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Riskex February 15, 2012 at 9:13 PM

thanks Jouko!

Jouko February 15, 2012 at 8:21 PM

Well Done, Dave. A very useful site and thanks for all the ‘free’ advice. Regards, Jouko

Riskex January 24, 2012 at 3:46 PM

Thanks Tony – that is a great organisation you are part of – glad we were able to help out

Dave

Tony Lynch January 24, 2012 at 1:14 PM

I am the Safety Officer for the Mens Shed at Labrador, on the Gold Coast. As we are all volunteer members of a non-profit association, we are not subject to the OH@S laws a such but still have to show Duty of Care and Due Diligence etc, for our members.
To have access to this free resource is wonderful, and time saving.
Regards
Tony

Hanumant Katkar January 12, 2012 at 7:22 AM

Dear Sir
Please tell from where i suppose to get Construction site ,open Plot site physical Security and safety Rules notes in Hindi and Marathi and also intimate me what is legal procdure require for Building construction as per indian Law Waiting for your reply
Thanks and regards
Hanumant katkar

Riskex December 27, 2011 at 12:54 PM

Thanks for your feedback – glad we could help

Jamieson K December 27, 2011 at 10:49 AM

I love this website. I have put it at the top of my favorites list. So helpful. Thanks, Jamie K Harrison hdcconserv@mail.com

Riskex October 28, 2011 at 12:53 PM

Hi Alf

Where are you located?

Dave

Alf Gullotta October 28, 2011 at 11:22 AM

Could you please contact us in regards to the take 5 program? WE wish to undertake the risk management system in our work place.

Regards
Alf

SIS August 20, 2011 at 5:47 AM

WHAT BATTERIES ARE REQUIRED FOR SELECTRONIC AUDITCALC 1000F????????
THANK YOU

Riskex August 18, 2011 at 7:40 PM

Thanks for sharing :-) – sorry only English at this stage

leigh emerson August 17, 2011 at 10:54 PM

i have shared some information with international colleagues – specifically want to know whether the Riskex Risk Calculator is available in nonEnglsih e.g. Spanish / French?

Riskex July 26, 2011 at 9:59 PM

why dont you tell us a little bit more about what you do? Write me an original article and I’ll publish it

myrehabteam July 26, 2011 at 7:08 PM

My Rehab physiotherapy Brisbane team offers mobile rehabilitation nursing care Brisbane created for people with difficulties in co-ordination, balance and mobility, who struggle managing their daily activities and health care.

calgary July 19, 2011 at 6:57 PM

I recieved this in a e-mail from a colleague just thought I would share with you.

Definition of a Safety Professional

Sandwiched tightly between Top Brass and the teaming masses sits a wild-eyed individual madly singing a safety tune. He’s the most misunderstood, maligned and unsung person in all the world of business. He’s the proverbial “SAFETY PROFESSIONAL”.

This fellow’s a little bit of a strata’s… a member of none. To the employee or worker he’s a tool of management; to management, he’s just another employee.

He finds his job interesting. He speaks for management from the “Ivory Tower” and then runs out to the Production Area, Warehouse or Work Site to hear how it sounds. He must keep his head in the “brass’ board room”, his feet in the muck… a difficult position to keep from falling off his butt.

He has the curiosity of a cat… the tenacity of a mother in law… the determination of a taxi driver… the nervous system of a race car driver… the digestive capacity of a goat… the simplicity of a jackass… the diplomacy of a wayward husband… the hide of a rhinoceros… the speed of a rocket and the good humour of an idiot.

He has the busiest, shrewdest, plots ingest, worry ingest, most thoroughly washed brain of any human. His mail basket is always full, his desk is a constant mess and his calendar looks like cave drawings. Nobody has been given the run-round as often, has been passed so many bucks, is left holding so many bags, and cut his way through so much red tape.
The SAFETY PROFESSIONAL keeps the coffee plantations, aspirin plants, liquor distilleries and the midnight oil companies in business. He must tread lightly over mountains of eggs, knowing where to tread and, more importantly, when and where NOT to tread. You’ll find him everywhere… shouting loudly over the din of a bunch of roaring engines, whispering softly in the hallowed precincts of thick-carpeted offices.

Whenever there is an accident, the SAFETY PROFESSIONAL is often called to explain why and how it happened. He’s expected to pull rabbits out of non-existent hats; when the job is thankless, he gets it. He must engineer interests in good housekeeping to people who live in garage sale clutter… promote wider responsibility to people who have a narrow focus… preach safety to people who think they don’t need it. He must listen to the phrase, ‘that’s the way we’ve always done it’, until he vomits.

Despite all the careful planning he is usually found dangling on a deadline… he’s the original cat on the hot tin roof… in the middle of a muddle and of course LATE. The master of understatement, he must make fire protection sound as essential as religion and an accident cost sound like the national debt.

He’s supposed to be a “specialist” who can breath new life into committees and meetings… leadership into management… co-operation into supervisory personnel… responsibility into employees/workers. He must inspire without propaganda… propagandize without being obvious. He parks his 1980’s jalopy between the boss’s new Mercedes and the janitors SUV. When he’s clever, it goes unnoticed… when he stubs his toe, the world is there to see and mock it.

To him a headache is normal; he’d have ulcers if he could afford them. He has more critics than Harry Truman. He meets more people who think they know more about safety than the company has conveyor hooks.

He can never be right. When he simplifies, he’s pandering. When he gets a little technical, he’s over their head. Half the people wonder what he does… the other half know what he does but think he’s doing it wrong! When an idea turns out lousy and after the blame has been thoroughly kicked between the employee/worker, foreman and supervisor, it winds up in his lap.

More people bend his ear than anybody else’s. Everybody thinks he always has time to stop and listen to a joke… hear a gripe… attend a meeting… serve on a committee. He does, and winds up taking most of his work home.

He has no peer in the realm of praise, propaganda and procrastination. He knows he’s right; only the world think he’s wrong. If he has an idea, it was stolen. However, a stolen idea is research! Where else do you think the background material from this sad tale of woe about a SAFETY PROFESSIONAL originated?

Riskex June 20, 2011 at 10:59 AM

Thanks Miguel,

Still working on a way to upload but in teh mean time you can email them to me admin@safetyrisk.com.au

Regards

dave

Miguel Viamonte June 20, 2011 at 10:51 AM

Hey guys, i think i can add some of my (un) safety pictures. how can i upload them?. Thanks.-

Riskex June 20, 2011 at 10:20 AM

I cant comment properly without seeing it but if the fall from the balcony is more than 4m then it would not comply. The BCA doesnt make allowances for these situations. The planter could be considered a “floor” and so the balustrade should be 1m above. If all else fails then do a risk assessment. OHS and Common law should overide BCA requirements – like you said it is possible for a child to climb and therefore should be addressed

Matthew cheng June 20, 2011 at 10:02 AM

I undertsand there are minimum legal hights for balcony balustrades. The building we work in has met the minimum hight requirements for this, but on one of the outside balconies there is a perminant
garden bed pot plant which runs accross the whole balcony balustrade. so technically a child could possibly step onto this then get over the balustrade. Is this illegal or does the hight of the balustrade have to be increased due to this?
Regards,

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