Employees Safety

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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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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Effective Safety Committees

Articles

An effective safety committee is one in which motivated committee members communicate problem solving ideas and promote general safety in all employees.  A fully comprehensive safety team demonstrates the company’s commitment to safe and healthy employees, and the team builds upon effective safety practices to encourage further injury prevention. Committees should be formed with ideally [...]

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Job Hazard Analysis – Assessing Training Needs – Part 2

Articles

Job Hazard Analysis – Assessing Training Needs – Part 2 By James Roughtonand Nathan Crutchfield In part 1 we discussed that developing an effective Job Hazard Analysis is only the first step in hazards and risk identification and that we must assess the proper levels of training to ensure that everyone is on the same [...]

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Very Gruesome Safety Video

Dangerous Jobs

This is one of the most gruesome and gory safety videos we have seen. Contains very realistic reenactments of serious incidents including interviews with those involved. WARNING – THIS VIDEO WILL SEND A VERY STRONG SAFETY MESSAGE BUT MAY UPSET SOME VIEWERS:

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Blaming the Victims of Workplace Accidents Wacky Willie 1934 Civilian Conservation Corps CCC

Employees Safety

Blaming the Victims of Workplace Accidents Wacky Willie 1934 Civilian Conservation Corps CCC

As in this clip, many employers today (and in the past) …

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Sydney Safety Show

Employees Safety

THE SAFETY SHOW SYDNEY is to be held from Tuesday 26 October – Thursday 28 October 2010 at Sydney Showground, Sydney Olympic Park. The show is sponsored by WorkCover NSW and there is no cost to register. With more than 350 leading manufacturers and suppliers exhibiting, the Show is a great resource of new ideas, [...]

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Beijing worker risks his life to demolish part of a building

Building Safety

Beijing worker risks his life to demolish part of a building

Demolition crew in Beijing improvise to get their job done. I took this from my living r…

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Safety Jokes

Employees Safety

Great selection of Safety Related Jokes From www.safetyphoto.co.uk Some examples: (remember: just jokes!) WHEN, WHAT, HOW Q: When does a person decide to become a Safety Manager? A: When he realizes he doesn’t have the charisma to be an undertaker. Q: What do safety Managers use for birth control? A: Their personalities Q: How can [...]

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Behaviour Based Safety

Employees Safety

Real Life Drama in the World of Behavior-Based Safety Article from Warriors 4 Safety by: Thomas Allgood of Allgood Solutions A Behavior-Based Safety Company Most of us spend our days at work doing the same task over and over. All too often, it becomes such a routine that we adopt a “nothing to it” frame of [...]

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Safety Gear For Women

Employees Safety

This article was inspired by my wife who has been worked in the construction industry for sometime. Her main concern was that she was required to wear hard hat, steel capped boots, gloves and high viz clothing but all the safety equipment available was obviously designed for men. I’ve had a look around at what [...]

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More New Ideas for Safety Committee Meetings

Employees Safety

Our articles about how to inject new life into your safety committee meetings and tool box talks to make them more effective have been extremely popular. Here are a few more ideas. If you have any others please share them: Allocate the committee a small budget to spend on whatever they want – could be [...]

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Safety for Event Volunteers

Employees Safety

Volunteering Australia is the national peak body working to advance volunteering in the Australian community.  Its role is to represent the diverse views and needs of the volunteer sector while promoting the activity of volunteering as one of enduring social, cultural and economic value. Their website provides a number of guides, booklets and articles about [...]

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Safety Committee Charter Example

Employees Safety

<Insert workgroup name> Safety Committee Charter In accordance with the Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) Act NSW (2000), OHS Regulation NSW (2001) and the WorkCover NSW OHS Consultation Code of Practice (2001). 1.   Represented workgroup (a)  The <Insert workgroup name> workgroup comprises all employees who <describe the work location or team composition>. 2.   Objectives (a)  [...]

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Safety Committee Meetings and Toolbox Talks

Employees Safety

Looking for new ideas to inject some life into your safety committee meetings, safety training courses or toolbox talks? Checkout the new range of Safety Meeting Guides and Safety Quiz Cards from Work Safety Solutions Environmental Safety Meeting Guide Environmental Safety Meeting Outlines contain a complete guideline to run a productive and motivating meeting. It [...]

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DVT Risks for Office Workers

Employees Safety

The risks of DVT on long-haul flights have been well documented and communicated but not many people would be aware that they could be a lot more at risk if they spend long periods sitting or standing on the job. A recent study and report by Workcover South Australia and Flinders Medical Centre recommended that [...]

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Safety Slogans

Employees Safety

Safety slogans have been around for a long time and although sometimes they may seem a bit corny, they can lighten the mood with a little humour and create a strong awareness of safety issues or concerns more successfully than traditional methods. A snappy one liner is likely to be accepted better than a 10 [...]

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What is Employee Onboarding?

Employees Safety

A client recently asked me to review their “onboarding procedures”. Given that, among other activities, they occasionally send guests on sight seeing tours I just assumed they were talking about getting passengers onto a boat! Apparently not – I now know that its a trendy human resources term for what I used to call new [...]

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