RM 2.0: Upstream Risk

Controls

Off-the-job Safety

Incident Statistics

Benchmarking WSH

Performance

WSH in Corporate Social

ResponsibilityClosing the Gap

Near Misses

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A holistic and integrated approach to manage the

interactions between work, safety and health so as to

promote the wellbeing of workers

What is Total WSH

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Work

HealthSafety

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Healthy Workforce, Safe Workplace Total Workplace Safety and Health (WSH) approach

Healthier workforce,

Safer workplaces

Fewer injuries, better health

Looking at

work, safety and

health together

so as to achieve

workers’

well-being

How to start on the Total WSH

journey

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AssessmentIntervention Programmes

Monitoring &

Evaluation

Phase 1 Phase 2 Phase 3

Diagnosis Treatment Follow up

Health

status

Gaps in

WSH

State

of WSHTargeted

Protection &

Promotion

Programmes

Progress &

Outcomes

Cost &

Effectiveness

Phase 1 - Assessment

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• Walk through Assessment: Identify hazards at the workplace which will include RM2.0 Personal health risk factors– State of WSH in the Company

• WSH Questionnaire*: A tool to measure the workplace safety and occupational health management system in the company– Gaps in WSH in the Company

• Basic Health Survey*: A tool to assess individual workers’ health & lifestyle habits – Health status of employees in the Company

7* These questionnaires can be downloaded from WSHC website

Phase 2 – Intervention

Programmes

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• Phase 1 will identify what is the status company’s WSH, its gaps and the health status of the employees

• Knowing the “diagnosis” the appropriate “treatment” as in the targeted Intervention Programmes can now be adopted by the Company led by senior management

• The Programmes would include both safety and health elements. For examples:

– Work redesign

– Improve on OSHMS

– Health screening

– Ergonomics

– Chronic Disease Management Prog

– Lifestyle

– Others …

Phase 3 – Monitoring

and Evaluation

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• Phase 2 involves implementation of the targeted Programmes

• These Programmes would need to be monitor and evaluate:– Progress & Outcomes

– Cost & Effectiveness

Q1. Total WSH Approach

1. Company has a holistic and integrated approach towards WSH management that integrates overall

wellbeing, workplace safety and health issues (worklife balance, ergonomics, medical conditions, health

and psychosocial hazards)

2. A multidisciplinary team is in place to manage safety, health and wellbeing holistically. This team reports

to the senior management

3. Personal and pre-existing health conditions, health risk factors, work environment and processes are

factored into hazard identification and risk assessments

4. Data and performance indicators collected include safety-related, health-related (e.g. health screening,

statutory medical examination data, access to Total WSH services) and wellbeing-related (e.g. staff

satisfaction / climate survey) data. Data are analysed together.

5. Company allocates dedicated resources to the management of safety, health and wellbeing

6. Company has clear safety and health requirements in its procurement of product and services from

vendors, suppliers, and/or contractors and the outcome is factored into the decision. (e.g. at least

bizSAFE Level 3, OHSAS 18001 or equivalent and implemented at least 6 months ago.)

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Management System

Policies, Structures,Processes,

ProgrammesMulti-disciplinary Team

/ Committee /Business Unit

Top Management

Holistic Risk Management

Total WSH Analysis

Modular Intervention Programmes

Needs-based

e.g. Fall Prevention

e.g. Ergonomics

Health screening

Programme

e.g. Chronic Disease

Management

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Q1. Total WSH Approach

Management System

Policies, Structures,Processes,

Programmes

Multi-disciplinary Team / Committee /

Business Unit

Top Management

1. Company has a holistic and integrated approach towards WSH management

that integrates overall wellbeing, workplace safety and health issues (work life

balance, ergonomics, medical conditions, health and psychosocial hazards) / 4

Company shows evidence of having

embarked on Total WSH (holistic

RM, inspection, investigation,

reporting, preventive programmes)

Total WSH progress is discussed

during WSH Committee meetings,

management meetings, etc

Check documentation and evidence:

Score 0.5 for safety

Score 0.5 for occupational health / hygiene

Score 1 for worker personal health

Score 1 for health and safety viewed

together (i.e. integrated)

Score 1 for Health award (or equivalent) 12

Q1. Total WSH Approach

Management System

Policies, Structures,Processes,

Programmes

Multi-disciplinary Team / Committee /

Business Unit

Top Management

2. A multidisciplinary team is in place to manage safety, health and wellbeing

holistically. This team reports to the senior management / 4

Team managing WSH is

multidiscipinary (i.e. has

employees that manage

safety working together

with employees that

manage health and

wellbeing e.g. HR, OH

nurse, WSHO, etc

Check composition of team:

Score 0 for safety personnel only

Score 0.5 for safety personnel with health-related training e.g.

