Health & Safety
Hazard & Risk Management
Healthy and safe work starts with identifying and understanding what the parish-related health and safety risks are. Risks can be generated from hazards (things, situations, processes, etc.) that may cause harm, particularly to people. After identification is made, risks are analysed and evaluated to understand how likely and severe the risks are. It then involves doing what is reasonable and practicable to eliminate those risks. Where the risks cannot be eliminated, they are minimised so far as is reasonably practicable.
Risks, once identified, assessed and controlled, are communicated to all parishioners and contractors. Priority is given on the parish’s high risks first before managing less serious risks.
Incident Management
An incident is any occurrence that results in adverse consequences to people, the environment, property/plant, or a combination of these. This includes incidents on Parish premises involving Workers, Volunteers, Contractors, Visitors and the public.
Examples of incidents are vehicle accidents, slip/trip/fall, falling objects, oil spill, fire, sexual harassment, bullying, conflict of interest, physical assault, shooting/stabbing, mental pressure, and suicide, etc.
An incident, once reported, is investigated to identify root causes and then to address these causes in a timely way through the implementation of necessary remedial actions in order to prevent the incident from happening again.
All major incidents are reported to the Health and Safety Co-coordinator at Catholic Diocese of Auckland (CDA) as soon as practically possible.
For any concerns or reports of incidents regarding our parish properties, please get in touch with office.
Injury Management
In the Parish there may be a large number of people (workers, volunteers and visitors or parishioners) gathering at any one time, especially during mass times, so it is important to have First Aiders in case of sickness or injury. Trained First Aiders (refer to Trained First Aiders Register) perform a vital function in providing first-level care until full medical treatment can be administered (if required) by the ambulance staff. In this way, First Aid can help reduce the severity of an injury and even save lives in some instances. First Aiders of course may also provide treatment for smaller injuries such as minor cuts, wounds and burns.
All First Aiders have access to a First Aid Kit which is located inside the Sacristy. The First Aid Kit contents are regularly checked and kept up-to-date. Automated External Defibrillator (AED) is also located just outside the Sacristy mounted on the wall.
Any first aid treatments given are recorded in the First Aid Register. If the accident is serious in nature, an Incident Report is completed in accordance with the Incident Management Procedure discussed above. For serious injuries, medical care are extended to families and work-mates.