Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) of Brisbane

Obligation holder:	Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) of Brisbane
Date accepted:	19 March 2009
Incident:	On 19 March 2007, a nine year old school student attending a YMCA of Brisbane recreational camping facility suffered grievous bodily harm when he fell approximately six metres from a flying fox adventure ride.
Alleged breach:	s.24(1) and s.28(1) of the Workplace Health and Safety Act 1995
Summary of undertakings: Activities YMCA of Brisbane will undertake include: implementing third party auditing of the occupational health and safety management system to AS/NZS 4801:2001 no less than three times throughout the life of the undertaking with audit recommendations to be implemented providing a copy of the audit reports and actions the obligation holder intends taking in addressing the report recommendations to the Executive Director, Workplace Health and Safety Queensland creation of a full time Workplace Health and Safety Manager position within the organisation and fund training of the Manager in the Diploma of Occupational Health and Safety appointment and training of a Workplace Health and Safety Officer providing key personal with a range of specified health and safety training development and distribution of a high ropes safety information pack to community and outdoor recreation groups, and convening a two day conference on high ropes safety practices to be attended by community and outdoor recreation groups. This undertaking has a total minimum expenditure of $52 000 (including recoverable departmental costs). View/download the enforceable undertaking (PDF, 587kB)