NATIONAL OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH &
SAFETY ADVISORY COMMITTEE (NOHSAC)
WEDNESDAY, 9 MARCH 2005, 10.00AM TO 4.45PM,
LEVEL 9, LOCAL GOVERNMENT BUILDING
114 – 118 LAMBTON QUAY, WELLINGTON.
ATTENDEES |
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Present: |
Evan Dryson (Acting NOHSAC Chair), Philippa Gander and Selwyn McCracken |
In Attendance:
Apologies: |
Mark Wagstaffe and Stephanie Kerruish (NOHSAC Secretariat – Department of Labour), Mr Geoff Wilson, NZ Injury Prevention Strategy, ACC and Dr Carol Slappendel, Workplace, Department of Labour (10.30am to 11.30am), Hon Ruth Dyson, Associate Minister of Labour (3.30pm to 4.30pm)Anne-Marie Feyer and Neil Pearce (leave of absence)
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Minutes by: |
Stephanie Kerruish and Mark Wagstaffe |
Next Meeting: |
18 May 2005 |
DESCRIPTION |
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TARGET DATE |
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1. Meeting with the Associate Minister of Labour |
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Hon Ruth Dyson, Associate Minister of Labour was welcomed to the NOHSAC Committee meeting.
The Acting Chair, Dr Evan Dryson discussed with the Hon Ruth Dyson the Committee’s future work programme. Hon Ruth Dyson formally acknowledged a ‘great’ first report, ‘The Burden of Occupational Disease and Injury in New Zealand’. Hon Ruth Dyson advised that this report has had a significant affect on the Chief Executive of the Department of Labour and a change of emphasis on employing more occupational health staff. |
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Hon Ruth Dyson advised that a specialist in Trauma and Effect was going to be in Wellington and that it would be good to have a NOHSAC member meet with him. |
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Hon Ruth Dyson would like NOHSAC to continue the link with the Injury Surveillance Ministerial Advisory Panel (ISMAP).
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Coroners Bill |
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The Committee discussed the Coroners Bill with the Hon Ruth Dyson and will provide written comments of the Bill for the Associate Minister of Labour.
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2. Previous Minutes and Action Points |
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NOHSAC Minutes of 6 December 2004 – accepted with a change of the spelling of Philippa Gander’s name under Action 7. Proposed: Selwyn McCracken; Seconded: Philippa Gander.
All action points were reviewed. Action points have been completed, with the following points being carried forward:
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Action points – carried forward from 6 December 2004 |
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Action 1 Mark Wagstaffe and Selwyn McCracken to write to the Department of Labour on input into Occupational Coding –The Secretariat is to make changes and have the above letter reviewed by Evan Dryson prior to sending to Andrew Annakin |
NOHSAC Secretariat |
March 05 |
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Action2 Mark Wagstaffe to write to agencies seeking responses to the First Report and forward to the Committee for comment – The Secretariat is to send another letter to Business New Zealand and the Council of Trade Unions requesting their response to the first report. |
NOHSAC Secretariat |
March 2005 |
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Action 4 Mark Wagstaffe and Neil Pearce to draft the General overview for the Review of Methods and systems used to Measure and Monitor Occupational Disease and Injury in New Zealand/International. |
M Wagstaffe N Pearce |
August 2005 |
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Action 5 Neil Pearce and Evan Dryson to draft the Disease section of the summary report. |
N Pearce, E Dryson |
August 2005 |
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Action 6 Mark Wagstaffe to contact Dr Chris Walls to review and assist with the Disease section of the summary report. |
M Wagstaffe |
June 2005 |
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Action 7 Phillipa Gander, Selwyn McCracken and Anne-Marie Feyer to draft the Injury section for the summary report. |
P Gander, S McCracken, A Feyer |
August 2005 |
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Action 8 Mark Wagstaffe to contact Colin Cryer to review and assist the Injury section of the summary report. |
M Wagstaffe |
June 2005 |
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3. NOHSAC’s Work Programme |
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NOHSC/NOHSAC Surveillance and Monitoring of Workplace Exposures |
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The Committee were provided with a copy of the Request for Quote (RFQ) produced by the National Occupational Health and Safety Commission and the relevant information on the process of selection. Mark Wagstaffe advised the Committee that there were three responses to the RFQ and the preferred candidate, VIOSH, was selected. Mark Wagstaffe advised the Committee that he was attending the establishment meeting with the provider on Monday, 14 March 2005 in Canberra. |
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Action 1 |
Committee members are to forward any feedback or questions for the establishment meeting to Mark Wagstaffe before Sunday, 13 March 2005. |
Committee Members |
13 March 05 |
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Action 2 |
