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Safety Engagement

Safety Engagement with Workspace, Headspace and Groupspace – Toward Total Safety Organisation Another teaser by Dr Robert Long – If you liked this article then you should read the whole series: CLICK HERE. I highly recommend you check out Rob’s new book “RISK MAKES SENSE” – click on image to read precise So much of [...]

Commercial Safety Management Systems

Safety Management Plan

George’s Safety Reflections SEE MORE OF GEORGE’S WORK HERE Commercial Safety Management Systems No doubt there are commercial safety managements systems that add value to organisation’s safety effort but I experienced one that was a disaster. The introduction of the overseas S.M.S. was led aggressively by senior management despite a workshop of safety staff rejecting [...]

Implementation of a learning management system

Safety Reflections

George’s Safety Reflections SEE MORE OF GEORGE”S WORK HERE Implementation of a learning management system In the early 1990’s XYZ mining company revolutionised their approach to learning. I was heavily involved in this work in my role as Senior Safety Adviser in the Brisbane-based corporate OHS department. 1 Existing learning programs were examined and costed, [...]

Effective OHS policies and procedures

OHS

Effective OHS policies and procedures by Chris Beasley Keeping your workers safe is an integral part of running a successful business. If employers – known under the new national model work health and safety laws as ‘PCBUs’ –don’t provide a safe working environment there are serious consequences, possibly the least of which are penalty notices, [...]

DIY WHS Management System Guide

DIY Safety

Review – Workplace Health and Safety Management Systems – D.I.Y Guide We just received our copy of this new book by Jessica Urquhart After reading the initial description of the book: Workplace Health and Safety Management Systems – D.I.Y Guide offers practical, simple, compliant solutions in developing, implementing, maintaining, evaluating and managing your own systems [...]

Updating your Safety System for Harmonisation

Harmonisation

Another great article from our favourite Safety Nerd: What system to use to update your WHS system? Posted on December 5, 2011 by The Safety Nerd Recently I’ve been working with quite a lot of company’s updating their system documents in line with the impending WHS changes. Some of the main changes I’ve found have [...]

How to Introduce a Harmonised Safety System

AS4801

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 [...]

AS4801 OHS Manual

AS4801

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 – [...]

Handy Hints For Safety People

Safety Management Plan

EXAMPLE ONLY-PREPARED FOR A PARTICULAR ORGANISATION AFTER AN INITIAL EXAMINATION OF THEIR NEEDS,NEEDS WILL VARY WITH DIFFERENT ORGANISATIONS By George Robotham, www.ohschange.com.au Practical tips for implementing a new or revising an existing Safety Management System (S.M.S.) Quotable Quote "A health & safety problem can be described by statistics but cannot be understood by statistics. It [...]

Quick Guide to Auditing OHS Systems

AS4801

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 [...]

The 10 most important things in a robust safety management system

Safety Management Plan

Another article by legendary Safety Guru, George Robotham (www.ohschange.com.au). You can find more of his work at here: SAFETY REFLECTIONS George’s Safety Reflections-Number 6 The 10 most important things in a robust safety management system Have well developed internal standards of OHS excellence. Define what excellence in implementation of the standards will look like. Train [...]

Safety Needs Analysis

Safety Leadership

Safety Training Needs Analysis Great article by George Robotham from www.ohschange.com.au Research into successful safety programs has proven the necessity and importance of properly structured safety training for supervisors and managers. It is not unusual in private industry in Australia for newly-appointed supervisors and managers to receive up to 5 days of safety training. The [...]

Working Alone Safety

Safety Systems

Lone Worker Safety Just came across a new site that provides a free resource for helping improve the safety of anyone working alone or working in isolation. The site offers an automated “buddy system” for sharing information about safety hazards and risks. It also provides an email alert system for advising of any dynamic risks [...]

Which OSH system is right for your company

OHS Regulations

Which OSH system is right for your company This article looks at the various safety systems in Australia, USA and Great Britain and discusses the similarities and differences between them READ MORE HERE

Free AS4801 Safety System Guide

AS4801

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 [...]

Gaining AS4801 Accreditation

AS4801

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. [...]

Free OHS e-book – Safety Management Systems

eBook

Safety Management Systems Another great OHS read from the legendary Safety Guru George Robotham. George can be contacted on fgrobotham@gmail.com, he welcomes debate on the book (it would be indeed a boring world if everybody agreed with George). Check out his website: http://www.ohschange.com.au/ Download it here Conclusion from George’s ebook”: The above is quite a [...]

12 ways to make small business safer

Safety Systems

New safety guide out from Worksafe Vic Quote from the Guide: “This handbook describes 12 workplace health and safety hazards that safety inspectors regularly find during visits to small businesses. It also describes some of the injuries or illnesses that can happen if these hazards are not controlled” Manual handling, Housekeeping – slips, trips and [...]

Mobile Safety Software for iPad 2

iPhone Apps

We’ve been looking and waiting for sometime for some good iPhone safety apps but a QLD based company has developed a system for developing and updating work method statements and safety Procedures on site, with photos. The system will work on the new iPad 2 which is due for release in Australia tomorrow (25th March). [...]

Promoting Interest in Safety – Can you use sex to sell safety

Safety Slogans

Looking for sexy safety photos? CLICK HERE Promoting Interest in Safety By Mike Strawbridge One of the common subjects in any safety reference is how to get people interested in safety. Apparently, not getting hurt is not enough motivation for people to be interested in safety. Personally, I prefer to avoid getting injured whenever possible [...]

