On 16 October 2001 Council adopted its new Occupational Safety and Health Management Plan , which is designed with the vision of achieving best practice in Occupational Safety and Health. This will be achieved by building a safety culture dedicated to preventing injuries and ill health to employees, contractors and the general public, ensuring all can operate in a safe and healthy environment, whether at work or in their own time.

The Plan lists strategies to achieve the following outcomes and prioritises them in order of importance:

• Policy Commitment and Management
• Planning Occupational Safety and Health
• Consultation
• Hazard Management
• Training and Supervision
• Safe Systems of Work
• Rehabilitation and Injury Management