Top Three Myths About Workplace Injuries - And What You Can Do To Bust Them
How many times have you heard people saying something completely ridiculous or that you know just isn’t right? You probably hear things several times a day that you just don’t agree with or that you know are fabricated. Safety is not immune. Here are top three safety myths – you’ve probably heard them or something similar a time or two in your career.
Five Ways To Recognise Safety Hazards
Have you ever found yourself reading of a workplace incident and thinking "Couldn't they see that it was an accident just waiting to happen?". More than likely it happened because someone didn't recognise the hazard for what it was. Hazard control is the key to preventing injuries and damage, and employees at all levels must be trained to recognise the signs.
Mind The Gap - Overcoming The Biggest Hurdle In Safety
One of the biggest mysteries in hazardous work is why well-trained people do not follow their company's safe work practices. After years of research, the answer is becoming clear. Consider the following statement: "The gap between knowing and not doing is much bigger than the gap between knowing and not knowing".
Twenty Questions To Energize Your Safety Process
When people know you care enough to ask them a question, and then take the time to listen to them, you can have a significant influence on your organisation's safety.
Prepare Your Staff For Safety
Adopting an attitude of readiness will help overcome, and even remove, many of the obstacles staff have in their minds about safety. In this article, learn how to un-block the mental barriers to create a safer workplace.
Effective Safety Communication
How can we talk about safety in such a way that everyone doesn't get sick of hearing about it and therefore stop listening? Stick to developing, maintaining, and improving the safety process.
Avoid Prosecution - OH&S Due Diligence
Directors and managers are being held criminally responsible for the conduct of their corporation. The number of prosecutions is increasing as enforcement bodies' focus their attention beyond the corporate legal entity to the individuals who 'drive' it.
Make Safety A Personal Thing: Adopt A Safety Code Of Conduct
We often find that workers don't like the safe work procedures of their company. They consider safety something that someone is "doing to them" rather than a way to protect themselves, their co-workers, and their families. They don't take safety personally.
The Truth About Safety Incentives
What does it take to motivate employees to work safe?
Checklists For Developing A Safer Workplace
While legislative, social and moral obligations require employers to do all that is reasonable to ensure workplace risks don't exist and that accidents don't occur, workplace safety is definitely in the best interests of the employer too.
Three Things You Can Do To Improve Your Safety Culture
No matter how divided your organisation's safety culture seems to be, you can make a difference. It doesn't matter what your job title is, you can make a difference by leading others around you to create an environment where nobody gets hurt. That's a goal everyone can live with!
Safety In The Workplace: Be Rigorous, Not Ruthless
In these times of constant change and global competition, it is important to always look for improvement - especially when it comes to safety.
OH&S - Making Managers The Strongest Link
Managers at the operational level play an important role in maintaining the integrity of their employer's safety management systems.
Checklist Of Initiatives For Raising Staff Awareness Of Workplace Safety
If you want an informed safety culture in your workplace it all starts and finishes with your management support. Be pro-active and implement some of these initiatives in your workplace.
Due Diligence 101
In courts throughout Australia, directors and managers are being held criminally responsible for the conduct of their corporation. The number of prosecutions is increasing as enforcement bodies' focus their attention beyond the corporate legal entity to the individuals who ‘drive' it.
Rethinking Workplace Health And Safety
Just five years ago the cost of workplace injury and illness to the Australian economy was estimated at $34.3 billion.
OHS Employer Responsibilities - Can You Afford A Prosecution?
As an employer, no matter how big or small your business, you have the responsibility for the day-to-day health, safety and welfare of your employees and visitors to your workplace.
The Hidden Health And Safety Costs Of Casual Employment
In recent years there has been a substantial increase in casual or temporary employment.
Industrial Safety: Everyone Must Play Their Role
You are the director of a company which spends thousands of dollars on developing Occupational Health & Safety (OH&S) policies and procedures.
Building Safety Into Your Business
Businesses are coming to the realisation that workplace safety is a risk which they cannot afford to ignore.
Would You Know If Your Workplace Is Safe?
Just how safe is your workplace? Find out for yourself in this article.
Occupational Health & Safety Tips
Safety is a major concern for all businesses and while large business often sees itself as capable of managing its own risk, some smaller businesses have struggled to implement the new workplace safety laws.
The Changing Face Of Industrial Manslaughter - What Are The Implications For Today’s CEO?
In the past it has been difficult for CEOs to be successfully charged with manslaughter when a death occurs in the workplace. However proposed changes will increase the likelihood of CEOs obtaining a criminal record as this paper outlines.
Counselling
What is counselling and its benefits?