Earlier this year an assessment of the policies and processes that the Library has for Health & Safety was carried out by an HR consultant.
The Library was evaluated as having achieved 91% compliance; a very good result, but with a number of recommendations given for where the Library could improve.
I have worked my way through the recommendations, and taken a list of 18 actions to LLT. This was approved on 3 March, and I will now implement these actions over the next few months.
One action is to change the name of OOS (Occupational Overuse Syndrome), to the currently preferred term used by ACC. This is DPI (Discomfort, pain and injury). I have already asked Janice Farrelly to work through and change any documentation to reflect this.
I will provide updates on progress as changes and anything new is implemented.
Philip
All documentation and files have now been changed to reflect the change to DPI (Discomfort, pain and injury). This is the term that will now be used to refer to the biennial refresher sessions, as well as the induction training provided at the start of the year or to individuals coming on board during the year.
Thank you Janice for working this change through.
Philip
Another change implemented early this week has been the introduction of a "Visitor sign in register" at the Bindery. This must be used by all visitors who enter the working area of the Bindery. Visitors includes anyone who is not a member of the Bindery staff – and does extend to other Library staff as well.
Philip