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Master Builders keeping up with tech changes in safety
On February 2016, the New South Wales division of the Master Builders of Australia (MBANSW) launched a new mobile app that applies augmented reality (AR) to access safety information related to...
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Labour Hire Inquiry submissions address OHS, sort of
The Victorian Government has concluded the public hearing section of its inquiry into Labour Hire. Industrial Relations Minister Natalie Hutchins has said in a media release that “Evidence has been put...
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Diverse panel adds authority to Workhealth Improvement Network
The 2016 Workplace Wellness conference in Melbourne has heard about the Workhealth Improvement Network (WIN) through a panel of WIN participants. The point of difference of this panel is that the...
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Andrew Barrett’s OHS interview on community radio
Some people have accused me of writing for the converted through the SafetyAtWorkBlog and the majority of followers to this blog are OHS professionals and safety regulators, but everything on the...
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OHS reality and common sense
On the eve of International Workers Memorial Day, I attended a seminar about the management of fatalities and serious injuries conducted by a group of risk management and insurance agents. Prevention...
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OHS consultant guilty of impersonating a SafeWork SA inspector
There are several important lessons from a recent conviction of an occupational health and safety consultant (OHS) in South Australia for impersonating a SafeWork SA inspector on multiple occasions....
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Two ABC radio broadcasts on OHS
Dolly Parton sang about working 9 to 5, asked “what a way to make a living” and asserted that it would drive you crazy if you let it. Many workers would look on a shift of only 9 to 5 as a luxury....
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Legal advice seems to miss the OHS point on workplace bullying
Australian law firm Minter Ellison has produced a useful article (not yet available on their website) on a recent workplace bullying prosecution. However the document displays a perspective that is...
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NSW Gov’t announces first quad bike safety rebate program
On 10 June 2016, the New South Wales Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Victor Dominello announced a $A2 million rebate program to improve safety associated with the use of quad bikes on...
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Who is responsible for workplace safety? – Podcast
The 2nd episode of the Cabbage Salad and Safety podcast is now available. https://safetyatworkblog.files.wordpress.com/2016/07/cabbage_salad_and_safety_-_episode_2.mp3 The theme of the podcast is “who...
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Podcast tackles Safety Culture
The latest episode of the Cabbage Salad and Safety podcast is now available and includes a discussion on the perennial occupational health and safety (OHS) debate over Safety Culture. Siobhan...
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Is it time for on-the-spot fines in Victoria?
The public comment phase of the Victorian Government’s Independent OHS Review into WorkSafe Victoria has concluded and most of the submissions are appearing on the review’s website. Some submissions...
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SWMS on hairdressing is not enough
Part of the reason that workplace safety seems complicated to many business owners is that, sometimes, occupational health and safety (OHS) consultants over-complicate safety. Safe Work Method...
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Cabbage Salad and Safety podcast – Episode 4
Podcasting is not always as easy as talking to a microphone or interviewing someone across a desk. Episode 4 of the Cabbage Salad and Safety podcast that is posted online today was the third take....
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Wellness programs need to fit business management
Recently Corporate Bodies International circulated an annual membership offer (no costs listed in this link) to its Australian market. It said: “Employees and their families have access over to over...
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Does accessing government assistance need to be so hard?
Nothing is ever easy in farming. Several Australian States have introduced a rebate scheme to help farmers improve the safety of the quad bikes so the vehicles, also inaccurately called All Terrain...
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Labour Hire Inquiry recommends a licencing scheme
Following, ostensibly, the Four Corners exposé of labour hire exploitation in Australia last year, the Victorian Government established an inquiry. That Inquiry’s final report has been released with...
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Gender, violence, Batty, Hulls and business preparedness
Recently the Victorian Women Lawyers conducted a seminar into the outcomes of Victoria’s Royal Commission into Family Violence. SafetyAtWorkBlog attended even though the topic seems, initially, to...
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Research into management perceptions of safety – Yeah But…..
In August this year Safe Work Australia released “Perceived Levels of Management Safety Empowerment and Justice among Australian Employers”. The justification for the document is to better understand...
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Another safety magazine bites the dust
On November 15, 2016, the NSCA Foundation (NSCAF) and Westwick-Farrow Media (WFM) announced a new publishing deal for one of Australia’s few remaining occupational health and safety (OHS) publications,...
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