Controlling the Risks associated with Psychosocial Hazards

Описание: This video series has been created to explain what the 4 risk management processes are and why it pays to get psychosocial hazard management right.

Principal Workplace Psychologist and Co-founder at Get Mentally Fit, Emily Johnson, also outlines the practical steps you can implement to get psychosocial risk management right in your organisation.

This episode (Phase 3: Controlling the Risks associated with Psychosocial Hazards) explores why it pays to effectively control the risks associated with psychosocial hazards in your organisation. It also outlines practical steps to best control the risks so you can maintain psychological workplace health and safety in your organisation.

General information from Safe Work Australia:
How psychosocial hazards cause harm Psychosocial hazards can create stress.
This can cause psychological or physical harm. Stress itself is not an injury. But if workers are stressed often, over a long time, or the level of stress is high, it can cause harm.
*Psychological harm may include anxiety, depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, sleep disorders.
*Physical harm may include musculoskeletal injuries, chronic disease or fatigue related injuries.

Psychosocial hazards may interact and combine Psychosocial hazards may interact or combine to create new, changed or higher risks.
It is important to consider all the psychosocial hazards workers may be exposed to when managing psychosocial risks.
Some hazards may not create psychosocial risks on their own but may do so if combined with other hazards. For example, when workloads are high the risk may increase if workers cannot take breaks or there is no one around to help. Some hazards may only create risks on their own when severe.

Managing psychosocial risks
A person conducting a business or undertaking (PCBU) must eliminate psychosocial risks, or if that is not reasonably practicable, minimise them so far as is reasonably practicable. The model WHS Regulations require PCBUs to have regard to all relevant matters when determining what control measures to implement.

For more information on these relevant matters and meeting your WHS duties contact us.