WHP, OH Specialist Diploma

Score 1 for health personnel (e.g. WHP, OH Specialist,

ergonomist, therapist, OH nurse, DWD)

Score 1.5 for both health and safety managed together by the

same group/dept

Score 1 for the group/dept reporting to senior management 13

Q1. Total WSH Approach

3. Personal and pre-existing health conditions, health risk factors, work environment and

processes are factored into hazard identification and risk assessments / 4

Check risk assessment and interview employees to verify:

Score 0 for risk assessments (RA) that only cover safety

Score 1 for RA that includes occupational health hazards

Score 2 for RA that factor in personal and pre-existing health

conditions (e.g. colour blindness, NID, diabetes, hypertension,

etc)

Score 1 for inclusion of employee inputs and feedback in the

process

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Total WSH Analysis

Q1. Total WSH Approach

Holistic Risk Management

Total WSH Analysis

Risk Assessments are

holistic, covering both

safety, occupational

health and pre-existing

health conditions

4. Data and performance indicators collected include safety-related, health-related (e.g.

health screening, statutory medical examination data, access to Total WSH services) and

wellbeing-related (e.g. staff satisfaction / climate survey) data. Data are analysed together

holistically.

Check data collected and analysis report to verify:

Score 0 for collection and analysis of safety-related data

Score 0.5 for collection and analysis of OH/ Hygiene-related

data

Score 1 for collection and analysis of health-related data

Score 1 for collection and analysis of wellbeing-related data

Score 2 for holistic data analysis

Score 1.5 for identification of priority areas for development of

preventive programmes, including rationale to determine their

priority

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Holistic Risk Management

Total WSH Analysis

Safety, health and

wellbeing data are

collected and analysed

together holistically

Actions are taken to

address priority areas

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Q1. Total WSH Approach

Management System

Policies, Structures,Processes, Programmes

5. Company allocates dedicated resources to the management of safety, health and

wellbeing / 2

Multi-disciplinary Team / Committee /Business Unit

Top Management

Holistic Risk Management

Total WSH Analysis

Modular Intervention Programmes

Needs-based

e.g. Fall Prevention

e.g. Ergonomics

Health screening

Programme

e.g. Chronic Disease

Management

Check for data and evidence:

Score 1 for allocation of

dedicated, full-time

manpower for the

management of safety, health

and wellbeing

Score 1 for allocation of a

dedicated budget

Resource Allocation

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Q1. Total WSH Approach

6. Company has clear safety and health requirements in its procurement of product

and services from vendors, suppliers, and/or contractors and the outcome is

factored into the decision. (e.g. at least bizSAFE Level 3, OHSAS 18001 or

equivalent and implemented at least 6 months ago.) / 2

Check documentation and evidence:

Score 2 for clear safety and health requirements

in its procurement of product and services from

vendors, suppliers, and/or contractors and the

outcome is factored into the decision.

Clear safety and health

requirements in its

procurement of product

and services from

vendors, suppliers,

and/or contractors and

the outcome is factored

into the decision.

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Q1. Total WSH Approach

For More Information

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Total WSH webpage on WSHC website

Dedicated email account for Total WSH enquiries 18

X Factor Checklist

Q2 Enhanced Risk Management:

Upstream risk controls

• Company employed the use of the hierarchy of controls

in all work processes (scores 8)

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Q3 Off-the-job Safety:

Which of the following practices exists in the company to

enhance safety leadership amongst the employees?

• Company maintains a reporting system for off-the-job incident

outside the normal working hours of the employees

(scores 3)

• Company organises off-the-job safety promotion that emphasizes

employees taking safety leadership for off-the-job safety

(scores 2)

• Company enforces a check of workers' health conditions before

starting work

• (scores 5)

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Q4 Incident Statistics:

How does the company monitor the undesired events

or losses so that there is a wider database for lessons

learnt and continual improvement?

• Company includes non-injury types of incidents or

events in its incident statistics (scores 5)

• Company requires reporting of property and equipment

damage above a specific cost base (scores 3)

• Company requires reporting of process losses,

downtime, unplanned shutdown above a specific

parameter (scores 2)21

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Q5 Near Miss Reporting System: How does the company track near misses?

• Staff participation: Points accorded based on percentage of staff

participation:

❖ 90% (scores 10)

❖ 75% (scores 7)

❖ 50% (scores 5)

❖ 25% (scores 2)

❖ 0% (scores 0)

• Closure- percentage of closed cases: Points accorded based on

percentage of closure of near misses:

❖ 75% (scores 10)

❖ 50% (scores 7)

❖ 30% (scores 5)

❖ 10% (scores 2)

❖ 0% (scores 0)22

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Q6 Benchmarking of WSH performance:

How does the company determine its WSH

performance in comparison with others?

• Company perform competitive benchmarking against its

peers within its own industry on WSH performance

(scores 5)

• Company perform generic benchmarking against

companies in other industries on WSH performance

(scores 5)

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Q7 WSH being incorporated in Corporate Social Responsibility /

Reporting:

How does the company raise its WSH profile taking WSH as an

integral part of its business?

• Company publishes its WSH performance annually as an integral

part of the business performance report

(scores 5)

• Company has at least one CSR project that is WSH related

(scores 3)

• Company publishes its WSH performance annually as a stand-

alone for public view (scores 2)

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Q8 Closing the gap:

What are the Culture-building Initiatives the company has

performed after the Diagnostic (Step 1 of CultureSAFE Cycle)?

• Company has an deliberate action plan for WSH culture

development arising from the diagnostic assessment

(Scores 3)

• Company has implemented Culture-building Initiatives for closing

the gap (Each initiative scores 3, Max score 9)

• Company conducts review on the implemented Culture-building

Initiatives mentioned above for its effectiveness

(scores 3)

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X Factor Checklist

Thank you!

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