Employee Involvement

Worker responsibility under OHS law: When is it not the employer’s fault?

Employee Involvement

Worker responsibility under OHS law: When is it not the employer’s fault? It is not common to hold workers responsible for workplace injuries but what happens when an employee arrives to work so drunk and is injured attempting to do his work with the knowledge of co-workers? In fact, this was the scenario in a [...]

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Ideas for Motivating Safety Committees

Employee Involvement

Safety Committees: Ideas for Motivation Safety committees are proven to be more effective than safety officers alone. A committee of employees pulled from various departments can more effectively identify unsafe areas than can safety officers by themselves. The employees are continuously exposed to the very elements that safety officers wish to address, making them “safety [...]

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Health and Safety Committee – Measuring Effectiveness

Employee Involvement

Extract of an article from: OSH Answers: Joint Health & Safety Committee – Measuring Effectiveness. How does the committee measure its effectiveness? In order to improve its efforts, a health and safety committee will want to have some measure of its past performance. In this way, weak areas can be strengthened and strong areas maintained. [...]

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Safety As a Value

Consultation

Safety As a Value! By James Roughton What the word VALUE mean? If we say that Safety is a Value, what does this mean? The dictionary defines VALUE as a principle, standard or quality considered worthwhile or desirable, a family value. The dictionary defines a priority as a precedence established by order of importance or [...]

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OHS Reps Safetynet Journal

Employee Involvement

Latest Issue (Issue 203 – SafetyNet Journal 203) of SafetyNet Journal from OHS REPS at WORK Subscribe to the Journal Here Union News Three fatalities in the past week Electrician dies after electric shock; another seriously injured A man died in hospital last Tuesday after receiving an electric shock on Saturday November 13, in one [...]

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Encouraging Employee Involvement in Safety

Employee Involvement

Safety:  Encouraging Employee Involvement Employees are your first line of defense against safety concerns.  They are on the front lines and the assembly lines, and they witness more safety offenses and violations than even their managers can catch.  They also often have the best ideas for improving safety.  So, how do you help employees help [...]

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