Fourth Report – Improving Occupational Health and Safety in New Zealand The Committee discussed the draft Request for Proposal for the fourth report combining the three reports as a framework. The Committee suggested the deletion of the third bullet point under the heading ‘Services’. The Committee were happy with number 1 and 2 of Stage 1. The decision was made to delete Stage 2 of the Draft. Mark Wagstaffe to re-write the draft Request for Proposal and forward it through to the Committee for feedback. |
Mark Wagstaffe |
March 05 |
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Mark Wagstaffe to email the methodology proposed in preparing the National Profile on Occupational Safety and Health. |
Mark Wagstaffe |
June 05 |
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HOI Report – Surveillance of Occupational Disease and Injury in New Zealand |
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The report was discussed and confirmed that the information provided in the report would be the basis for the Committee’s combined report as discussed on the 6 December 2004. |
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Nick Kendall – Surveillance of Occupational Disease and Injury – International |
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Mark Wagstaffe advised that the next draft was due in April, with the final report produced in June 2005. |
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4. NOHSAC’s Operations |
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Budget Research – Occupational Health Research Fund |
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The Department of Labour and the Health Research Council (HRC) are currently establishing an Occupational Health Research Programme. The research funding is targeted at occupational health, using the recommendations from NOHSAC’s first report and also linking this with the Workplace Health and Safety Strategy. The Steering Committee is to set the agenda and HRC will administer the Committee. The first meeting is to be held in April 2005. Mark Wagstaffe will be a member of the Steering Committee. |
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Annual Report |
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The next annual report is due to be produced at the end of June. |
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Action 4 |
Evan Dryson is to write the ‘Foreword’ for the Annual Report |
Dr Evan Dryson |
May 2005 |
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Action 5 |
Mark Wagstaffe will forward a copy of the HRC annual report as an example for NOHSAC’s report. |
Mark Wagstaffe |
March 2005 |
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Research Database/website |
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Mark Wagstaffe advised that the collation of information for the database is currently underway and should be completed by the end of April 2005. |
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Meeting Dates |
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The next meeting date, 18 May 2005, was discussed and the Committee has decided to proceed with this date and include Anne-Marie Feyer in using teleconference facilities. David Collins from ACC has accepted his invitation to be guest speaker at this meeting. The Committee will invite Ross Wilson from Council of Trade Unions to the meeting in July and Mr Tim Cleary from Business New Zealand to the meeting in September 2005. |
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General Business |
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The Committee were advised that Hon Ruth Dyson, Associate Minister of Labour, has agreed that Dr Evan Dryson and Professor Philippa Gander be approached regarding reappointment for a further period of two years as members of NOHSAC. It is noted that Dr Evan Dryson has accepted this offer. Professor Gander is to advise the Secretariat of her decision within the next two weeks. |
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Action 6 |
The NOHSAC Secretariat is to produce the relevant reappointment paperwork for Dr Dryson to sign. |
NOHSAC Secretariat |
May 2005 |
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Action 7 |
Professor Philippa Gander is to advise the Secretariat of the decision to accept or decline the offer of reappointment by the end of March 2005. |
Phillipa Gander |
30 March 2005 |
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5. Other Matters |
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Mr Geoff Wilson, General Manager, NZ Injury Prevention Strategy, ACC met with the Committee to discuss the work of NOHSAC and issues of concern to the NZ Injury Prevention Strategy.
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The Committee also met with Dr Carol Slappendel, Interagency Strategy Group, Workplace, Department of Labour. Dr Slappendel advised that the draft Workplace Health and Safety Strategy has been through the consultation phase. The draft Strategy has been revised and will be presented to Cabinet mid to late May 2005. Dr Slappendel provided the Committee with the revised version of the Strategy and asked for feedback. |
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Action 8 |
The Committee is to provide Mark Wagstaffe with feedback on the Strategy and he will collate a response to Dr Slappendel from the NOHSAC Committee |
Committee Members, Mark Wagstaffe |
March 2005 |
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Dr Slappendel also brought to the attention of the Committee of the upcoming ILO Conference in May/June on the topic of ‘Work Proposal to Develop Promotional Frameworks’. Dr Slappendel suggested that this might be of interested to the Committee.
Mark Wagstaff is presenting at two conferences, EMA and OSH – Masterclass on behalf of NOHSAC.
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