25 Ways to stuff up a Safety Management System

George Robotham

25 Ways to stuff up a Safety Management System Following on from our mega popular article about how to encourage poor safety performance (READ IT HERE), here is another great article Courtesy of George Robotham From OHS Change Download the Word Version Here: 1 Lack of management commitment, leadership and drive from the top [...]

Smart OHS adds new industries to its online OHS system

Online Safety

Smart OHS adds new industries to its online OHS system Sydney 23 February 201: Today Smart OHS announced that it is to add four more industries to its world-beating online OHS system. “We added four industries in January this year, to broaden our target market to include tradespeople, agriculture, the automotive and marine industries,” said [...]

5S Red Tag Strategy – Implementation at Your Facility

5S Red Tag

5S Red Tag Strategy – Implementation at Your Facility By Jim Redmile The 5S’s are a continuous improvement methodology started in Japan after World War 2 and mastered by Toyota. When transliterated from the original Japanese, the 5S’s stand for sorting, setting in order, shining, standardizing and sustaining the discipline. The Red Tag Strategy is [...]

Do Safety Management Systems Work?

Safety Systems

Do Safety Management Systems Work? By Tom Gardener I guess there are a couple of answers to this question. It depends on what type of safety management system we’re talking about and what you want it to achieve. Before looking at these questions it would be useful to describe just what a safety management system [...]

Smart OHS

Safety Software

Smart OHS aims to change how Workers’ Compensation is offered to Australian businesses SYDNEY 23 December 2010: Today Smart OHS announced that it would target insurers and brokers in all states to distribute the updated version of its Smart OHS online workplace safety system. Smart OHS Executive Director, Chris Beasley, said the move to partner [...]

Closing the Gap Between Safety Management Systems

Safety Systems

Closing the Gap Between Safety Management Systems By James Roughtonand Nathan Crutchfield We were involved in a recent discussion on which was the appropriate or best title for the job assessment method used by safety professionals for decades. From the discussion, the use of “Job Hazard Analysis” (JHA) appears to have been somewhat superseded by [...]

Adware Flags and Poles

Boating Safety

Just listed in our new Safety Directory Adware are Manufacturers of safety windsocks, windsock poles, windsock frames, windsock suppliers for Airfields, Helipads, Quarries, Water Treatment Plants, Mines, Building site dust monitoring, Workplace safety, Mariners, Boat Docks, ship harbours, Yacht Clubs. Visit their website

Safety and Risk Management Software

Safety Software

Popular discussion topic and search engine term is safety and risk management software. There is heaps of it out there but which is best – horses for courses I suppose. We’ve added a new PAGE HERE and Forum topic, hopefully get some comments from both suppliers and users that may assist.

Free Incident Investigation System

Free Safety Stuff

[picappgallerysingle id="284435"] On Safe Lines, in addition to their Task Inventory and Risk Assessments program (see it here), have released their Accident & Investigation Management (AIM) system Download the program here AIM is a FREEWARE programme which has been designed by a time served and academic professional Health and Safety Expert. AIM is an extremely [...]

Mal Meninga – Safety Ambassador for Zero Harm

Safety Legislation

QLD Rugby League legend Mal Meninga has been named as a safety ambassador. Mal has a personal belief in the importance of the Zero Harm at Work Program—and the devastating potential consequences it addresses—as his father died tragically as the result of a workplace incident. State of Origin coach and rugby league legend, Mal Meninga, is [...]

Safety Incentive Schemes

Safety Incentives

Safety Incentive Schemes Its amazing how many organisations are still running safety incentive schemes where rewards are offered for Lost Time Injury free periods. Do they seriously think that that an incident will be reported on day 999 or that, as long as they are still breathing, the injured person wont be at work the [...]

Safety Institute of Australia – SIA

Safety Systems

The SIA describes itself as: “Australia’s leading body for health and safety professionals with over 3,800 members” Their vision is “OHS professional excellence to facilitate a safe and healthy workplace for all Australians”. Some of the benefits of membership of the Institute are listed on their website as: regular updates on legislative changes, access to [...]

Health and Safety Management System Implementation Plan

Safety Systems

Example of a Corporate Health and Safety Management System Implementation Plan: Procedure Actions Required Person Responsible Completion Date Global Health and Safety Policy Communicate the Health and Safety Policy to all employees, contractors and relevant stakeholders. Health and Safety Planning Methodology Develop the Corporate Health and Safety Plan. Communicate to all employees and relevant stakeholders [...]

Take 5 for Safety

Safety Systems

Here is some useful information about the “Stepback 5 by 5″ used by ExxonMobil Australia.This is an “Every Minute Risk Assessment” Powerpoint presentation: Stepback 5×5 is a personal planning tool developed to help all of us ensure that we perform even the most mundane of tasks without getting hurt. It is used to assist us [...]

AS/NZS 4801 Accreditation

AS4801

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 [...]

Systems Approach to Managing Safety

Safety Systems

Why is a Systems Approach Needed? Article by Noel Arnold and Associates As community attitudes to occupational health and safety have changed and associated regulations evolved, organisations have come to understand that a systematic approach to managing safety is required. To understand why this is the case, it is sometimes helpful to consider what would [...]

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