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Safety Programs

More Free Safety Downloads

Free Safety Stuff

More Free Safety Downloads Some great free safety resources now provided by Mike Lawrence from www.safetyprogramnow.com. His intent with this offer is to freely help others in developing or improving their safety management system. His only request is that recipients use these documents just for their personal use or for their employer and that these [...]

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The 15 Major Impediments To OHS Success

George Robotham

The 15 Major Impediments To OHS Success George’s Safety Reflections SEE MORE HERE By George Robotham www.ohschange.com.au   1 Lack of succinct paperwork. There is not much point in having detailed paperwork that is too much like hard work to read. The OHS world is famous for long ponderous paper work that no one reads, [...]

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A Comparison of Safety Paradigms

Robert Long

Another VERY interesting article by Dr Robert Long, one of the most succinct and useful comparisons of the various safety paradigms that I have come across. Again, no apologies to the Zero Harm fans! If you liked this article then you should read the whole series: CLICK HERE. I highly recommend you check out Rob’s [...]

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Setting Aspirational Safety Targets Is an Exercise in Futility

Safety Programs

Setting Aspirational Safety Targets Is an Exercise in Futility By Peter L Mitchell Setting targets and objectives is a very important part of our everyday work life. It may be targets for sales, profit, safety, market share, staff turnover, absenteeism, share price and so on. These targets and objectives are vital because they give direction [...]

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Free Safety Apps for Smart Phones

safety apps

Free Safety Apps for Smart Phones Finally some decent health and safety related apps for iphone and other smart phones. It says free to download and I’m guessing that is only for a trial period then a charge applies? We haven’t had a chance to trial any of these as yet but would appreciate any [...]

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SAFE WORK WEEK 2011 WORKSHOPS

Safety Communication

BOOKINGS OPEN FOR SAFE WORK WEEK 2011 WORKSHOPS Bookings are now being taken for free events in Safe Work Week 2011, South Australia’s major awareness event for occupational health, safety and welfare (OHS). The program will run in late October, and involves more than 60 free information sessions over five days. These have been tailored [...]

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Safety Myths and Misconceptions

Articles

Safety Myths and Misconceptions Another classic article in the series by George Robotham from www.ohschange.com.au *This paper draws heavily on the work of Brisbane OHS consultant Geoff McDonald. Quotable Quote "A health & safety problem can be described by statistics but cannot be understood by statistics. It can only be understood by knowing and feeling [...]

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Free Safety Program Package

Free Safety Stuff

Message from the Authors of the Free Safety Package: My thanks to everyone that has emailed me to receive the free Safety Program Package! To date I have given away nearly 700 of these packages to people all over the world! This offer is still open, but I am planning to replace this offer in [...]

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Free Safety Documentation Package

Free Safety Stuff

Free Safety Documentation Package Limited Time Offer for Readers of this Blog: OFFER ENDED – NEW OFFER COMING SOON – WATCH THIS SPACE More Free Downloads Here Our good friends at Summit Safety Technologies are offering our readers their full Safety Documentation Package absolutely free. This Package consists of 21 programs, policies, and manuals that [...]

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How to Sell Safety

Safety Culture

The GFC became a great excuse for many as to why things didn’t go to plan or why vital funds for essential capital works and safety initiatives should be cut. Unfortunately many businesses did fail and many people lost their livelihoods. But, many more survived and some of them even prospered. Many of our better [...]

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7 Steps to Develop a Comprehensive Safety Program

Safety Programs

Health and Workplace Safety – 7 Steps to Develop a Comprehensive Safety Program By Jayme Carl Health and workplace safety programs are a key component of operating a successful business. Workplace safety does not have to be complicated. There are steps that should be followed to make your programs as comprehensive and complete as possible. [...]

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