CFMEU OH&S Survey Results

CFMEU Occupational Health And Safety Survey Results

Number of members who answered the CFMEU Survey - 850

Question 2: What is the attitude of your employer to workplace safety?

• 25% of respondents rated their employers attitude as "very good"
• 46% of respondents rated their employers attitude as "good"
• 20% of respondents rated their employers attitude as "poor"
• 6% of respondents rated their employers attitude as "very poor"
• 3% of respondents did not answer this questions

Question 3: Do you think safety can be improved at your workplace

• 86% of respondents thought that safety could be improved
• 12% thought that safety could not be improved
• 2% of respondents did not answer this question

Question 4: Do you think the government should be involved in improving safety?

• 85% of respondents thought that the government should be involved
• 13% of respondents thought that the government should not be involved
• 2% of respondents did not answer this question

Question 5: How would you rate the performance of Workcover on safety?

• 8% of respondents rated Workcover's performance as "very good"
• 42% of respondents rated Workcover's performance as "good"
• 35% of respondents rated Workcover's performance as "poor"
• 11% of respondents rated Workcover's performance as "very poor"
• 4% of respondents did not answer this question

Question 6: Do you endorse the union being actively involved in safety and having a legal right to visit and audit workplace safety and recommend safety improvements?

• 94% of respondents endorsed union involvement in safety
• 4% of respondents did not endorse union involvement in safety
• 1% of respondents chose "other" for their opinion on union involvement
• 1% of respondents did not answer this question

Question 7: Have you ever received any safety training?

• 75% of respondents had received some safety training
• 24% of respondents had not received any safety training
• 1% of respondents did not answer this question

Question 15: Is there an OH&S committee at your workplace?

• 59% of respondents indicated that there was a committee at their workplace
• 37% of respondents indicated that there was not a committee at their workplace
• 4% of respondents did not answer this question

Question 15a: If there is an OH&S committee at your workplace, how do you rate their performance?

Of the respondents that indicated there was a committee at their workplace

• 12% rated the committee's performance as "very good"
• 53% rated the committee's performance as "good"
• 24% rated the committee's performance as "poor"
• 9% rated the committee's performance as "very poor"
• 2% of respondents did not answer this question

Question 16: Do you think safety standards have improved over the last five years at workplaces you have worked?

• 63% of respondents thought that safety standards had improved
• 34% of respondents thought safety standards had not improved
• 3% of respondents did not answer this question

Question 17: Do you believe unrealistic deadlines for job completion are jeopardising worker safety?

• 85% of respondents believed unrealistic deadlines were jeopardising safety
• 12% of respondents did not believe that unrealistic deadlines were jeopardising safety
• 3% of respondents did not answer this question

For further information

Contact	:
Phone	:	(02) 9394 9494
Email	:	cfmeunsw@magna.com.au
WWW	:	http://www.cfmeu.asn.au/

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