Health and Safety

A guide for preventing Industrial Dermatitis

Chemicals

A guide for preventing Industrial Dermatitis Guest Post by Denver Burke Industrial dermatitis is one of the most common and most widespread skin diseases that workers in the UK suffer from. Symptoms can range from dry, chapped skin to bleeding and cracked skin that makes it impossible for the sufferer to continue in their employment. [...]

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Safety and Common Law

Common Law

George’s Safety Reflections – READ MORE OF THEM HERE Safety and Common Law Common law is not applicable in all states in Australia but in states where it is, educating supervisors and managers in it can bring additional benefit to your safety management system.  The Compliance with Common Law (in states where applicable)                                                                                     There are [...]

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Health and Safety Representatives

Harmonisation

  What do Representatives Represent? Posted on October 10, 2011 by The Safety Nerd OHS Representatives are not becoming an extinct species, but they are changing their spots. Out with the old, in with the new I say, and in waltzes HSRs – Health and Safety Representatives with more responsibility, more knowledge and more power [...]

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Improving Safety Through Interpersonal Skills

Consultation

George’s Safety Reflections – by Geroge Robotham from www.ohschange.com.au Improving Safety Using Interpersonal skills When interviewing OHS professionals many interviewers focus on their technical skills. Frankly I think communications and interpersonal skills are much more important than technical skills. You can be really bright, you can be highly qualified and trained, you can be well [...]

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Ban Hand Sanitiser – its making us sick

Health and Safety

Ban Hand Sanitiser – its making us sick Every workplace I go into now has this stupid hand sanitiser everywhere! On everyone’s desks, in the staff room, at reception……….  This product was introduced so that the use of the toxic DIHYDROGEN MONOXIDE could be discontinued (we urge you to read about that substance and the [...]

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Occupational Health and Safety Risk Assessment

Health and Safety

Occupational Health and Safety Risk Assessment By far the most commonly used search terms people use to find this site are those related to occupational health and safety risk assessment or risk assessment templates. From our experience, this also one of the most confusing and misunderstood OH&S requirements at a site level so I guess [...]

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OHS is Bullshit

Health and Safety

Some Occupational Health and Safety is Bullshit – Should Safety be Third? Does making SAFETY FIRST make SAFETY LAST? We recommend you also ready our other related articles: You Should Actively Encourage Poor Safety in the Workplace Safety Professionals – We Are Our Own Worst Enemies Safety Communications are Not Always Safe   Image Source [...]

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Preventing Slips and Falls – Tiger Grip OverShoes

Health and Safety

  “Simple facts: floor safety standards + hazards management = Slips and Falls still occurring on a daily basis” Providing employees with the appropriate safety equipment is an obligation for companies in Australia. In certain industries, high staff turnover can oblige employers to source personal protective equipment (PPE) on a regular basis at a substantial [...]

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Major Milestone For Health and Safety Risk Management

Health and Safety

BIG NEWS! You won’t have seen it in the papers or read it in the news but for me its a big deal and I have to share it with you - at around 7am this morning, this humble website had its 1 millionth visitor! I wish I knew who you were as I would have [...]

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Free Health and Safety Documents

Free Safety Stuff

Limited Time Offer for Readers of this Blog – OFFER ENDED – NEW ONE COMING SOON – WATCH THIS SPACE: We’ve just heard from Mike at Summit Safety Technologies who has been inundated with emails from people requesting his Free Safety Documentation Package. He has been so overwhelmed by your response and the positive feedback [...]

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Health And Safety Consultants Can Improve Your Profits

Health and Safety

Health And Safety Consultants Can Improve Your Profits By Graham Bowall Whatever the size of your business be it a large, medium or small company, the safety of your workplace should always be at the forefront of your mind. The legislation behind health and safety at work is very severe, so a large number of [...]

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Increase Effectiveness With Checklists

Checklists

CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD OUR FREE CHECKLISTS Increase Effectiveness With Checklists By Jane E Cranston Atul Gawande is an accomplished scholar (MacArthur Fellow), a staff writer for The New Yorker, and a Harvard professor, in addition to being a well-respected surgeon. He is also an astute observer with a curious mind. In the world of [...]

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Flood clean-up brings infection risk

Flood Safety

Download the latest flood fact sheet from Brisbane Council which contains vital information for residents returning to their homes. As the task of cleaning up following the flood begins in coming days, Council advises residents returning to their homes to follow these safety tips: Flood clean-up brings infection risk – published here by ABC News [...]

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Safety Dance Lyrics

Health and Safety

I did a search on Google yesterday for the term “safety” and one of the search phrases suggested by Google was “safety dance lyrics”. I straight away had a flash back to the 1980″s – remember when that was a No1 hit by Men Without Hats? I’m still not exactly sure what it means but [...]

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