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15.16.Work Health and Safety Activities17.Safety practicesHow consistently safety practices were undertaken in the workplace was measured using data from workers in 2010 and 2012 and employers in 2012 and 2014. Figure 6 below shows that close to 90% of workers and employers in the transport industry reported that the practices of removing hazards as much as possible and making workplaces safe were undertaken consistently in their workplaces. Employers were more likely than workers to indicate that reporting near misses, reporting accidents and discussing health and safety concerns were undertaken consistently in the workplace. About 90% of employers agreed that “reporting accidents and discussing health and safety concerns” was undertaken consistently but only about 70% of workers agreed. 
Figure : Safety practices reported as undertaken consistently in the workplace by transport industry employers in 2012 and 2014 and workers 2010 and 2012 18.Work health and safety compliance and how much it costsThe Regulatory Burden Survey (2012) collected information about WHS activities undertaken by businesses and the amount of time and money that businesses spent on these activities. Table 4 below shows the WHS activities undertaken by transport industry businesses compared to businesses in other industries. Transport industry businesses were more likely to have implemented procedures (30%) and undertaken training to address bullying (31%) compared to businesses in other priority industries (19% and 9% respectively). Transport industry businesses were less likely to have implemented safety measures (52%), identified safety issues or problems (13%), implemented procedures dealing with fatigue (15%), or talked to other businesses about WHS matters (24%) compared to businesses in other priority industries (77%, 25%, 29% and 44% respectively). Table : WHS activities undertaken by transport industry businesses compared to businesses in other priority and non-priority industries in 2012 RBS 2012
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The findings in Table 5 suggest that transport industry businesses spent more time on keeping records and finding information compared to businesses in other priority and non-priority industries. For all other WHS administrative activities transport industry businesses spent a similar amount of time to other businesses. Table : Time spent by businesses on WHS administrative activities in 2012
Table 6 shows the cost to business of conducting selected WHS activities. The results suggest that compared to businesses in other priority and non-priority industries, transport industry businesses spent more on undertaking training and implementing procedures dealing with bullying, and accompanying an inspector when they carry out an inspection. They spent less on employing additional workers or engaging experts for WHS, replacing plant or equipment earlier than expected for WHS related reasons and providing training. Some caution is required in interpretation of these figures as the amount spent is strongly associated with business size. Table : Percentage of businesses incurring costs for selected WHS activities that spent $1000 or more on the activity in the 2012 calendar year.
19.Work Health and Safety training providedThe WHS Perceptions survey collected information on the amount of WHS training provided to employees. Figure 7 below shows that in 2012 transport industry employers provided a higher proportion of training to their workers than employers in other priority and non-priority industries. About 45% of transport industry employers provided more than two days WHS training per year compared to less than 20% of other priority and non-priority industry employers. Twenty five per cent of transport industry employers provided 10 or more days WHS training per year compared to less than 5% for other priority and non-priority industry employers. 
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