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How to Introduce a Harmonised Safety System

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Introducing a harmonised OHS Management System – by George Robotham – www.ohschange.com.au “Assume for a moment, you have a newly established business, and you have been tasked with establishing a corporate (not operational) OH&S system, that complies with the new Commonwealth OH&S Act. How would you go about doing this? What would it be comprised [...]

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AS4801 OHS Manual

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AS4801 OHS Manual If you have a small to medium sized business and would like to set up a safety system to comply with and perhaps even become certified to AS4801 then “Everything OHS” may have “everything” you need. They are offering their 60 page generic Safety Manual, in Word Format for only $49.95 – [...]

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Quick Guide to Auditing OHS Systems

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George’s Safety Reflections – by George Robotham – www.ohschange.com.au Quick Guide to Auditing OHS Systems There is some confusion in practice between the terms inspection and audit, I distinguish between the two by saying you inspect things and you audit systems. Organisations that are successful at Occupational Health and Safety have regular comprehensive internal and [...]

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Free Australian Standards Updates

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Keeping up to date with Australian Safety Standards for free! If it is vital for you to keep up to date with changes to Standards then you can pay $39.00 for a single license with Standards Watch to stay informed on up to 50 Standards. Prices for this range up to $7900 for a Large [...]

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Free AS4801 Safety System Guide

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Implementing an OHS Safety Management System in accordance with AS/NZS 4801 Developing and implementing an Occupational Health and Safety System that complies with AS4801 (whether or not you want it certified or accredited) is not as difficult or daunting as it may sound. We find that most organisations already have most of the systems and [...]

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AS 4801 Certification

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THE ROAD TO AS4801 OHS CERTIFICATION Article by OHS Management Systems that explains the benefits of obtaining certification to AS4801 and clearly outlines the various steps involved, what to expect and what you will have to do to achieve accreditation. The road to AS 4801 OHS certification « ohsmanagementsystems.com.au.

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Gaining AS4801 Accreditation

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How to Gain AS4801 Accreditation Some of the most common queries on this site are about gaining AS4801 accreditation or why you need to have AS4801 accreditation in the first place. Probably because, it seems that, even some of the organisations providing AS4801 accreditation find it hard to explain – that is our experience anyway. [...]

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How to make Safety Culture a Reality

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Recommended Reading: Culture of Safety – A Reality Another great article from Sina Safety Solutions. Their mission is to make Health and Safety become a way of life in every workplace. They are very successful at this by creating simple and useable systems that can and will be used by all employees. As one of [...]

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American and European Safety Standards

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Are they the same or different? Consider the following 3 Health and Safety standards: OSHA’s Safety & Health Program Management Guidelines of 1987 OHSAS 18001: 2007 Occupation Health and Safety Assessment Series ANSI Z10 – 2005 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems There are many similarities between these standards.  The clearly common threads are: All [...]

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OHS Challenges in Australia 2011

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OHS Challenges in Australia 2011 This is one of the best safety papers I have read for a long, long time and TOTALLY RELEVANT ANYWHERE ELSE IN THE WORLD. Its Author, George Robotham from OHS Change admits to having a healthy dis-respect for many common approaches to OHS Management and OHS Training – and he [...]

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31000-2009 Risk Management Standard

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In November 2009, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) introduced the ISO 31000:2009 Risk Management Standard.  The standard provides universally accepted guidelines about generic risk management processes.  The Risk Management Standard is intended to replace the many differing standards, which stretch across industries, regions, and subjects.  Including information on both the ISO Catalogue and the [...]

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SafetyMAP

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SafetyMAP is Worksafe Victoria’s equivalent of AS/NZS 4801. It stands for “Safety Management Achievement Program”. Visit Worksafe’s Website From their Getting Started Guide: Download Here: SafetyMAP (Safety Management Achievement Program) is an audit tool designed to assist organizations improve their management of health and safety. In doing so, it helps to establish safer working environments [...]

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AS4801 Checklist

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INTERGON have published a free AS4801 checklist, it’s a well put together tool and useful if you are trying to set up a SMS or want to do an internal audit on your existing system. Download Here INTERGON have a lot of other useful links and articles and their website is well worth a visit

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Free AS4801 Document Review Tool

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AS4801 Document Review Tool Use this tool to assess your safety management system documentation against the requirements of AS/NZS 4801:2001 Occupational health and safety management systems Riskex can provide any further assistance with completing this review Download Here:

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AS/NZS 4801 Accreditation

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NCS International Pty Limited (or NCSI) is a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Association of Testing Authorities, Australia. NATA is the peak (and only government recognised) accreditation body for laboratory and testing centres in Australia, and has been operating since 1947. NCSI was formed in 1990 specifically to offer industry a choice of certification [...]

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Safety Evaluation of Potential Contractors

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UPDATE: NEW ”Health and safety in construction procurement – A handbook for the public sector” published by Worksafe Victoria AVAILABLE HERE Purpose This procedure aims to ensure that all services supplied to the organisation by contractors meet both external and internal health, safety and environmental standards. Definitions Services include any service which is provided by individuals [...]

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New Risk Management Standard AS/NZS ISO 31000

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The new international Risk Management Standard ISO 31000:2009 was released by the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) on 15 November 2009. It has been four years since the ISO established a working party to develop the first international risk management standard using AS/NZS 4360:2004 as its working draft. The joint Australian/New Zealand Standards Committee OB-007, [...]

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Free AS4801 Audit Tool

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Use this comprehensive tool to evaluate your contractors OHS system utilising the framework of AS/NZS 4801:2001 Download here Riskex can assist if required

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