Category: Safety

Managing workplace conflict

Worker mental health has increasingly come under the spotlight in recent years, and as links between mental and physical health have become…

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The right safety professional

Most organisations seeking to hire a new safety professional for a role in the organisation give considerable thought to the educational and…

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Checking that safety systems work

Good safety management practice includes undertaking regular workplace inspections to identify hazards and confirm that workplace risks are effectively managed. Depending on…

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Successful safety communication

Safety professionals, and all PCBUs, should be aware that the job of communicating critical safety information is not done until there is…

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Patterns of WHS incidents

A recently released book, Ten Pathways to Death and Disaster: Learning from Fatal Incidents in Mines and Other High Hazard Workplaces by…

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Safety Highlights from the L20

The G20 meeting hosted in Brisbane in November 2014 included a Labour 20 (L20) Summit, which incorporated a discussion of work health…

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Managing WHS risks for OS operations

Many of us watch the news from overseas detailing the latest conflict, natural disaster, health emergency or other crisis with interest but…

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“All hours” expectations and stress

In the modern 24-7 world where smart phones and home internet connections facilitate a constant connection to the workplace, employers need to…

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Optimising lessons to be learned from incident investigations

All too often, participants in the investigation of a safety incident feel like the image shown with this post – that they…

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